Dear Hot, Delicious, Caffeinated, half cup of Minuet coffee: Please, take away my awful headache, and linger with me as long as possible. I haven’t had you in two months and I won’t be having you much more, if at all, until baby arrives. Signed, A Caffeine needing, Coffee loving, Prego mommy
Being Happy in my Current Season of Life
Just in time for our daughter to start Kindergarten, we moved to a smaller city with better schools. We quickly got to know many of our neighbors via the bus stop. All of the other families had older children while we had our Kindergartner and a two year old. While many of the moms were […]
Our Ectopic Pregnancy – Part 4
I was immediately prepped for surgery. I had lots of forms to sign, an IV was put in, I talked to the anesthesiologist. I talked to Dave. I admit that I was at my absolute lowest at that point. I was devastated that my baby had to be surgically removed from my body. I felt […]
Our Ectopic Pregnancy – Part 3
Within 15 minutes of being at the church, things started happening. My nephew had gone off with his group and my mom and I had stayed with my kids and their group. I was standing; ready to help with anything that was needed when I started to feel a strange discomfort in my lower right […]
Our Ectopic Pregnancy – Part 2
I went straight to OB triage and told them I was pregnant with an IUD and that I was spotting. They took a blood test and checked my hCG level. (hCG is the pregnancy hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin) The level was low. The way they were estimating my pregnancy, I could have been about 6 […]