Having children

We got married young so we wanted to wait a few years before we had kids. We thought it would be neat to have a millennium baby; we started trying and got pregnant right away, unfortunately we had a very early miscarriage. We got pregnant shortly after and had our beautiful daughter Myah on September 7th, 2000 weighing 6lbs 2 oz. I had a great pregnancy with some morning sickness in the beginning but nothing too bad. I gave birth naturally and though painful was an empowering experience.

When Myah was 3 we thought it was time to add to our family. It wasn't as easy as we thought it would be and we had 2 more devastating miscarriages. Finally we were pregnant again with a baby that seemed to be sticking. At our 17 week ultrasound they discovered that our baby (we waited to find our the gender) had an enlarged renal pelvis. I got plenty of ultrasounds during the pregnancy and the kidneys continued to be enlarged. Our beautiful baby boy Drew was born December 5th, 2004 right on his due date weighing 8lbs 1oz. Drew pee'd all over everyone right after birth which was a relief to all knowing that his plumbing was working properly. The pediatrician examining Drew heard an abnormal murmur when listening to his heart and sent us to a pediatric cardiologist. You'll find out more about Drew by reading this blog.