GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!

I got the call from the Doctor this morning and all of the labs came back good for this stage of my pregnancy! He is still going to monitor the baby's development to make sure everything is coming along on time and correctly. I will have ultrasounds until I am at least 12 weeks. I have one scheduled for next Thursday to make sure of a few things. He is also going to be monitoring these "cysts" to make sure they don't pose a threat.(although he doesn't seem to think they will) I will need to get weekly or so checks of my HcG levels also. I am going to take one day and one ultrasound at a time! I trusting that God will see me through and that His will be done. Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers! They really made a difference and I could tell you were praying. Please continue to pray that everything goes well for this pregnancy.

Update

I still haven't heard anything after 3 calls to the office and talking to several people. I feel like I am basically getting the run around. Apparently the results are in the back but since the office closes at 5p they were not willing to go a minute over to put my mind at ease. So.....I have to endure yet another night of wondering and stressing. Between the unfair insurance policies and office "procedures" I am wondering if anyone (meaning doctors and nurses) in the medical field actually ever try to put a face, feelings or patients peace of mind before being able to walk out of the office at 5 on the dot. Sorry about the venting but I am very frustrated.............hopefully I will know something "first thing in the morning". This is what the nurse just told me at least. Sounds vaguely familiar.....................................

Prayer Request

I was not planning on announcing this news until later but since I would greatly appreciate much prayer on the matter I have decided to tell it.

I found out 1 1/2 weeks ago that I was pregnant. I have been very excited and nervous as I just had a miscarriage 5 months ago at 13 weeks of pregnancy. This is where I come to my special prayer request. I had my second OB visit today and also an ultrasound. The ultrasound dated my pregnancy at 5 weeks instead of the original thought time of 9 weeks. I was quite surprised, the Doctor said this went along with a hormone imbalance I have that causes me to have abnormal ovulation times. I was very nervous though....thinking the worst. I went into Dr. Goodlett's office and he explained to me that I have 2 small "cysts" growing on the placenta that are mysterious for a molar pregnancy. ( for info on this go to: http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/pcomplications/0,,midwife_8g60,00.html ) He explained this to me and did some lab work to check the hormone levels that go along with this condition. Apparently this is not a viable type of pregnancy in most cases and statistics for having this are like 1/1000. Go figure! He is trying to make sure of this but thinks there is a possibility that this may not be not what I have. It also could be what he called a "venous clot" on the placenta in which case would not present a danger for me or the baby and then I would have a normal and successful pregnancy. I will know for sure when the second quantitative hcg labs come in tomorrow. In order for me to have a normal pregnancy and it not to be "molar" my lab values need to be 1200 or so. If it is a molar pregnancy then they will be sky high somewhere around 20,000 or more. Also on a positive note..he told me that most women with molar pregnancies have extreme nausea and vomiting from the extremely high hormone levels. The sickness is much more extreme than in normal pregnancy. I haven't had any nausea or vomiting as of yet. I ask for your prayers now as I have to wait until tomorrow afternoon for the results of these labs. I am obviously hoping for a normal and healthy pregnancy...but I just want God's will in this situation. I know it will be a difficult thing to endure if it is a molar pregnancy because I will have to have a D&C to remove it. Apparently if not taken care of immediately upon discovery and in the proper way it can lead to uterine cancer. I am trying not to dwell on these things and just hope and pray for the best. I was very excited about being pregnant as because of losing a baby 5 mos ago, but I know God knows best and knows what my future holds and I am just trusting in him. Please pray for me tonight and for my nerves especially!! I appreciate having my blogging friends to depend on! I will give an update tomorrow when I find out.

A Day Well Spent....

Okay ...so today I neglected doing the normal Saturday routine of cleaning the house and spent it only entertaining and indulging in the wants and wishes of my daughter. I know that sounds like I spoiled her but no...I didn't. We started the day with breakfast and moved on to reading some books. We then decided to bake some homemade cupcakes. I found a recipe for Vanilla cupcakes with butter cream frosting online and we went to building them. This and any other cooking activity is right up Katy's alley of course. I too love to cook so she must get it from me. Who knows? While the cupcakes were baking we went and started on a craft that I also found on the internet. Speaking of finding crafts on the net...for you moms who home school, there is a wealth of resources for homeschooling online. I found them by simply searching for coloring pages, crafts and so on. There are activities for every grade and age group: Math, reading, phonics and scripture verse activities also. Just thought I would give that little tidbit although most of you probably were already aware of that. I found a craft that was a little difficult for a 3 year old but she enjoyed helping all she could. It was called leaf wreath. It is made from a paper plate, multi-colored construction paper, glue and some leaf templates that I printed(unless you are artistic enough to draw your own) Katy enjoyed helping me glue on the leafs. I busied her with a coloring activity while I did the hard parts and she watched. She really enjoyed it and it turned out very nice. We work on some activity everyday from letter tracing and matching shapes to greater than and less than. It takes time for her to grasp some things but hey...we have lots of it, and I am in no means trying to rush her. I am just trying to give her days some structure beyond playing with toys and watching the occasional video. She enjoys it and it tires her out. After we did our craft and got the cupcakes out to cool, we built a leaning tower of "POP-ONs". These are some building toys that pop together at the ends that she really enjoys playing with. We then went and made the icing and decorated the cupcakes with icing and sprinkles! Katy loves to do this although it does tend to get messy! I didn't even take any pictures of the cupcake making. It was so cute. We then went and sat out on our porch and played with dolls and doll clothes. We played until dark and then I slaved in the kitchen for 2 minutes by making a call to Papa John's and ordering pizza for our supper. I know it isn't very domestic but we enjoy getting pizza delivered every once and a while! We enjoyed it and a cupcake, took a bath and read more books...Whew! I am ready to relax a have an adult conversation. Anyone out there know how I feel? ha! I am sure someone does. Anyway...I know it wasn't a terribly exciting post but tis a day in the life of me! Thanks for tuning in! Tootles.....
Oh..I also included a couple fall decoration pictures in this post because....well it just seemed like the thing to do!

7 Random Facts................

Okay so I finally got tagged! And here goes with the randoms facts and such. I am not sure how many people to tag but beings that almost everyone whose blog I read has been tagged I am only tagging my Cindy(my sis in law), and Esther.
1. I was diagnosed with a "freakishly" bad case of Viral Spinal Meningitis and was hospitalized at Martin Memorial South when we moved to Florida 6 years ago. We had just moved there 2 weeks prior and were not even settled. I had all of the horrid symptoms: High fever, rash, and neck and head pain! This of course was only diagnosed after seven attempts at a spinal tap! Needless to say I was in tears and misery and if it weren't for my dear cuz Nellerena and my wonderful friend Ruthie Vernon to aide me with everyday things afterwards I am not sure how I would have gotten through!
2. My husband and I dated for seven years prior to marriage! He was mercilessly picked upon for not asking me to marry sooner but I think it all worked out according to God's will and that it was the perfect timing for our marriage!
3. I once passed out in the girls dorm one year at Hobe Sound at Country Fun Day! I had been grilling hamburgers all day in the Florida heat and was dehydrated apparently. I tried to make it to the dorm restrooms to get water and cool off but woke up instead with Mrs. Addison standing over me with water! I was very embarrassed!
4. I love sushi! It is one of my favorite foods and I eat it whenever I can although it isn't often being that it is so expensive.
5. I was first saved at Pell City youth camp in Pell City Alabama at the age of 13. Brother Grimillion was the evangelist and the theme that year was " I'll say Yes Lord Yes!"
6. I am terribly, horribly PHOBIC of mice! I can't stand to even watch a movie with them in it! My husband feeds them to the snake that he owns and I don' t even like to ride in the car when he buys them!YUCK!
7. I am proud to say that I was the only one out of a class of 30 nurses at an orientation for Christ Hospital in Cincy to score a 100% on a Pharmacology/ math for nurses exam when i worked there at one time. I was also the only LPN ..the rest were RNs. Not bragging or anything! Ha!