We begin this blog 9 weeks into our pregnancy. So much has already happened. Lets start from the beginning. The very beginning... We started trying to get pregnant in May 2009. Three months later we started working with a Endocrinologist in Augusta, GA. After two rounds of clomid and HCG shots (administered by Grant ouch!) and one insemination nothing happened. By November we were ready for some answers. Amazingly we stumbled upon our current doctor here in Atlanta. He preformed a surgery called endometrial laprsocopy. Through this surgery he found that I did in fact have endometriosis. After the surgery he wanted us to try naturally for three months using the Clear Blue Easy fertility monitor. Well, I am not sure if it was the surgery or the monitor or a combination of both but we got pregnant!

We found out we were pregnant December 18, 2009 at 7:15am. I will never forget it. We were so excited. We probably took five test that morning. When I got to work I called my doctor and they wanted to do a blood test immediately. The blood test determined that I was pregnant. We celebrated by calling all of our family members and telling our closest friends at our annual Christmas party that night. We were on top of the world (and still are)!

On January 1, 2010 (6 weeks) I woke up to a not so sweat surprise. I was bleeding. I paged my doctor and he sent me to the emergency room. After doing an ultrasound and several blood test the ER doctor diagnosed me with a threatened miscarriage. He prescribed bed rest until I could get to my doctor on Monday. Things were not fun around our house that weekend. I cried, Grant cried (a bunch), and we spent the weekend in a horrible haze. Monday finally came and I got to my doctors office as soon as I could. To our relief the baby's heart was still beating. The doctor put me on progesterone 200mg each night. He said that this would help support the pregnancy. During this ultrasound he also noticed a very large cysts. He said that this cysts will hopefully go away but if it doesn't then he will remove it by 14 weeks.

A few days went by and the bleeding finally stopped. I was feeling much better but still scared. We saw the doctor again on January 12 and things were good. The baby's heart beat was 140 beats per minute. We also got a picture of our beautiful baby. Three days later I was bleeding again. I rushed to the doctor's office and they saw me immediately. The baby was well. The heart beat was 130 beats per minute which the doctor said was good. This was when the doctor identified the blood clot. The blood clot or subchorionic hematona was located in my uterus above the baby. The doctor told me that there is noting that can be done about a blood clot. He put me on a baby aspirin each day. He said that my body will either absorb the blood or it will try and find its way out. At this time he gave us a 60/40 chance of the baby surviving. I went home and spent the weekend in bed.

I love my doctor! He called me Saturday morning at 9:30 just to check in. He is so amazing! He also suggested that I see another doctor the following week. He referred me to the Atlanta Perinatal Consultants for high risk pregnancies. We saw the new doctor this past Wednesday. They performed another ultrasound where we got to see the baby again. There is nothing better than seeing that beautiful heartbeat. This time the heartbeat was 169 beats per minute. We also saw the horrible blood clot. This doctor said that he has seen this many times before. He said that he has seen women with larger clots go on to deliver healthy babies and he has seen women with smaller clots go on to have a miscarriage. He said that we have to take it one day at a time and see what happens. He will see me once a week from now until the end of February. I left his office not knowing how to feel.

And that brings us to the present. We are now 9 weeks pregnant and scared as can be. Our next appointment is Tuesday and hopefully we will have more pictures to post. The doctor is monitoring the blood clot. Hopefully it has gotten smaller.

And now this is our prayer: Dear God, Cover the womb with you love. Bless this child with a supernatural awareness of your presence. May he/she always know that you are with him/her and experience fullness of joy. May he/she always be sensitive to your Spirit, Lord and walk in your truth. As he/she learns to bond with us may he/she also learn to bod with you, father. I thank you, Lord, that you see our baby's substance even as he/she is being made in secret. You know him/her intimately. Begin even now, Lord to call him/her to prepare his/her heart to respond to you. Grant health, strength and vitality to this precious child a you form him/her in the womb. Lord Jesus, I thank you for your great love for children. My heart rejoices in your goodness, and I bask in your blessings and in your salvation. I dedicate the life and future of this unborn child to you and your service.

Amen