Yesterday we went into the hospital for a biophysical profile so they could check my fluid levels and see how Faith is positioned. I brought my camcorder just in case the nurse would allow me to videotape the session. She was wonderful! She not only allowed me to videotape but spent some extra time playing around with the ultrasound machine so that we could get a good look at Faith. She focused on her face, and it was so cute to see her little nose and lips and chin. She gave me a couple of 3D photos, one of the side of her face and the other of her two hands together. She also let me have a piece of print-out from the fetal heart monitor.
Oh... and you know how I thought Faith had the hiccups? The hiccups have been confirmed! She started hiccuping during the heart monitoring part of it and her hiccups threw the monitor off a little bit. It was a cute thing to hear, even though it frustrated the nurse. She also kept moving away from the heart monitoring device and the reading kept dissapearing. The nurse usually just hooks it on and leaves it there for 15 minutes, but she ended up having to stand there and reposition it every time Faith would move away. Then Faith started to kick and squirm around. I think between the hiccups and the nurse poking at her, she was starting to get annoyed! The nurse didn't have time to go over the report, but she did say, "The fluid levels are good and the baby looks good." She also told me that Faith is positioned head-down, which is good. So for once we had some good news :)
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My name is Myah and this is the story of my baby girl and our journey with anencephaly.
At my 19-week ultrasound, I was told that something was wrong with my baby's head. The doctor said that my baby had no brain. I'm sure most people wouldn't have even considered her to be alive. I was told that I could safely continue my pregnancy and allow her to die naturally, or I could induce labour and terminate the pregnancy. I chose to carry my baby to term for one simple reason: love. In my eyes there was no decision to be made. I had nothing but love and high hopes for her, and I named her Faith Hope. I cherished every moment of the pregnancy, and for five months we hoped and prayed. Then to everyone's surprise, we were blessed with 3 months and 4 days with Faith before she went to Heaven. She was the sweetest little girl... so beautiful and so full of life. I feel so blessed to be her mother.
I created this blog 10 weeks before my daughter was born. The posts here are very personal, emotional, brutally honest, and at times ungraceful. It's not easy for me to share so much of our life with the world. But it is my hope that by sharing our story, God will be glorified for all He has done for us. I also hope that this blog will reach other moms out there who are facing the same prenatal diagnosis that I did.
Our doctors firmly believed that Faith would never achieve consciousness and would likely not survive for more than a few seconds or minutes after birth. They didn't understand how she was thriving for all those weeks: how she was smiling, cooing, crying, drinking milk, breathing on her own, resisting infection, and responding to her surroundings. It is possible --all things are possible with God.
This is our story, to God be the glory.
At my 19-week ultrasound, I was told that something was wrong with my baby's head. The doctor said that my baby had no brain. I'm sure most people wouldn't have even considered her to be alive. I was told that I could safely continue my pregnancy and allow her to die naturally, or I could induce labour and terminate the pregnancy. I chose to carry my baby to term for one simple reason: love. In my eyes there was no decision to be made. I had nothing but love and high hopes for her, and I named her Faith Hope. I cherished every moment of the pregnancy, and for five months we hoped and prayed. Then to everyone's surprise, we were blessed with 3 months and 4 days with Faith before she went to Heaven. She was the sweetest little girl... so beautiful and so full of life. I feel so blessed to be her mother.
I created this blog 10 weeks before my daughter was born. The posts here are very personal, emotional, brutally honest, and at times ungraceful. It's not easy for me to share so much of our life with the world. But it is my hope that by sharing our story, God will be glorified for all He has done for us. I also hope that this blog will reach other moms out there who are facing the same prenatal diagnosis that I did.
Our doctors firmly believed that Faith would never achieve consciousness and would likely not survive for more than a few seconds or minutes after birth. They didn't understand how she was thriving for all those weeks: how she was smiling, cooing, crying, drinking milk, breathing on her own, resisting infection, and responding to her surroundings. It is possible --all things are possible with God.
This is our story, to God be the glory.
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