Baby Nate is HERE!!!!

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An update from Sarah's Mom:


Nathan Lee H------ has arrived! It was a long and difficult labor--about 15 hours, with Sarah pushing for over 1.5 hours and the baby not making enough progress, so she had to have a c-section. (She was being induced 3-4 weeks early because Nate was too big and amniotic fluid too low.) So, after entering the hospital at 5:00 AM, Sarah and Chad had a baby at 10:39 PM on Friday, May 30th!!

Nathan weighed 8 lbs and 5 oz, was 19.5 inches long. His little forehead and one eye were bruised from being stuck, and he has the cutest little conehead!! Since it was a c-section, we didn’t get to hold him…..Chad got to go with Sarah to OR and see Nate arrive. Then Chad and Nate stopped by to say hi, but were quickly taken to the nursery for washing, weighing, etc. I’m anxious to get back to the hospital and hold him!! They had to have the neo-natal unit standing by, since he was 3-4 weeks early….imagine that ---- a nine pound preemie!! But the neo nurses weren’t needed….he was fine!

Sarah and Nate will be in the hospital for 5 days, I think. Nate’s Grandpa H----- had open heart surgery on Wednesday, and is doing as well as can be expected, still in ICU. Chad has been/still is under a lot of stress, caring for both wife/baby and parents.

Love to all,
Joi (Nonny!!)

My Womb, God's Workshop

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Baby Nate - So we went to our 1st appt for the week and we learned it will be our last appt... they are inducing me this Friday! God's workshop where he has been creating Nathan in my womb is done, and we will soon hold our miracle He created in me!! "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb". Psalm 139:13 The amniotic fluid went down again - it went to 6.37 and doc says that's the reason for the induction. Also, the sonogram tech saw how big baby Nate is and he is a whopping 8lbs 8oz's & 20.6 inches... WOW! Of course we'll see when he's born what he really is, the sono can be wrong. So we are going in this Friday, May 30th to get induced... hopefully Nathan will enter the world soon, as I'm scared of a long labor. For those of you who don't know, Chad's sister Tiffany was killed in the line of duty and May 30th marks the 9 year anniversary to the day since she died. I am still amazed and in shock that Nate is going to be here so soon! It's just under a month away from his original due date of June 25th. As I am sitting here typing this Nathan has the hiccups, he gets the hiccups at least 4 times a day, poor baby, he always gets the hiccups and my whole belly shakes with him.

Chad's dad- Chad's dad goes in this morning for his open heart surgery where they will remove the tumor that is in his heart. He will then go to ICU for the next 5 to 7 days for recovery. We are glad the doctor's caught this rare tumor and are able to do the surgery on him, but we are sad he will not be there with us at Nathan's birth. But we know he is with us in thoughts and heart!!

Chad - Chad has come down with a cold and is very sick, he is not feeling well at all and he has been such a wonderful husband by taking care of my every need while on bedrest these past 3 weeks AND such a great son to his parents while they are experiencing such rough times with his dad in the hospital. He has already gone this A.M. (he left at 4:30am) to take his mom to the hospital and will be there with her while his dad is in surgery. He will have a hard time resting and healing being spread so thin around with taking care of me and them.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers, specifically for my father in law's surgery today, Chad's health and that he can get well soon for the birth of our son, that the induction goes smooth with a good labor and recovery, AND of course for our son to be healthy when he arrives!!

We will post pics of our baby boy as soon as we can!!! Can't wait!!

Happy Memorial Day!

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Please take the time to remember all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom!! And have a great Memorial Day!

Little Heart & Open Heart

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Little heart - here's a quick update about our doctor's appt today... baby Nate is doing great, his Biophysical Profile sonogram said his fluid is up even more to 9.09!! And he scored a perfect score again out off all they measure for the test, which includes his little heartrate! We are still on bed rest until he is born, and we are still going to the doctor twice a week for the BPP sonograms & visit. All the wonderful prayers and support are appreciated so much more than we can thank you for!

Open heart - Chad's dad has a tumor in his heart - medically known as an atrial myxoma - it's located in the left upper chamber of his heart. Here's a quick background story - about 3 weeks ago Chad's dad called his mom from work saying, "somethings not right come get me and take me to the ER" he ended up having had a stroke that morning. As part of the follow-up they put a camera/scope down his throat to check things out, this past Monday. They told him he had to go on blood thinners for blood clots. When the doctors reviewed his results from the camera/scope procedure they found he either had a large clot or a tumor, but the Chief Cardiologist was leaning towards a tumor. Chad's dad was called at home and told to immediately stop the blood thinners (as that is not the treatment for a tumor and is actually a very bad thing that could make things much worse for a tumor), and to get to the hospital right away. So he went in, had more tests, and they confirmed that the mass is a tumor. He will have to have open heart surgery in the next few days to remove the tumor, so that it doesn't break off and block something, or anything else. Since this is a holiday weekend they might not get to the surgery until this upcoming Tuesday or Wednesday. He is staying in the hospital until the surgery and he will then have a 5 to 7 day recovery in the hospital after surgery, that is as long as all goes well. He will also have a 4 to 6 week home recovery, again if all goes well. This has been a stressful past few weeks for my in-laws, and they are sad too that they will miss Nathan's baby shower this weekend and such. Chad and I are asking for you to join us in lifting them up to our Lord in prayer, that the surgery goes well, the surgeon's do the very best they can do, and he recovers well. Also, please pray for their mental/emotional state, as they are both very worn out with so many difficult things going through their minds.

Thank you all for your love and support and of course the prayers!!!

Now here are some photos from today of me 35 weeks pregnant, since I am on bed rest we took the photos right after the doctor's visit -cause I was already dressed :)


And now - just for fun - here's a photo of me in the same shirt at 19 weeks pregnant, so for comparison see how I've grown and swelled up... hahaha :) - I just thought I was huge at 19 weeks... I still had a lot of growing to do.

Yay for amniotic fluid!!

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I am feeling really good today after another sonogram! I am 34 wks & some days pregnant and currently on bed rest until our precious bundle of joy enters the world. I am on bed rest due to low amniotic fluid… it’s supposed to be between 5 and 25, well mine was 6, then 7, then 7.8, and now today it’s 8.6!!! Whooohooo, Praise the LORD! I never knew I could get so happy over fluid! Thanks for all the prayers and emails of encouragement!! The more fluid he has the better for a ton of reasons, it’s very crucial for my growing baby to have enough fluid. And a side note to any expecting mom: be VERY careful what you google online… we read and cried over so many horror stories when we googled low fluid… but have learned from the doc all is well in our case and things are going better each day! So when you learn something about your baby and yourself, be super cautious what you google, or maybe have someone else google, then filter, then share some info with you.

I am still going to the doc twice a week for 2 sonograms a week, they do a biophysical profile which is a little test to see baby’smovements, him practicing breathing, his heartrate, and the level of fluid… each category gets either 2pts for good or 0 pts for bad, so we got 8 out of 8 today!!! Way to go baby Nate! We also got to see our son’s shock reaction… the sono tech pulled out this little flashlight looking thing placed it on my gelled up belly and “BZZZZZZZZZD” our son, we got to see his little arms jerk out as he was reacting to the buzz. She quickly said, “sometimes this is the only way we can wake them up”. Hahahaha! After Chad and I “awwww poor baby” commented we laughed as it was really cute!

So onto more bedrest and drinking so much water that I feel as if I could float away at any moment!

Gonna take a shot at this!

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Well hello world! We are gonna try at shot at this blogging world! I am mainly starting this at the request of my sister who lives a million miles away in Taiwan. She just so happens to be a genius with computers and her blog is more amazing than I could ever hope to achieve… so we’ll see how this goes!
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