Update

So, the roller coaster continues. I got home from SC on Friday and then started cramping and bleeding on Sat. afternoon. I called my Dr. and he said he was pretty certain the miscarriage had started and not to come into the ER until things got really painful and the blood became heavier. Of course, I was DEVASTED! I really started to feel like things were going to be ok, and then this happens. As the day went on though, my bleeding started to stop and then stopped completly. I called the Dr. again, and he said to just wait and see. By Sunday I still wasn't bleeding so I called the Dr again and he said that the bleeding could be indicitive of something else. He said a sudden jump in hormone levels could lead to it or it could just be bleeding that some women get in pregnancy or something like that, but that he definetly wanted to see me first thing Tues morning as planned!
Tomorrow is the day then. I've been counting down these days like I never have before, waiting for this day, and now that it is about to be here I'm really really nervous. This ultrasound will tell us for sure what is going on and what is most likely going to happen!
I'm so incredibly thankful and am absolutely giving God the glory that the bleeding has stopped. I could have miscarried two days ago, and I didn't! Infact, the Dr said that I WOULD and I DIDN'T! I'm just praying and praying that everything will look good with the baby and we will acutally be able to see this baby born. It has really been a roller coaster since 8weeks, when I first started getting bad news. I'm 12 weeks now! Please pray for us as God does miracles every single day and I know He can do this miracle! I'm trying not to hold on to false hope, but at the same time I know there is still hope and through God there is hope whether the situation is bad or good! Thankyou so much for your prayers. We really really appreciate them and know that God hears them!

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My Little Sunshine

Only 5 days left until we go back to the Dr. to see how our baby is doing. Waiting is really the hardest part; the not knowing everyday, just wondering if we will be able to meet "Gabriel". It is literally a battlefield of the mind as we just think about the "what if's" all the time. It seems lately though that everwhere I go there is a reminder of God's miracles. Whether it's people I talk to or scriptures that God has brought to me or words of encouragement.I have to say that I have never in my life been more absolutely and utterly dependent on God. A friend said to me the other day how blessed I was to have Madeline during this time. That how much worse it must be for woman going through this who don't have any children to hold on to. I thought this was so very true. As much as I don't want to smile, someway or another Madeline always makes me do it!

Her little funny habits and faces crack me up, and her hugs and kisses just make me melt. Her new thing is to take her play phone or my cell phone and put it up to her ear and say, "Hello", and then start carrying on a conversation on it. She is so serious the whole time, like she's making plans. She even pushed our dog away while she was talking b/c he was bothering her!
I took her to the park yesterday and she was so funny laughing on the swing and making funny faces drinking my limeade.

Thankyou Lord for my little sunshine! Thankyou for the incredible blessing that she is! Please continue to pray for us! Your prayers mean so much to us! We so want Maddy to meet her little brother or sister!

" When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, "Don't cry".-Luke 7:13

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Trusting God

" Blesses is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God" Ps. 146:5

Please lift our baby in prayer over these next 8 days as we wait for our second ultrasound to see if the baby has improved. We are trusting the Lord in whatever happens but are really believing that when we go to the Dr in 8days the baby's sac will have grown, the placenta will have grown and the chromosome levels will be back to normal. My progesterone has gone back up and is the highest it has ever been. This is GREAT news, but my Dr said this alone will not keep the pregnancy. Joe and I both really feel like this baby is a boy and have decided to go ahead and name it so that our prayers are more personal for our baby.We were both getting tired of just calling it "the baby". Here is a picture of him at 10wks. You can see the sac is small, but our baby is ALIVE and has a strong heartbeat! Thankyou Lord! We decided to name him Gabriel which means "hero of God". If we go on to carry to term and end up having a girl we will obviously change the name, but for now this is what we feel from the Lord!

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Not a Happy Post

Warning: This is not a happy post, but I am writing it so that as many people as possible can be praying for our little baby!
Yesterday, ( on my birthday no less), I started having some cramping and spotting again. My Dr. put me on bedrest for the day and wanted to do an ultrasound this morning. We went, and at first as always, it was so amazing to see our little baby. He or she was moving around like crazy and had a great heartbeat-so, we thought no worries, just a little spotting. After the ultrasound our Dr. asked to see us in his office. He said the baby was not growing like he wanted it to. The yoke sack wasn't growing, the placenta wasn't growing, and the baby had an abnormal count of chromosomes. He also mentioned that my progesterone levels had dropped again. He said a combination of these things means that miscarriage is very likely. In fact, he said there was a 90% chance of miscarriage or some abnormality to the baby if I did carry to term. He said he had seen women go on to deliver healthy babies who had these problems and that he wasn't ruling out that I may still carry to term and give birth to a healthy baby. He said we needed to come back in 10days for another ultrasound, and at that time we would either see a healthy baby with a healthy placenta and yoke sack or the baby would be dead and there would have been no growth from our last apointment.
So, here we are..waiting 10 DAYS!!! Joe and I are beside ourselves in worry and fear and I am feeling myself fall deeper and deeper into depression over this. Please,please pray that our next visit will go so well. That God will preserve this precious baby's life and we will carry to term. Please pray for peace and comfort as these will probably be the longest 10 days of my life. I just can't imagine not meeting this baby, not seeing him/her smile for the first time, not holding that baby for the first time! All I know to do is just pray..God is the master physician, not our Dr. and He can do a mighty healing in our baby!

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What's Been Going On!

Happy Birthday to me!! Well, not yet, but we celebrated it early b/c my birthday is on a Wednesday and it's kinda hard for us to do something special in the middle of the week! Joe took me out on a date, which we haven't done in about 6 months!! It's so hard to get it all together with Madeline and with me feeling the pits from being pregnant, but we planned about 2 weeks in advance and made it happen. I even prayed that I wouldn't get sick so we could enjoy the night! It was a blast! I forgot how much fun it is to hang out with my husband! We ate at "Brio's"! My absolute favorite restaurant! I ate more than Joe did, and it was soooo good! Let me tell you though, seeing everyone with their fine wine glasses made me want a glass of wine more than anything! That is one of the first things I am going to do after I have this baby...but of course it can only be a little bit b/c of nursing, so in reality it will probably be another year and half before I can enjoy a full glass of wine!!!
Anyways, after that we saw "Date Night"! It was soo funny! I think since we don't get out much it made it that much funnier, but I could not stop laughing! If you haven't seen it you should!! So, all in all it was a great night!
I took Maddy to her one year check-up today...we were a few weeks late, but whose counting!! She's almost 13months, but they didn't seem to care that much! She is still a little ballerina girl-20lbs 2oz and is 31inches long! 90% in height and 25% in weight. I think she is always going to be skinny! Well, sortof, she accumulates all her fat in her belly so she is fitting in 18-24 month pants. Her arms and legs are still so skinny, but that belly...whew! It is so big! The Dr. gave her a great report but said," No more bottles"! Did anyone else out there stop bottles at one year? He said since she has all her upper four teeth and all her lower four teeth, the bottles could do harm to her mouth! So, I guess we are laying off the bottles. I'm doing it slowly b/c she LOVES her bottles! I don't know what she is going to do if she says "Ba Ba" and I hand her a sippy cup! It's not going to be pretty!!
In other baby news, I am 10weeks pregnant now and the baby has officially graduated to a fetus!!! Yeah! I'm really starting to poke out more and more and blew the elastic in one of my pants the other day so now I am down to one pair of stretchy jeans and one pair of capris that are really too small. I have all my stuff for when I get really big, but not a whole lot for the first trimester! I really don't know what happend to my stuff from when I was pregnant with Madeline! I guess I wore it out and gave it away or something, b/c it is GONE! I really didn't have that much with her though either! So, that is what I will be doing soon....going maternity shopping! It's really fun to be doing this all again!! Joe asked me the other day if I was going to go natural with this one, and all I could think of was the pain from labor the first time! The memory has faded a little, but it is definetly not gone!! I don't know! My Dr. said he would let me try to go vaginal since Madeline was a C-section baby at the last minute ( I was at 9cm when they decided), but that nothing was definete. I think I could go natural more than I could do a C-section again, but that was hell on earth! We'll see!!
Well, thats about it! I'm getting ready to gear up to visit my family in South Carolina this weekend and through next week! Joe is having to go out of town for his job so I figured it would be a perfect time to go! They promised to make me salmon for my bday celebration there, so I couldn't pass that up!! It will be fun to get some pregnancy pictures with my sister and compare our bellies..even though they are still small!

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9 Week Check Up

Yesterday was our nine week check up at the Dr's office! The good news is everything looks great with out little "peanute"..the bad news is, I gained 6lbs!!! My Dr. was not too happy about it, and told me that was a little above average for 9 weeks! I thought, "Whatever, I'm starving all the time and if I'm hungry, I'm going to eat!" I guess I could lay off some of those sweets though! LOL!

They tried to find the heartbeat with the doppler machine, but couldn't, so they did an ultrasound or as they called it a ( sneak a peak). They said the insurance company didn't even have to know about it b/c it was such a quick peak at the baby. On our next visit they are going to do a real ultrasound which will be covered by insurance then! We did get to see our little one though..even though it was kindof fuzzy, but there he or she was! It was so amazing! There is nothing like seeing that baby for the first time. It really does make everything seem so much more real! The baby looked so peaceful and we could really make out the head and body and feet. When they printed the picture it was really hard to see anything, but it was so amazing to see it so big on the monitor. The Dr. has this big flat screen on the wall so you can see everything from the ultrasound so much larger!

The baby's heartbeat was 189 bmp! It was really high! I definetly like to see an above average heartbeat than a below average heartbeat. They said it would probably even out and maybe even drop to the 170's by our next visit! All the old wives tales say a high heartbeat means a girl, but we shall see! Overall, it was such a great visit and I'm so glad the baby is looking so good...and I'm so glad we got to see the baby!! I'm really looking forward to our next visit b/c I know we will get a really clear picture of the baby, and then our next visit we will find out the sex!!! I'm so excited! I know I'm only 9 weeks, but this pregnancy seems like it is going by a lot faster than with Madeline! I'm not complaining at all though. B/c our picture was so fuzzy I am posting a picture of what our baby looks like at 9 weeks! Pretty neat!

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9 Weeks and almost 13 months!

So, my two children are now 9weeks( in utero) and almost 13 months!

This is my 9th week being pregnant! I really can't believe it! We are starting our 3rd month! Woo hoo! I'm so thankful my progesterone levels are back up, and tomorrow we get to hear our baby's hearbeat and hopefully see this little one for the first time on the ultrasound (that is if our insurance company cooperates). They are saying they won't cover ultrasounds until June 1st! Talk about raining on my parade! Hopefully something will work out and we will be able to see our baby! I'm still not feeling great, but A LOT better than I was feeling with Madeline at this point in the pregnancy! My stomach is really getting bigger by the day and pretty much everything I wear now is stretchy. I have even had to start wearing some maternity pants, YIKES! I am still STARVING ALL THE TIME and really, really tired. I'm usually in bed, asleep by 8:00! We have finally decided on both a boy's and a girl's name for the baby, but are waiting until we find out the sex to announce it! This time around I have really wanted sweets or anything that is chocolate. It's funny b/c the smell of cookies used to make throw up with Madeline! I really think this one is a boy, but of course I will be so happy with either!

Madeline is now almost 13 months! She outgrows clothes by the day ( just like her mommy), and is all about "Elmo", as always. Still no walking...I wonder if it will ever happen! She will stand up around the house a lot, but as soon as she wants to go somewhere,she is on her knees crawling! She is doing really good with playing by herself lately..I think she's getting used to me being kindof nathargic (sp?). We've introduced her to a lot more foods lately that were no no's before 1, and she is loving them all! She had her first hotdog a few days ago and loved it! Her favorite foods now are strawberries, waffles, chocolate, ice-cream,spaghetti and ravioli,goldfish,yogurt, and juice! She still HATES vegetables especially peas and carrots! I really have a hard time getting her to eat her veggies like she needs to!

Her new words are "Hello","Ok","Yes", and"More" We are working on "Please", but she just gives us a crazy look when we say it to her! She's really starting to tell us what she wants now too. If she wants her bottle she will go in the kitchen and say "Ba Ba" and stand by the fridge. She points at everything now and even pointed to her bed when she was tired!

So, thats what's new with the Davis bunch. Joe is still really liking his job and was the number one salesman in his office for this month! I'm really proud of him! Here's a picture of me at 9weeks!

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Moms Are A Big Deal!

Happy Mother's Day to all mommies!!!! This is my second year to celebrate Mother's Day! Madeline came just in time for it last year..about 2 weeks before, so granted both Joe and I forgot it was Mother's day until the day actually came! This year, things are obviously a little more calmed down! Mother's day is such a great time to show our moms how much they mean to us! My mom is one of the most amazing ladies I have ever know. All she ever does is serve others, especially her husband and children. Having a baby (and being pregnant with another so close in age), really makes me appreciate my mom even more! I started realizing this weekend how much my mom and I have in common besides looking just like eachother!

My brother and sister are 18 months apart, and this new baby and Madeline will be 20 months apart! My mom had my sister, Sarah, when she was 23, and I had Madeline when I was 23! She had my brother when she was 25, and I will have this new baby at 25. My mom got married when she was 22, and I got married when I was 22. I met my husband at 19, and she met her husband at 19. The list goes on, but those are the main things that I thought were intersting

After going through labor, I remember I told my mom that I was sorry for anything I ever did to her, and just plain "thankyou" for going through all that pain to bring me into the world! She just laughed at me, but I was totally serious!!

Mommyhood is absolutely the most rewarding thing I have ever done! Even when I was so exhausted and could barely keep my eyes open when Madeline was a newborn, and was nursing around the clock and dealing with the pain of my c-section..or even now when I am so nauscious and feel like I'm going to throw up every morning but somehow manage to get through, and am trying to keep up with a 1 year old when all I want to do is go to sleep, I wouldn't trade a single thing! It is all worth it! Having children and being a mom really is one of my absolute joys in life! I'm leaving you with a picture of me and mom when I was about 4months old, and me and Madeline when she was 4months old! Happy Mother's Day!

Me and Mom-1985 Me and Maddy-2009

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Hormone Supplements,Beef Strogonaff, and Baby Names

What a difference a few days has made! My last blog was about my progesterone levels being low in this pregnancy. I'm still worried about them but have been getting so much encouragment from friends who had the same problem or who are nurses and say everything will be fine! Of course those are only words, but they are really helping! Also, PRAYER has been a HUGE comfort! So many people have been lifting me and this little one up in prayer and it has really helped me feel a sense of peace! I get tested again Thurs, so please continue to keep me and our baby in your prayers!
On another note, I am on progesterone hormone supplements to get my levels up. Basically what they do is dramatize all your pregnancy symptoms. It has not been that much fun to have all your regular symptoms at so much of a higher level but I know it is a really good thing! It just means that I am tired out of my mind, more nauscious, STARVING, hot all the time, dizzy, going to the bathroom every 5 seconds, and well, the list continious!
Last night, I was starving as usual and really wanted Beef Strogonaff. It was so good if I do say so myself. I was finished with my entire plate and getting seconds before Joe had even eaten half of his! I think I even ate some of his that he couldn't finish! Then I was fast asleep at 8pm! Hopefully, I won't have to stay on these pills b/c if I do I'm sure I will gain 100lbs! I remember thinking when I was pregnant with Madeline that food never tasted as good as when you were pregnant! That is so true! Something about getting that craving satisfied is so wonderful! I have been craving everything...maybe they aren't even cravings but just being hungry. The only thing I don't really like is sandwiches for some reason..I don't know..they just look gross to me! Everything else though..bring it on!
Joe and I have a boy's name all picked out for this one, but are having problems agreeing on a girl's name! Whatever I like he doesn't, and whatever he likes I don't! Oh well, we find out in July so we have plenty of time, but it's always good to be prepared!
Thanks to everyone for your prayers...I really appreciate them and know that God is faithful all the time!!!

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