Our 1 Year Anniversary

Sorry, still playing catchup here. On April 25, 2010 we had our first anniversary! Since it was on a Sunday we chose to celebrate the day before. Daniel surprised me with beautiful flowers, a nice card, a cupcake from the Sweet Tooth Fairy, and a Golds Gym Pass! I've been wanting one for forever. I got him a nice pair of designer jeans and he was super happy! To celebrate we went out to dinner at The Melting Pot in Salt Lake City. It was AMAZING! It's a fondue restaurant where like literally everything but your salad is fondue. We started with a cheese fondue appetizer where they brought out yummy things like vegetables, breads, and apples to dip in the cheese. The second course was a salad. The main course was a variety of meats and seafood uncooked. You then cook all the meat one piece at a time in the fondue pot. It was quite the adventure. Dessert was my favorite. They brought out tons of dessert goodies on a plate and we dipped them in chocolate that was drizzled with marshmallow and topped with oreo cookie crumbles. It was a fabulous 1st year anniversary and I cannot wait for many many more! Here are some pictures!

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Fetal Surgery at UCSF

Well, we did it! Daniel and I have spent the last several weeks deciding whether or not fetal surgery was the right way to go for our family. There are a lot of considerations, and it is not right for every family. I briefly went over how we decided to do fetal surgery two posts back, but if you would like to know more about that, let me know!

Over the weekend, we had to stop back in at the hospital to do two rounds of steroid shots. The steroids are a precaution in case an emergency were to occur and Cedar (our daughter's name, by the way!) had to be delivered at 25 weeks. The steroids would give her lungs an extra boost, just in case. Not going to lie...those hurt. But we do what we have to do!

We checked into the hospital Monday night at about 8:30pm. I'll admit, I was really nervous. We had gone to see a movie the few hours before, and I could barely concentrate on what was going on! I started to get that nervous ball in my stomach that wasn't going away. …

Tender Mercies

One of the most overwhelming aspects of our daughter's spina bifida diagnosis has been the amount of people willing to do anything to help us. I mean, literally. Beautiful individuals have been calling, texting, showing up at my house, sending things in the mail, and just doing anything they can to help our family. At one of the lowest times in my life, I have never felt so blessed.

A good friend of mine, when she found out what was happening, showed up at my door with the cutest Kate Spade journal and Chip cookies (guys, life changing). On the cover, the journal says "PUT IN A GOOD WORD," and I immediately knew what I wanted to use it for--logging all of the tender mercies and blessings our family has received during this time, both big and small. Kind of like a gratitude journal.

I will be transferring a lot of what I have written in this journal to this blog. I plan on doing "tender mercy" posts here and there to update you on the positive things th…

31-Week Update

Well, I have made it to 31 weeks! Every week (and even every day at this point) is a huge win post-fetal surgery. Making it past 30 weeks was already a huge hurdle to overcome, as 12.8% of fetal surgery patients deliver before 30 weeks...which is obviously not what we wanted!

Every week I go in for an ultrasound, a non-stress test, and a meeting with a Maternal Fetal Medicine doctor. Starting next week, I will go twice a week for non-stress tests.

Pretending I love these non-stress tests...

Overall, things have been looking really good with baby Cedar. For the past several weeks, her amniotic fluid has been between 14-16cm, which is fantastic. Unfortunately, at this last 31-week appointment, her amniotic fluid had suddenly dropped to 9cm. We aren't sure if that is just because of her positioning or what, as I am not leaking any fluid. They will keep an eye on this next week, and I plan on drinking a TON of water this week, just in case it helps!
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