Ship Builder's Son: It's a GIRL!!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

It's a GIRL!!

Which I'm sure, you all know by now :-) I have a ton of pictures that I will post really soon along with the craziness of a birth story I will start working on tonight and post on here right away! It probably won't be finished until tomorrow, so look for it coming soon! I'll leave you with a picture of the sweetest little girl I know!

Alexis Sophia
born on 8.9.10 at 3:58 P.M. via emergency c-section

2 comments:

Unknown said...: She is soooo beautiful. What an amazing miracle!!!!! Praise Jesus for your daughter!!!! I can't believe she is really here.; August 14, 2010 at 1:27 AM
Kim said...: Congratulations! So happy she turned out to be sweet! (Don't know what you would do if she weren't!)Mine started out sweet, and now she is adorable, but can be a pain at times. I love her so much! I'm so glad you have a baby girl to love and spoil! I'm so excited to see more pictures of her and read about her milestones!

I can't wait to read about the birth story. I'm glad everything turned out ok! I'll be checking back often!; August 16, 2010 at 9:01 AM

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Our road to baby #2

2.01.08-We decided to try for baby #2.
3.15.08-We found out we were pregnant.
5.22.08-first miscarriage. (natural)
6.24.09-We found out we were pregnant again.
8.14.09-D&C-second miscarriage
9.9.09-hCG draw - in the 80's. Go back in 2 weeks.
10.02.09 -hCG draw 3-normal
10.07.09- Went in for 7 different blood tests. (Faltor 5 Leiden, Protein C, Protein S, Artithrambin 3, Prothrambin G, Lupis Anticoagulent and Anticardidipin Antibody.)
10.15.09-Found out that blood tests were normal.
10.22.09-Went in for an MRI to look for a septate. Results are that everything is completely normal.
Next step is to see a genetic counselor- to check if I and/or Ryan have abnormal genes.
11.28.09- positive pregnancy test! Will this be a sticky bean?
12.01.09- Positive blood test! hCG 422, Progesterone 19.88
12.10.09- hCG- 8613 , Progesterone-18.6
12.18.09- Dr. Peterson appt 5:10. Saw a fluid sack, but no baby yet. Sack measuring 5w,5d.
12.29.09-U/S appt. 6:30 AM. Baby measured 7w6d! HB 160!
1.08.10-U/S appt. 7am. Measured RIGHT ON! 9w2d! BPM 163!
1.21.10-U/S appt. 4:40 PM. Baby measured 11w5d! (supposed to be 11w1d!) Heard h/b on doppler!!! 163 BPM!
2.19.10-15 week appt 5:20. Went great! Heard the h/b on doctor's doppler 145 bpm! Decided NOT to do any tests on baby.
3.11.10- 9:30 A.M. Big U/S at the hospital. Baby looks GREAT, placenta is posterior, plenty of fluid, baby weighs 9 ozs, and I got kicked A LOT! We did NOT find out the gender by choice :-)
3.19.10-Dr. Peterson appt 5:00. 19 weeks!! Heartbeat 144!
4.16.10- 23 week appt. 5:00 P.M. H/B 143!
5.14.10-27 week appt/blood-glucose test :-} 9:20- drink the sugary stuff, 9:30-appt with Dr.P, 10:20 blood test. Bleck! Test-fail :-( Diagnosed with GD. Heart rate 145! Baby is great!
5.28.10-appointment every 2 weeks now!! GD numbers perfect and baby perfect!
6.14.10-11:30 appt. HB 144-145-perfect!
6.28.10-11:00 appt and U/S at 10:15! Baby measured 4lbs,11oz! Perfect! fluid still good, got some cute face pictures! Still fought the urge to find out the gender :-)
7.9.10- 9:40 appt. Baby looks great! Dilated 1 cm, and 40% effaced! appointments every week until delivery!
7.16.10-10:00 appt. HB a perfectly healthy 150!
7.23.10- 9:30 appt. dilated to 2 1/2 and 80 % effaced!! HB great!
7.30.10-9:30 appt. Still dilated to 2 1/2. HB still really great!
8.6.10- Last prenatal appt! 9:30. Dilated 3cm and talked about induction!!
8.9.10- Induction if I'm still pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Alexis Sophia