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I received the news this morning that a close friend and old roomie of mine lost her baby girl (she was exactly 20 weeks pregnant).  Here's a portion of her email.  I know a lot of you know Corrie....

Matt and I lost a baby girl this weekend.  I was exactly 20 weeks when I delivered her.

My water broke unexpectedly Saturday morning around 9:15 am, while I was trying to sleep in.  We went directly to the Hospital in Wild Rose where they ran some tests and comfirmed it was my amniotic fluid.  I was then transferred to Meriter in Madison, WI.  My OB was on call.  The ultrasound showed a strong healthy baby but there was no fluid left for the baby to survive.   She died before delivery.   I delivered a baby girl at 4:30am yesterday, April 25th.  We named her, MacKenzie Ann.  She was beautiful.

We will be having a service this week to help mourn our loss, I will have details later this afternoon.   Most likely will be Thursday or Friday.


She was 10 inches and 12.5 oz.

 I'm just sick with this news and my heart is hurting for this family.  Send a prayer loaded with love and support.  It is times like this when I have no concept of what God's bigger plan is.  It is hard to imagine why He would need this little life up in heaven more than Corrie and Matt needed this life here on Earth.

We're having a.......

BABY!!!!

We had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday which went really well.  Melissa, our tech, was great as she talked us through everything that we were seeing on the screen.  It never ceases to amaze me when I hear the tiny little heartbeat or see the chambers of the heart and other teeny, tiny little parts of this human being that we've created.  The baby is 14 oz.---she said that he/she will reach 1 lb. in the next week, which is right on target.  I checked back on our past blog and Vivian was exactly 14 oz. at her 20 week ultrasound too.  I think the two kids have different profiles....but I'll let you decide! 
The tech knows what we are having, but we decided not to find out....well, we WILL find out...in August.  Or September.


Ok, so HERE'S VIVIAN'S profile...you compare!  (Ok, so on the computer, that is REALLY hard to do!)

And here's one more picture...but you'll probably have to turn your head, squint a bit, use your imagination and overall just pretend you see what I explain.

This picture is a side view of baby's leg---thigh, knee, calf, heel, foot, toes....not straight out, but in a bent, "runner" fashion.

The thigh is coming down on the right, knee bottom right, then kicks up 45 degree angle to heel/foot.

And While You Are Here...

We're struggling with names....BIG surprise, right?  (We decided Vivian's name AT THE HOSPITAL). 

So---we need boys' names and girls' names, since we're not finding out this time!  (A boy would probably have Seth or James as a middle name and we like girls' names that end in "a" but are open to all suggestions!) 

Thanks!

It's About That Time Again....

To start up the baby guessing pool.  Winner gets a $10 gift card to Target!  Or not.  Maybe just bragging rights in the baby book!

Submit:
Gender
Date of Birth (current due date is Aug 28---went into labor on Viv's due date, had her two days later)
weight  (Vivian was 8 lbs. 13 oz.)
length (Vivian was 20 inches)
time of birth (Vivian was 2:45am)

Ok, so comment below with some predictions!

Congrats!

....To Sara Valley and her husband on their new baby girl, Mara!

....To Andrea and Joe as they welcomed baby girl, Amber on Feb. 19!

....To Lindsey and Tom as they welcomed baby boy, Brayden on Feb. 19!

....To Christine and Brent Hoehne on the news that they are expecting their 2nd baby in September!

Update Week 17

Hi all-
Week 16 checkup went well---baby is a little Kung Fu Panda and is often kicking and squirming around.  That has been a lot of fun!

I took the Quad screen (which tests for abnormalities like Downs Syndrome) and everything came back normal---yea!

I do have ANOTHER infection, but I haven't called the Dr. back yet this morning to find out what kind.  They don't seem too worried, but I don't like the idea of more medications in my body.

Right now, baby is about 5 ounces and 5 inches long (turnip size)!

Our ultrasound is set for Wed, April 16 at 4:00 pm.  Adam and possibly Vivian will be going to this one!

Fun Fun Fun!

As it is almost 15 weeks, the little lemon (3.5 inches long) is moving around lots!  It is so much fun that I can feel Baby Dos moving! 

Congratulations to the many (17) people that I know that are expecting this year....special congrats to Corrie and Matt for their (multiple tries) SUCCESSFUL IVF treatment!  Phew! 

***I have just been notified that the count is actually 18!!!!   Congratulations proud mommies and daddies to be!!!***