Coming March 2015...

This last month has been an emotional and physical rollercoaster.

The short version:
Last month, while visiting family a few hours west of us, I ended up going to the ER due to pain in my side causing severe nausea. I was sent home the same night after receiving anti-nausea medicine, but ended up calling my midwives and getting an appointment with a local OB-GYN, because the pain was still severe. Long story short, the doctor ordered an ultrasound which revealed the placenta tearing from the uterus, and a lot of internal bleeding. I was placed on bed rest, which included NO LIFTING, until I could get back to the cities to meet with my midwives.



Once we got home we met with my midwives, who also ordered an ultrasound(4 days after all this began). They compared results, and were slightly confused. The tearing was gone, and there were no signs of bleeding. Odd considering the original report. They decided to keep me on  limited activity(still no lifting), and they ordered a level two ultrasound for 3 weeks later, just to be safe. Because I was on limited activity and could not lift my son, we decided it would be best to move in with my parents for the time being; 3 weeks is A long wait to say the least, having to watch everyone else pick up and care for my son because I was having to care for our unborn baby as best I could.

Today after a LONG month, we had our ultrasound......

Driving to our appt

 

I was a bit excited to get to this appointment, Find out how the baby and I were doing, Learn whether or not I would need to continue living with family for extra help with Caden, and find out the gender of our unborn baby.....


With that being said, We have two announcements.

 

First: The baby and I are 100% fine. No tear. No bleeding. I can return to normal activities. I can lift my son. We can go back home. We can return to normal!!

 

Second: We would like to introduce our Daughter.......

 

 

 

 Raleigh Everly Marie!!!

 

Thank you all for your prayers during this time. We can not wait to meet our little girl in March. :)

 

Boy or Girl??

Well it's that time again, and I am beyond excited! Our doctor ordered a level 2 ultrasound this time, due to some complications we have been dealing with, but they are feeling confident everything will be fine. So I get to just sit here and enjoy being excited about seeing our baby next Tuesday, and learning our babies gender so we know which name to go with. 8 days can't go fast enough. So far we have several people who have given us there guesses on gender(yes I'm positive there's only one baby), so let me know your guess and I'll add you to our board. Happy guessing! :)

Social Media Standards

Dear Friends on Social Media:

I’ve written this as a means of creating a standard  of etiquette for how I would like people to respond when you are on my social media feeds. This is not written towards any one person, rather this is written because I seem to run into the same problem on many social media sites, and I want to make myself very clear, so as not to be misunderstood in the future.

First, I am so thankful that I have so many friends and family who are different from me, who don't think like I do. Yes, I'm even thankful for those who disagree with me. I love the fact that I can discuss different things and not always get a thumbs up(though you who give me those thumbs up are also wonderful, and I absolutely need encouragement as well); but I love having people who challenge my thinking causing me to think through why I think, and believe the way I do. I'm thankful for each of you!

Second, the reason I'm writing this: with being my friend on any social media site there does come responsibility on your end. What you do on your social media feeds, I can not control, but when you come to my pages, posts, blogs etc... understand, I love hearing disagreement and engaging in conversation, I love chatting, challenging, and  encouraging,  each other, but I also expect that if you have disagreements that they will be made with respect. I expect that if you genuinely have a problem or concern that you will call me, message me, and talk to me instead of getting mad, yelling, cursing, or insulting myself or anyone else through these page/posts. If I see such behavior, your posts will be deleted(especially if I see insulting, even if it's passive aggressive, I do not condone any sort of intimidating/bullying). I will then email you, or call you, and try to work things out. If I am In The wrong, I will apologize and make things right. But If things can not be resolved in a healthy manner, I will not allow such things to go on, and will cut off any contact with you. I'm not doing this to be mean, but I want to ensure our friendships stay healthy, and that we can communicate in a healthy manner.

Third, I don't want anyone to question what I believe and stand for, so I will lay it out for you very clearly so as not to be misunderstood, I am a Bible believing, Christ following, Christian, and yes I do believe in Heaven and Hell.  When it comes to politics I am a conservative. I am 100% pro-life. I believe marriage is meant to be between one man and one women. I do not condone animal cruelty, but I do eat meat. I believe a wife is supposed to submit to the headship of her husband, and that this does not make her less than. I believe in freedom from all forms of slavery. I believe in respecting and honoring those who are older than me, even if I don't agree. And I believe many people will disagree with me on many of these topics.

I love and care for each of you, and thank you for your continued friendship. I desire that when you come to my social media feeds, that each of us feels safe to express our thoughts, opinions, and beliefs in a healthy manner, even if at the end of a conversation we all walk away disagreeing. I desire to give respect, and be given respect, even on ‘hot’ topics. Please feel free to ask questions or discuss further with me, anything I have mentioned.

Thank you!