The Very UnNormal Pregnancy

Finally, after almost 3 years our prayers were answered and dreams were on the road to coming true!!! Little did we know, that we were just boarding a roller coaster of crazy ups and downs to get to that dream! We were so excited to be pregnant again and wanted to shout it from the rooftop, but with the previous miscarriage we waited till we were further along to let parents and close family/friends know. After the excitement of letting them know, we had a huge scare one night. At 12 weeks 2 days on a Friday night, I started bleeding and we just knew it was another miscarriage. We went to the er at Willow Creek assuming the worst. But to our surprise after lots of tests and an ultrasound, we were not miscarrying. But I had had a blood clot rupture...aka hemorrhage.  This was a relief to hear but this could cause us to miscarry if it continued to where the placenta was attached, it could cause it to start detaching. I was sent home with the orders to follow up with Dr. Hinton on Monday. Dr. Hinton done another ultrasound and it had gotten a little bigger over the weekend. She put me on partial bed rest and said to come back in a week. We ended up having to come back every week for 2 months until it finally healed. Because of having to go for weekly ultrasound we were able to know weekly that our baby was growing great and found out at 15 weeks that it was a little boy!! At our 20 week ultrasound, they did the routine anatomy exam. During this exam, we finally had the good news that the hemorrhage had healed! Excited from that news we went in to see the doctor next(not our regular doctor this day) not expecting to hear bad news. She said they seen not one but three issues that was alarming and since there was 3 different issues that there was a good chance he may have some chromosomal issues. Alarming things: 1: Calcium deposit on the muscle of his heart. They said this was not to worrisome and that they seen it often. And that there was a good chance it would be gone by the time he was born. 2: 2 vessel umbilical cord instead of 3. They said this could keep him from gaining as much weight at the end of pregnancy, as he would if it was 3. Basically, with only having 2 he was not able to get as much nutrients without the 3rd vessel. 3: No right kidney. As long as his left kidney functioned properly, he can live without his right one. They said he would probably have yearly appointments until he was 18 but he should be fine. Although, the said he shouldnt play contact sports and risk damaging his left/only kidney. Because of him having 3 different issues it alarmed them. Usually when they see several different issues, it causes concern of a chromosome defect. The doctor we seen that day said she wanted us to have a level 2 ultrasound done to look at everything. It was a very scary appointment. So we scheduled our level 2 and anxiously awaited that day. The day finally came and we were so nervous, but knew God was in control. The ultrasound revealed everything the previous one had but nothing more. We video chatted with a nurse and genetics doctor, both from Little Rock. The genetics doctor said she thought everything would be ok and that when he was born she wouldn't be surprised if he was healthy and without any genetic or chromosome defects. We thankfully left that day thinking everything was fine and we were good to go and enjoy the rest of the pregnancy. But just 3 days later, I was sitting on the couch when my water broke. We went to the emergency room. We were only 23 weeks 2 days along and we truly thought we were going to loose the pregnancy. But to our surprise the doctor said he was admitting us to be put on bedrest. I was not contracting so they said we would stay on bedrest until I delivered. And that the next 48 hours would be a deciding factor. Most women whos water breaks delivers within 48 hours. Well like the rest of the pregnancy, that did not happen for us. I was able to stay on bed rest and keep baby boy in and growing for 6 weeks. At 29 weeks to the day, on September 19 baby boy finally entered the world. He was 3lbs 2oz. Laying in bed for 6 weeks was not an easy thing to do but it was so worth it when we finally got to see our precious baby boy!!