My story is a miracle of miracles. Due
to an abusive 1st marriage I had my
tubes tied after my second daughter who
is now 13. I also have a 15 year old. A
couple years after separating from my
husband I met my current husband. He is
truly my soul mate and I adore him. He
never had any children due to his first
wife having undiagnosed infertility. I
always wanted more children and started
looking into a way to accomplish this.
We went to an infertility specialist who
quoted us a price for IVF. We decided
against this because of the cost and I
started looking on the Internet for a
solution. I spent hours and found a
doctor in North Carolina who preformed
tubal reversals as an outpatient
procedure. I begged and pleaded with my
then fiancé because I new in my heart I
had to do this. He was afraid he might
lose me in surgery and did not want me
to have it done. I took the money that I
was saving for our wedding and used it
for the surgery. Luckily the surgery was
less then 1/2 the cost of one IVF
treatment. After the surgery we became
pregnant 10 months later. It was
confirmed after a dye test that my right
tube was blocked that’s why it
took longer for me to get pregnant. I
became pregnant with only my left tube
open. Everything went well even though I
had some spotting which the doctor said
was normal for many women. Then 2 days
before I was to have an ultra sound on
my 5th month my water broke over night
while I was sleeping. It happened slowly
so I thought I had lost my urine. I even
went to work that morning and called the
doctor’s office from there. They
had me come in right away and confirmed
that I had no fluid left. I was
devastated and in shock. The doctor
placed me on complete bed rest right
away. I was sent home and told they
would admit me to the hospital at 24
weeks, if I made it that far. They gave
us the bad prognosis and every week that
I went back we were told the same thing.
We decided to go on with the pregnancy.
I read everything I could get my hands
on about prom. I knew that labor could
be put off if I drank lots of water
since the more I drank the more the baby
put out which would prevent dehydration
and labor. I drank water non-stop for 10
weeks. I went into labor at 31 weeks and
5 days. I prayed my heart out and I was
never afraid I would lose my son. I had
faith in God that everything would be ok
and I believed it. My son let out a loud
cry when he was born and was 3lbs 13
ozs. He stayed in NICU 8 days and was
sent home at 4lbs-6oz. He is a beautiful
healthy 8- month old (corrected age 6
months). We named him Carl Gregory after
his 2 grandfathers. He is doing
everything a 6 month old does and more.
He is now learning to crawl and he rocks
back and forth and scoots on his belly.
I was heartbroken when I read stories
here about pregnancies that were
terminated because the doctor’s
said that was best. Never believe what
they tell you, trust in God. Don't just
pray, believe it will be ok. If God had
taken our son then we would have
accepted it as such when the time came.
However we refused to believe that he
would not be, and today we have a
beautiful healthy happy son. Feel free
to email us anytime.
Carl, Mommy and Daddy love you.
You are our little angel and God’s
gift.
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