The best news we have gotten yet! :)

April 1, 2009

Greetings! First off, those who know me/the Axe side of our family know that we are notorious for trying to play April Fool’s jokes on each other. So being that today is April 1st, I want to be clear that no part of this email is a joke. Though it was tempting to tell you […]

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GD Free!

March 30, 2009

I just spoke with a nurse from our OB’s office and found out that I am gestational diabetes (GD) free (at least for now)! My results were 83 and the nurse told me that under 140 is considered normal/a negative result. She also explained that they will test me again at about 28 weeks, but […]

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Praying for Stellan

March 29, 2009

I imagine that most of you by now have heard about/been to “McMama’s” blog. However, in case you have not, her youngest son Stellan is at the hospital, in the PICU, with severe heart problems and is not doing well. I first found out about Stellan and McMama, soon after Molly was born and died, […]

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We love routine appointments! :)

March 27, 2009

This morning we had our third prenatal appointment at our OB’s office. I am happy to report that it was relatively uneventful, just as we like them! 🙂 The highlights from today include that we got to hear Baby Benson’s heartbeat again on the Doppler and it sounded great and normal! To our surprise we […]

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The problem with expectations…

March 25, 2009

is that we are (at least I am) often disappointed when people or events don’t live up to them. When Bob and I started planning what we wanted to do for Molly’s Birthday/Celebration of Life next month we told ourselves that we would share what we were going to do with our family and friends […]

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Baby steps (pun intended)

March 18, 2009

Just a quick post to let you know I just spoke with the Genetic Counselor that Bob and I met with last Wednesday as part of the “First Trimester Ultra-Screen” test. It is a combined ultrasound and blood screen that helps identify babies who may have Down syndrome, Trisomy 13 or Trisomy 18. Our results […]

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