Prayer for Baby Roo (or Bug)

So baby number two, has been yet to be dubbed. The name Baby Bug was suggested by my dear friend M. Mainly because most are convinced this baby is a girl! We won't know until October, but if this baby is a girl, she can be called our Lady bug. Since they are all so convinced, if it turns out to be a boy, he's a little stink bug for making them think he's a she. Hehe, I thought it was cute. :) Although I might be leaning more toward Baby Roo. Sticking with the Hundred Acre Woods theme...you know Bear and Roo. Votes?!


This pregnancy has been different from Baby Bear's. To start, I've not been so sick as I was with him, and time is flying by as I am at 21weeks already! Half way through! I Love feeling those flutters grow stronger to feeling bumps and kicks. Even my hubby has gotten to feel the baby move. It's possible I have gestational diabetes again, I have to go in for a 3 hour glucose test with 12hour fasting before hand. My numbers have been normal with my blood sugar test kit, even with not being on a low carbs, high protein diet I've been playing at on a few meals. So I'm hoping even though I failed the first glucose test, that with this second, everything comes back normal. At least with the new OB we have, he said that there were other measures, so even if this is the case and I have GD, going to insulin will be the last option. Which is a huge relief, that was the hardest part previously. Although lack of cake doughnuts was a close second.


Aunt A and cousins just came out for a wonderful visit! We had a ton of fun, lots of swimming, food, puzzles, walks to the park, hugs, and laughter. My sister brought a toddler bed for Bear! I'm so excited! We've been debating about a theme for the new bedroom, since we will keep the nursery for the new baby, Bear will get a new room. He LOVES Mickey Mouse! I've seen such neat things, however I've also seen really neat things for Peter Pan....I think Mickey though at this point is winning cause of ease and access to items. I can do primary colors, and shapes, and incorporate Mickey.


Bear continues to amaze me with his knowledge and growth every day. His walking is getting better and better, he just needed his cousins help, which they were more then happy to give. We've started enjoying the pool almost daily, and he loves, loves the splash pool, specially if a female life guard is on duty. He will splash, then wave, splash some more and wave again. :)


Great Grandma also came for a visit and that was so neat to introduce Bear to my Grandma. It was such a delight to see her delight! I will have to get some pictures soon. I can't believe it, but I took zero pictures this last week. Thank goodness, for Mimi, who took many with her camera. :) 


However, I do have some new sonogram picture of the Baby. :)

Foot! 

Baby's profile- head on the right side, and little hand near the baby's mouth

Another profile picture, you can see the little fingers on the hand!

We do have another update on the baby, and with this one we are asking prayer for our little one. To start what we do know is whatever is happening is not harming the baby and that is as much as we really know, the baby is growing and all brain activity is normal. Our little one has something wrong with their heart, as it has a pause and they don't know why. The Doctor hasn't seen anything like it in the 12 years of prenatal heart care he has done. 


Its not typical arrhythmia (for the electrical impulses to the heart are functioning) or heart failure or what is known as sudden death. There is no extra flutter in the atrium, or stopping of the blood pumping through the chambers but the pause happens about every 3 beats. That's the best of my understanding. 


We will meet with another specialist a week from Monday, and will go in for a ultrasound once a week to continue to make sure the baby is progressing and that this isn't causing any damage. 
It does look like if the heart continues this track and they don't know what's wrong, I will be having a c-section, since at birth they wouldn't be able to see if the baby is in any distress for a normal birth process. They said it could completely resolve itself without them ever figuring out what it was, and that is what we are praying for.  


We are thankful we made the switch to this group of doctors and specialists, they seem better equipped and knowledgeable and determined to figure out what is wrong. (the tech said even if its 2 in the morning and he figures it out he would call her to tell her he solved it, he recently had a case that was one in 7 million that he solved, so we are hopeful he will be able to help with our little one) And we are thankful that they discovered this to monitor what is going on closely. 
Thank you for those prayers! I'll continue to update you when we hear anything. We appreciate all of you prayer warriors out there and know through those prayers Dawson was healed, and we are praying the same for this Baby. 


Philippians 4:4-7
⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.