Thursday, January 17, 2008
Movements (Week 21)
I think every woman carrying a child obsesses a bit about the movement inside of her. I think that is natural and there is a certain comfort in having a baby that moves a lot (Abby moved CONSTANTLY - still does). This child does not move as much. (I know it's early and he'll likely pick it up as time goes by.) It is very hard (especially once you've been told there's a chance the child may die) NOT to become obsessed with the movements or lack thereof.
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I agree. Elizabeth played basketball inside me. Marina on the other hand moved about once a week.
We are praying for you all.
I am empathizing hugely right now and very grateful for my squirmer, as uncomfortable as he tends to make me.
I wish, I wish, I wish I could somehow make that stupid growth/tumor go away. I wish there was a way my healthy baby could somehow help yours. I wish I could say there was more I could do than just pray. I know there's no such thing as 'just' praying, but it doesn't make me feel any less helpless...
I'm with you, Krista. If fierce determination to protect the ones I love counted for anything, the growth would be gone by now.
SIL Sue
Well said, Sue.
CCAP and J-L,
I am four weeks ahead of you in my pregnancy. I've been thinking about you so often, and not in the sense of "I feel so lucky it's not me" but rather "that could so easily be me" and "why them."
I have been wanting to tell you about a friend of mine who once had an ultrasound that had the doctors convinced that the baby's organs were growing outside of his body. My friend had to go through hell- tests and an amnio, etc. 0 and it turned out in the end to be absolutely nothing..just shadows.
But then, I hesitated about telling hte story because your doctors seem convinced now that something really is there.
But I'm still hoping in the end, it will be the equivalent of a shadow.
Lots of love,
Raehan
I've been through two high-risk pregnancies, due mostly to health concerns on my end, not my children's. My second pregnancy was with twins, which increased the risk for all of us. You sound like you have a wonderful outlook, but I write to encourage you further. Every time I started to feel stress, I'd pray the same thing. It's not eloquent, but it brought me peace. I said, "God, you put them there. You take care of them. I can't do anything more than I am doing. They're your's anyway. Do your thing." I've kept up with your posts the last few weeks, but I wanted to reply to this one because one of my twins hardly ever moved in my womb. The first one be-bopped like crazy, just like my firstborn, but the second baby acted lifeless. If ever a prayer was worn out, mine was. All our babies turned out fine. I am praying you get that precious "normal" baby, too.
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