Click here for Baby Brittain-Goodlett's website!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
My Baby Site ... Feel Free To Visit
Just a quick note to pass on my baby website to those of you who would like to visit. Keep in mind... some stuff will be repeated here and there. Thanks to all of you who have kept my baby and my family in your Prayers in these last few days during the loss of my beloved pet pal CC. He is truly missed.
Click here for Baby Brittain-Goodlett's website!
Click here for Baby Brittain-Goodlett's website!
Friday, June 19, 2009
My Precious Puppy
I have some sad news about my beloved CC Rider. He passed today. The full story and tribute to him is on my main blog, Shine 4 Jesus! You can click over there to view it by clicking here.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Baby Eliot ... See my Shine 4 Jesus blog
A lot of you follow this blog but may not be aware of my primary blog, Shine 4 Jesus. I have neglected it quite a bit lately but I am trying to do better. Let me invite you to become a regular reader! Please click on the title to read/watch my latest post. It is a beautiful picture of God's love and His fingerprints are all through this video presentation! Enjoy!
Click here!
Ps. Baby Eliot's momma is getting ready to have a brother or sister for him. Please Pray for a safe delivery and a healthy baby.
Click here!
Ps. Baby Eliot's momma is getting ready to have a brother or sister for him. Please Pray for a safe delivery and a healthy baby.
Monday, June 15, 2009
2nd OB Apt. (Friday June 12, 2009) 9 Weeks and 5 Days
I went back to the doctor on Friday. I had been nervous for days about making sure things would be OK with the baby. My mom was with me and she was sure that everything was fine. It was. I was so glad to have the opportunity for my mom to go because this has been a dream of hers for a long time as well. They actually did a quick, regular (meaning not a vaginal) ultrasound and the baby had grown so much. It looked like a little turtle to me ... awww... my very own little turtle. It was also kicking its little legs. Of course I couldn't feel it but it was really cool to see. I was in the room with an older ultrasound machine and it wouldn't print a picture but.... my beloved Blackberry came to the rescue and I took a snapshot of the screen which turned out really well. Here's baby Brittain-Goodlett:
It's head is on the right followed by arms and legs as you move to the left.
My doctor's nurse practitioner (who is really great) did my medical and genetic history. She asked if I wanted my mom to walk out and I said no. She reminded me that these questions were very personal and I told her I was OK with that. By the end, she told me that she could see why I didn't mind my mom sitting in on my answers because basically I had led a clean life. Praise God for His mercies and His strength that have led me to do just that. I Pray that my child will do just the same.
I was given a book entitled "Joy" which goes through everything about pregnancy and having a baby at UT. YAY! A NEW BOOK. I just love books. I was also scheduled for another appointment in 2 weeks (it was June 26 but I changed it to June 25 @ 10am so we can go camping the 26th) for a whole workup. I will have an exam, plus all the girly checkup stuff, and blood work to recheck my thyroid, to check my blood sugar, and a prescreening for cystic fibrosis and down syndrome. Please Pray that these tests (especially those prescreenings) come back normal and that the baby is healthy, if it be God's will.
After leaving the doctor's office, I headed to get lunch at my favorite... Japanese. After eating, I filled out a card for my RE and her staff and then stopped and got a box of Krispy Kreme donuts for them. I dropped that by along with some meds and I enjoyed letting them know how big of a blessing that they had been to me throughout this journey.
That night (I was exhausted), I went to my beloved friend Deanna's baby shower. Deanna and I have been going to the same doctors for over a year and we have been friends since childhood. She was the infertility success story I blogged about in December as she found out she was pregnant on December 12th. She is getting ready to have her twin baby girls: Emma Grace and Abigail Alene. They are actually due on my birthday August 21 though she probably won't go that long. Here is a picture from her shower that I stole from another childhood friend's album:
Pray for a safe delivery and healthy babies for Ms. Deanna as well. She is so excited!
God is so good... I'm gonna steal Elaine's signature verse because I feel that it truly applies to my situation as well as Deanna's and so many others. I was not counting on going to Deanna's shower even though I truly wanted to. I couldn't go to my friend Kim's shower a couple of months ago. Then I found out I was pregnant and a huge load was lifted off my shoulders.
I still think about my infertility. I still sit in Church and cry as I think about these past two years and what God has done in my situation. I still consider myself a survivor of infertility and that's why I am sharing all these updates on this blog. My story isn't over. I have a lot to still go through but with God, I truly believe that it will all be just fine (even if I do stress over it at times) and I truly believe that I will hold my baby later this year and cry as I see the miracle God has been orchestrating since my birth. He knew I would have the issues that I have. He made me that way. He gave me a unicornuate uterus and He gave me this precious soul that is growing in it and I praise Him for that. I trust that He knows best just as He has all along. And so the verse that Elaine shares so often definitely applies in my life as well:
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Much love,
It's head is on the right followed by arms and legs as you move to the left.
My doctor's nurse practitioner (who is really great) did my medical and genetic history. She asked if I wanted my mom to walk out and I said no. She reminded me that these questions were very personal and I told her I was OK with that. By the end, she told me that she could see why I didn't mind my mom sitting in on my answers because basically I had led a clean life. Praise God for His mercies and His strength that have led me to do just that. I Pray that my child will do just the same.
I was given a book entitled "Joy" which goes through everything about pregnancy and having a baby at UT. YAY! A NEW BOOK. I just love books. I was also scheduled for another appointment in 2 weeks (it was June 26 but I changed it to June 25 @ 10am so we can go camping the 26th) for a whole workup. I will have an exam, plus all the girly checkup stuff, and blood work to recheck my thyroid, to check my blood sugar, and a prescreening for cystic fibrosis and down syndrome. Please Pray that these tests (especially those prescreenings) come back normal and that the baby is healthy, if it be God's will.
After leaving the doctor's office, I headed to get lunch at my favorite... Japanese. After eating, I filled out a card for my RE and her staff and then stopped and got a box of Krispy Kreme donuts for them. I dropped that by along with some meds and I enjoyed letting them know how big of a blessing that they had been to me throughout this journey.
That night (I was exhausted), I went to my beloved friend Deanna's baby shower. Deanna and I have been going to the same doctors for over a year and we have been friends since childhood. She was the infertility success story I blogged about in December as she found out she was pregnant on December 12th. She is getting ready to have her twin baby girls: Emma Grace and Abigail Alene. They are actually due on my birthday August 21 though she probably won't go that long. Here is a picture from her shower that I stole from another childhood friend's album:
Pray for a safe delivery and healthy babies for Ms. Deanna as well. She is so excited!God is so good... I'm gonna steal Elaine's signature verse because I feel that it truly applies to my situation as well as Deanna's and so many others. I was not counting on going to Deanna's shower even though I truly wanted to. I couldn't go to my friend Kim's shower a couple of months ago. Then I found out I was pregnant and a huge load was lifted off my shoulders.
I still think about my infertility. I still sit in Church and cry as I think about these past two years and what God has done in my situation. I still consider myself a survivor of infertility and that's why I am sharing all these updates on this blog. My story isn't over. I have a lot to still go through but with God, I truly believe that it will all be just fine (even if I do stress over it at times) and I truly believe that I will hold my baby later this year and cry as I see the miracle God has been orchestrating since my birth. He knew I would have the issues that I have. He made me that way. He gave me a unicornuate uterus and He gave me this precious soul that is growing in it and I praise Him for that. I trust that He knows best just as He has all along. And so the verse that Elaine shares so often definitely applies in my life as well:
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Much love,
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
May 25, 2009 ... Happy Blogoversary to My Blog!
WOW! In the hoopla of finding out that I'm pregnant, I neglected to celebrate my precious lifeline to the world's anniversary.... HAPPY 1 YEAR BLOGOVERSARY TO MY BLOG! What a way to celebrate... with a pregnancy!
Genesis 30: 22 - And God remembered Alesha, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
I'm Still Around
This is just a quick hello to say yes I am still around. I feel so bad that I haven't posted in days. There has been so much going on with school ending, multiple trainings beginning, my little bro's high school graduation, etc. I have been completely and utterly exhausted. I cannot sleep in ... I wake up at like 6 am daily. I feel completely ill if I am in the heat too long ... hmm and I'm headed to the beach Friday. But I Praise God for those things! Still doing the 2 progesterone in oil shots a day.
I am finishing Macrobid because I had E.coli in my urine and my thyroid medication had to be increased from 25 to 50. I go back for another appointment after the beach. Please Pray that everything is ok with the baby again. It's just a scary thing.
Also, please Pray that my repeat urine test tomorrow comes back clear after all these antibiotics!
I love each of you dearly and even though I haven't updated lately as I should, know that I am keeping up with you on your blogs! Thank you so much for your love and your Prayers. I appreciate them so very much. Much love and many Prayers!
I am finishing Macrobid because I had E.coli in my urine and my thyroid medication had to be increased from 25 to 50. I go back for another appointment after the beach. Please Pray that everything is ok with the baby again. It's just a scary thing.
Also, please Pray that my repeat urine test tomorrow comes back clear after all these antibiotics!
I love each of you dearly and even though I haven't updated lately as I should, know that I am keeping up with you on your blogs! Thank you so much for your love and your Prayers. I appreciate them so very much. Much love and many Prayers!
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