Today is our youngest childs birthday. What an exciting time, having a baby! With each child the excitement is still there. "Mr" excitement this time was almost a little too much excitment. We were in the military and by their standards I had failed 4 pregnancy tests! So there must be something really wrong if I was feeling so sick. With the other children there was never a sign of morning sickness. With the last one it wasn't really "morning sickness" it was all day sickness.
AND when I finally got checked out,at the local clinic, a Physicians Assistant did an evaluation and noted that he could hear a loud sound around my lower rib cage. He left the room, returned to tell me that he believed that I had an Abdominal Aortic Anyrusym! (He probably left to look it up) I was pretty sure I had a concept of what this was, but asked the question to ease my mind. Nope! The PA actually described the whole thing, I was right but didn't have an actual visual. He gave me a referral to the Surgery Clinic, to be checked out. Ed met me there and the Doctor listened to the area and decided that I was really too young(27)to have this type of problem, and since I had failed so many pregnancy tests, he wanted me to be checked out in the OB/GYN dept.
They made a time slot for me and I walked over, they listened to my story and decided to try an dopler to my stomach to listen to things. Guess what?? The heard a babies heartbeat! Well this was a great thine! I wasn't going to die and we were going to have a new addition to our family.
Upon hearing this great news, my husband picked up the phone and caled his doctor and cancelled his procedure. "Too late to lock the barn door after the horse is out!" just a corny saying.
Well the trouble didn't end there! Because of the negative pregnancy tests they really didn't know how to calculate a due date! The performed an ultrasound and with the measurement of his head was put into the calculation and came up with a due date. But told me that I would probably have to go into labor to be sure he would be fully developed. WRONG! All of the others were born by C-section I had went through labor with the first child and that was enough. No, seriously we were in a foreign country, no family to help with the kids, I just wanted a real date.
I did happen to start labor for our little bundle of joy. The doctor said that I had dilated 4 cm and was actually having contractions when they started the c-section.
Adam arrived on this day 24 years ago, and we are so blessed to have him in our family. He really completes our family group, funny/annoying/friendly/serious all wrapped into one.
A baby boy was created by the hand of God above to give the world the sweetest touch of tenderness and love. With the softness of a whisper,God made a baby's skin and then designed two trusting eyes to put the starlight in. With giggles from a waterfall and breezes passing by, God made a baby's laughter and a tiny, sleepy sigh. God made the world a precious gift more dear and pure than gold, with little toes to play with and tiny hands to hold then brought into the sunshine a precious baby boy All wrapped up in a rainbowof wonder, hope, and joy.-unknown author
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