Nothing New Yet

So I went to my primary care doctor this week for more blood work. He will check it out and then see if I need to be referred to an endocrinologist. I'm hoping all my thyroid levels are back to normal. But I can't help but worry about them going crazy again during the next pregnancy.

We will hopefully be going to court next Thursday, Jan 28th. This is our 4th court date and we haven't made it to the court room yet. So I'm hoping next week this will all be over. Say a little prayer for us and especially the girls.

I have two friends going thru difficult pregnancies/births. Shana delivered twin boys at 24 weeks on December 12th. They lost Evan but Eli is still fighting. So please pray for him and his parents. Kristin is in the hospital hanging in there. But she has had trouble with asthma, contractions and blood pressure. And, baby Bethany is going to need special attention when she makes her arrival. So please pray for both of them.

Post Pregnancy Meeting with Dr. Collins

We sat down with Dr. Collins, our high risk doctor that we love, yesterday and went over the results of the autopsy. Jacob was small for his age which we knew. His heart was enlarged but no deformities. In fact, no deformities of any kind. All the genetic tests were negative. He had all his organs. They honestly don't know why his heart was enlarged or his brain blood flow was so high. They think that it was just a "freak" incident and it more than likely won't happen again. They even sent samples to the Smith Lipil Opitz people and it was negative. This is the best possible news we could have gotten! We are free to try again as soon as my thyroid and blood pressure issues are under control. I am meeting with an endocrinologist next week to see what I need to do.

Starting Over- Hopefully!

I go back to the doctor next Tuesday, the 14th. My appointment is with the high risk group that took over my pregnancy. They will hopefully have answers from Jake's autopsy. I am keeping my fingers crossed that he had a very random complication and that there is like a 1 in a million chance of it happening again. When I look back over this pregnancy, I remember having a "gut" feeling something wasn't right. It's very hard to explain but I just didn't feel the same as I did with my first two. I was unsettled that whole time. I didn't even tell one of my best friends I was pregnant until I was about 14 weeks along. I was afraid something was going to happen with the pregnancy. Maybe it was because my body was trying to tell me something. Or maybe it was God's way of preparing me for what was to come.

So, I'm expecting the doctor to run more blood work on me. We have to see if there are still lingering thyroid issues and blood clotting issues. Maybe that is what made Jake growth slowdown. I really hope it wasn't SLO. If that's what it was, we have a 25% chance of it happening again. YIKES! I hope we get good news and can start over soon!

Please continue to pray for us!