Hi everyone. Here is my latest pregnancy photo at 36 weeks this week!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Ultra sound...and picture too!
Yesterday was a bit of a time of distress, pain, and uncertainty.
Dana all of a sudden started having severe cramping and then pain in her lower abdomen. The area where this was happening was her left ovary.
From what we knew about this and learned on the Internet, this could mean ectopic pregnancy or ovarian cyst. We were starting to think she was either going to miscarry or have an ectopic pregnancy (the pregnancy is not viable and is in the fallopian tube, this can be fatal for the mother).
I said a short prayer, for the Lord to make this not a serious problem and that it would pass.
I didn't know what to do, but I thought no matter what happens, this is going to be serious. So we decided to take her to the emergency room. We were both very saddened and upset because we thought we were going to lose the baby.
And to our amazement and delight, they did the ultra-sound and here is what they found:
A beating heart and a healthy baby!
Apparently, the pain could be either of two things. The Corpus Luteum "cyst" on the left ovary, where the fertilized egg originated; or the three fibroids found on the outside of her uterus. However, the Corpus Luteum is normal but known to cause severe pain in some women; and the fibroids may cause discomfort, but should not interfere with the pregnancy.
Dana all of a sudden started having severe cramping and then pain in her lower abdomen. The area where this was happening was her left ovary.
From what we knew about this and learned on the Internet, this could mean ectopic pregnancy or ovarian cyst. We were starting to think she was either going to miscarry or have an ectopic pregnancy (the pregnancy is not viable and is in the fallopian tube, this can be fatal for the mother).
I said a short prayer, for the Lord to make this not a serious problem and that it would pass.
I didn't know what to do, but I thought no matter what happens, this is going to be serious. So we decided to take her to the emergency room. We were both very saddened and upset because we thought we were going to lose the baby.
And to our amazement and delight, they did the ultra-sound and here is what they found:
Apparently, the pain could be either of two things. The Corpus Luteum "cyst" on the left ovary, where the fertilized egg originated; or the three fibroids found on the outside of her uterus. However, the Corpus Luteum is normal but known to cause severe pain in some women; and the fibroids may cause discomfort, but should not interfere with the pregnancy.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Guess what?!
You may not be coming to check on this blog regularly. This is because we haven't been posting...
However, something has happened in our lives that cannot be kept secret. Something amazing, and miraculous.
As most of you know, my wife and I have been married 12+ years and we have been trying to have children this whole time. We have all but given up, but we kept our hope.
It started when Dana was feeling fatigued. OK, no big deal, a lot of sicknesses were going around and she thought she was fighting it off. Also, she was feeling crampy, and it was passed time for her menstrual period, but that has happened many times. Then this morning, she was feeling strangely ill. She tried to puke but nothing came up. Weird, I thought, "Morning Sickness"? No it couldn't be; we'd seen her in a similar condition in the past and there was no reason.
I mentioned taking a pregnancy test before I left for my interview this morning.
The interview went well. I called Dana and let her know I was coming home. She was acting strangely. I was wondering.
When I got home, she was all dressed up and so was I because I just got back from my interview.
I asked, "Why are you dressed up?"
"I have some news." She says.
I'm thinking, "No way."
She tells me to close my eyes and leads me over to a little white, plastic stick.
"It's impossible."
From there I cannot tell you the rest of the dialog. There was a lot of exclamations coming from my mouth (all holy). I do know that I repeated "I can't believe it" more times than would be tolerable to a rational person. But you understand I could not be rational after praying 12 years, and being clinically "infertile".
WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN, IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD!
However, something has happened in our lives that cannot be kept secret. Something amazing, and miraculous.
As most of you know, my wife and I have been married 12+ years and we have been trying to have children this whole time. We have all but given up, but we kept our hope.
It started when Dana was feeling fatigued. OK, no big deal, a lot of sicknesses were going around and she thought she was fighting it off. Also, she was feeling crampy, and it was passed time for her menstrual period, but that has happened many times. Then this morning, she was feeling strangely ill. She tried to puke but nothing came up. Weird, I thought, "Morning Sickness"? No it couldn't be; we'd seen her in a similar condition in the past and there was no reason.
I mentioned taking a pregnancy test before I left for my interview this morning.
The interview went well. I called Dana and let her know I was coming home. She was acting strangely. I was wondering.
When I got home, she was all dressed up and so was I because I just got back from my interview.
I asked, "Why are you dressed up?"
"I have some news." She says.
I'm thinking, "No way."
She tells me to close my eyes and leads me over to a little white, plastic stick.
"It's impossible."
From there I cannot tell you the rest of the dialog. There was a lot of exclamations coming from my mouth (all holy). I do know that I repeated "I can't believe it" more times than would be tolerable to a rational person. But you understand I could not be rational after praying 12 years, and being clinically "infertile".
WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN, IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
My Art Work
Here is some of my latest doodle art
The medium I use to color my artwork is colored pencil
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Chocolate Raspberry Crossiant French Toast
Here is a special breakfast that was first
introduced to me about 11 yrs ago, that I decided
to recreate it. This is crossiant french toast with grated
chocolate, raspberry sauce, and whip cream. So... fun
and so... Yummy! We even tried toasting the crossiant
and adding the topping and that was just as delicious.
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