The Power of Prayer

The last few weeks have been a crazy hectic time. My last post I talked about the specialist I was sent to by my OB for "high-risk 3rd trimester pregnancies, and up until August 11th things seemed to be okay. I mean there were a few concerns but nothing had prepared me for what we found out. During my ultrasound my Dr is checking the Doppler (measures the blood flow in the umbilical cord) and instantly turn off the machine and starts talking about the baby isn't getting enough blood! Um..wait back up was my thought I sat and listened as he tried explaining to me what was going on and this was the conclusion.
Side note:
I was diagnosed with MTHFR (I use the acronym because the word is about 50 letters long.) before trying to get pregnant back in January. Basically my body doesn't process Folic Acid and other B vitamins and I have a problem with blood clotting all related to the MTHFR. There is no major cause for concern with this until you try to become pregnant, and once that occurs you are out on about 8 different meds including shots.

So back to my conclusion...
Dr. Reiter said that the problem with the baby is related to my previous diagnosis and it was causing the placenta to separate from the uterus which resulted in the blood flow from the umbilical cord to the baby to be at a lower level than he liked. And we had to come back in 1 week to be checked again. I asked if there was anything I could do and his response was don't stress and take it easy (YEAH RIGHT!) I also asked what would happen if the blood flow kept decreasing and his response was that if in 1 week the blood flow had decreased significantly I would have to induced and we would be having a baby. Another side note: at this time I was only 28 1/2 weeks pregnant.

So with that news Aaron and I were sent to the front to check out and schedule our next appointment. I held myself together until we got to the parking garage where I completely lost it! I was bawling crying and my ever so sweet husband asked if we could stop and pray for the baby right there in the parking garage. After we prayed we headed to my mom's work so we could fill her in. Along the way I text our closest friends and family and asked them to just pray for Noelle. It was at that point I realized how great our friends, family, and church family was and how caring they all were about the news.

Jump forward to August 18th- Aaron, my mom, and I went to Dr. Reiter's office for the follow up appointment. i don't know who was more nervous Aaron or myself. He was shaking and sweating and didn't say a word! So during the ultrasound which seemed to take forever because he was checking growth and bone lengths then he turned on the Doppler. The blood flow from the umbilical cord to Noelle had in fact decreased but it had not decreased as significantly as it could. Can we all jump, shout, and do a little happy dance?!?! I have never been so relieved and blessed by God then at that moment. I still have to be monitored but so far so good and Noelle is still a moving and a shaking on a regular basis. I know with all my heart and soul that the Lord answered our prayers and I can't stop smiling knowing His love for our precious baby girl. I also can't help but wonder what magnificent plan He has in store for her life!

I tried uploading our most recent 4D ultrasound picture from the 18th but I was having some difficulty, next time I promise.