The Journey to the Hoolihan Peanut: April 2011

Today April 26, 2011 I am starting my 10th week of pregnancy, with every pregnancy symptom you can think of in full swing! From morning sickness, exhaustion, to the worst one of all my boobs absolutely killing me and getting bigger and bigger, having to pee every 5 minutes, and the crazy women coming out to see the world (wonderful hormones, did I mention my poor husband). Other than all of that the peanut and I are doing great!! My shots are going good, some days they don't bother me and other days they are horrible, but I know that they are working so I wont complain.

Easter weekend came and went. It was wonderful, church service was amazing. I am so proud to say I serve a RISEN God!! He is wonderful and I am thankful for all the many blessings he's given me. We are just one week away from getting to see and hear our little peanut!! Man how time just seems to crawl, but then seem to fly by all in the same instant. We are so excited to see our little miracle baby!! Daniel and I went and bought one of the record able hearts from Build A Bear. We are going to record our little one's heartbeat and stuff its own little bear!! Just one way to show my little peanut that it is very special to mommy and daddy!! I've also started a pregnancy journal along with this blog, so once baby is old enough I can show and tell them the journey we've all taken to greet them. My due date has also changed, not a for certain one yet but its now November 28, 2011. We find out for certain on May 3. I am so over joyed its unbelievable!!

My belly is officially growing, well to me at least. Its starting to round out a little and my regular pants are starting to get uncomfortable, but I think thats from where my bruises are. We've started buying diapers and wipes to try and get a head start. Hopefully by the time he or she makes their appearance I'll have enough to get us through the first couple of months or so. I plan on buying a box of each every other week so that leaves me with 20 big boxes of diapers and wipes at the end. Lets see how fast we go through them though, pretty sure a whole lot faster than it took to collect them all.

I've also changed the nursery stuff I had picked out for a little girl. I've decided against a themed room, but only for a girl. I couldn't pass on the turtles for the little boy. Everyone I've seem to talk to with newborns that chose to do a theme ended up regretting it in the end. So I've pick out the Harlington Nursery Collection from Pottery Barn. Its red, pink, white, with a small amount of turquoise in it. Ill post pictures of it later. I also changed the color of the bed, I want it to be a white bedroom suite for a girl. And still I think this baby is a Boy!! While everyone else thinks its a girl. I really don't care if its a boy or girl as long as I have a healthy baby. We get to find out if baby Hoolihan is a boy or a girl the end of June!!! I so cant wait till then. Im ready to start filling the closet, painting the room, buying the bed, and all the fun stuff that comes with being pregnant!!!

Continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers because they seem to be working!! I will update next week after we have our new ob appointment and ultrasound. I cant wait to show everyone our little peanut!! Until I talk to ya'll again I hope everyone stays safe during the storms and has a wonderful 1st weekend in May!!

Most of you know the journey God has lead Daniel and me through. We have had some wonderful news turn to bad news really fast. I've had good days and bad ones too. Our relationship has been through a whole lot as we are approaching our year anniversary. I would have never thought some of the things that have happened ever could happen, but God has got us through every single step!! God is so good!! We married on May 8, 2010, moved in our house June 30, 2010, bought me a new Jeep August 3, 2010, got a new puppy September 30, 2010, found out we were expecting January 12, 2011, miscarried January 13, 2011, expecting again February 14, 2011, and miscarried February 21, 2011, had test ran to find out the cause of my miscarries on March 17, 2011, On March 25, 2011 found out the results, I have Thrombophlebitis which is a clotting factor which makes my blood form a clot when I get pregnant and doesn't let nutrients get to baby and without that baby can't live so I miscarry. Dr. Riggan had me start taking a baby aspirin everyday until we find out I'm pregnant and I would have to start a blood thinner injection called Lovanox, and this is the day my monthly cycle is suppose to return.

On April 2, 2011 my precious niece Loralei Louise DeForest made her appearance at 11:45 p.m. weighing 7lbs. 15oz. and 19 inches long. She is absolutely perfect and has the biggest dimples ever!! I love her so very much and I'm one proud aunt! Sunday, April 3, 2011 we wake up and are getting ready to head back to the hospital to see Amber and Loralei again, in the meantime Daniel ask if I've still not started and I haven't so he tells me to take a test to just be sure. So I take a test and there two pink lines appeared. I immediately started crying and called my mom and told her the news. She told me to call Dr. Riggan first thing Monday morning. Monday, April 4, 2011 I called my Dr. and told him my news, and he wanted me to come in for blood work, so I was going to go before 4:30, then the bad storms hit and knocked my office and there office out of power. Which leaves me having to go on Tuesday April 5, 2011 to have blood work done and Dr Riggan writes me a script for my Lovanox injections. I get home and start calling around to check prices of this and found out they were $172.00 a week which is $688.00 a month, which is not cheap, but I couldn't put a price on my child. So, my wonderful mother and father are going to help us out with the cost of that. God had already began to answer prayers because at first we thought they were going to be $2000.00 a month and that my insurance wasn't going to pay for any of the cost, insurance ended up paying for some of the cost, and the fact my parents had offered to help us out. I'm telling you God is so amazing!! I went back on Thursday, April 7, 2011 to have repeat blood work done to make sure my hCG levels are rising. Dr Riggan calls me Thursday night and of course I miss the phone call, but he leaves a voice mail just letting me know everything is ok and to call the next morning. Friday, April 8, 2011 ( my daddy's birthday) I wake up and call Dr. Riggan and he tells me everything is doing great and he scheduled my ultrasound and next appointment!

So Now today is Friday, April 15, 2011 and I am still pregnant and taking my shots like a champ. I take 1 injection in my belly everyday. On the bright side I only have 235 more days to go!! My wonderful mom comes and gives it to me everyday!!! Did I mention she is wonderful and a gift from God I don't know how I would make it without her. They don't hurt to horribly bad they just burn really really bad and make a bruise, so by the end my big ol' belly will be one big bruise. Dr Riggan told me to look at that big bruised belly and know that bruise is what is keeping that baby ALIVE!! Daniel and I are so over joyed its unbelievable!! I dread going to pee every time scared that its going to give me a horrible sign, but so far so good. God is helping me know that he is in control and this is his child and everything will be OK. The morning sickness,as they call it, has kicked in which is kicking my butt morning, noon and night!! I wonder who came up with that name, probably a man who has never gone through any of it!! lol =) I go to the Dr. May 3, 2011 to have our first ultrasound, I am sooooo excited to get to see and probably hear my little peanut!!! We find out our for sure due date, but as of right now my EDD is December 6, 2011!! My Christmas present from God!! I cant begin to tell you how excited we are and all at the same time so nervous and scared! So everyone please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. This is still on the down low so please no post on facebook. If you wanna talk please write it in a message on fb or text me!! I just wanted to catch people up on our life and our wonderful news!! Thank you all for being such wonderful friends and family. How lucky can one girl get? I will keep everyone updated and will post pictures of my little peanut and the wonderful growing belly soon!! Remember that God answers prayers and he truly has a wonderful plan even when we think hes only out to hurt us, he really isn't he knows whats best and everything will work out according to his plan. He loves you and always will get you through.