Two months have passed since we first found out about Baby E’s limb difference. Lately, when people who know about our situation ask me how I’m doing, I tend to reply, “As good as I can be,” and that is the honest truth. I have come to accept the reality of our son’s left hand … Continue reading Part V – Taking Another Look…

I legitimately feel like I’m not good at being pregnant. These are the words that I texted to a couple of my close friends the other day after receiving yet another disappointing phone call from my doctor. Prior to my glucose screening test, I had certainly joked that I would be diagnosed with gestational diabetes … Continue reading Part IV – No More Daily Donuts: The Glucose Screening Test

After some deliberation, Lyndon and I decided that it was a better idea to equip ourselves with knowledge prior to the birth of our babe, while we still had our full faculties intact (well, mostly intact for me) rather than being in a new parent coma, so I made an appointment with the elusive “genetic … Continue reading Part III – A Conversation with Medical Genetics

One thing that prominently stands out in my mind about this day is my sureness that our son’s limb difference was not all one big mistake. While many of our friends and family later admitted that they had expected us to call and say, “False alarm! Everything is fine!”, we knew that was not going … Continue reading Part II – A High Risk Ultrasound

“Ten Fingers, ten toes?” That is the first question a coworker asked my husband when he returned to work following our 20-week anatomy scan. When Lyndon later shared this, I actually laughed, given the irony of the situation. “What did you say?” I asked, “…actually, no…” (That’s exactly what he said). I bet that coworker … Continue reading Part I – The 20 Week Anatomy Scan