Pregnancy

Brody,

My 25th birthday was the best birthday I have had yet. It was January 4, 2011 when I found out I was pregnant with you. Daddy and I were surprised by how quickly you were coming! Your due date was September 19, 2011. The night we found out we went to eat for my birthday with the Rickey's, Holt's, Pardue's, and Rainey's. We did not tell them though. When we got home we skyped Nana and Papa and Lolly and Peeps and told them our good news. We also told Aunt Steph and Uncle Jared and Aunt Lynnlee and Uncle Chris and Uncle Matt and Aunt Tracy. Everyone was SO excited. Lolly didn't believe us at first because we had told them at Christmas a few weeks earlier that we weren't pregnant (we didn't know we were yet).

You made being pregnant a breeze! I only felt sick a few times and never threw up! What a blessing! :) I did have some indigestion and my right hurt hip a lot of the pregnancy, but for the most part I felt great the whole time! I wasn't too tired and did most everything I wanted to! Mommy gained 24 pounds during the pregnancy. I did become somewhat of a worry wart :) I just wanted to make sure I protected you as much as possible!

May 3, 2011 was a fantastic day. That was the day we found out you were a boy. Mommy and daddy were SO excited! I remember laying there and hearing "It's a boy"! I yelled yea!!!! and daddy just smiled and laughed and had the biggest grin on his face! He is so excited to do "boy" things with you like sports and watching football, etc.

Everything was really great in the pregnancy like weight gain, blood pressure, etc. until about 34 weeks (August 11, 2011). It was at this time at we realized that you had low amniotic fluid - called Oligohydramnios. I measured 32 weeks instead of 34 (they take a measuring paper and measure mommy's belly). We got an ultrasound and your fluid was a 7. 8 is the lowest it is supposed to be so it was one under the lowest amount it is supposed to be. Dr. Lin had me drink lots of water the next week to make sure I wasn't dehydrated. At the next appointment, 35 weeks (August 18, 2011), the fluid was a 10! That was great. At 36 weeks (August 25, 2011), your fluid went to an 8, which is still ok but not great it dropped. At 37 weeks (September 1, 2011) I measured normal so we didn't measure the fluid. (We had to measure the fluid through ultrasound) At 38 weeks 3 days (Sept. 8, 2011), I measured 36 weeks - small again. So we got an ultrasound. Mommy and daddy were hesitant about another ultrasound but I am glad we got it! The fluid was a 4! 5 is the point were doctors get concerned and yours was a 4! Dr. Lin told us we would go to the hospital that night and induce me (Sept 8, 2011). You were born the next day September 9, 2011!! You were 10 days early.