Today we had our 20 week ultrasound. This one truly was all about the baby’s health, we knew gender with the Verifi test at like 12 weeks, we’d had a pretty thorough scan of her organs at 18. One thing they couldn’t see were all the heart chambers. We were told it was normal, they’d…
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Whoever Welcomes a Little Child…
I’ve been thinking a lot of what to ask from you all as I prepare to travel to Zimbabwe in exactly one week. I’ve thought of prayer for myself, the rest of the team, the people we’ll meet, the leaders in Zimbabwe that we’ll be speaking with, our health, the travel, etc. And yet. Something…
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What a Week
Whew. This week has been a whirlwind of things happening. Wednesday I met up with my friend Laura (waves hi) for a playdate with her two littles. After getting lost I made it a half hour late to the park on base. I’ve lived here 2 years. 2 YEARS. And I still managed to head…
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Easy Ways to Find Your Genetic History – and the Life Changes it Could Make
I had genetic testing done in the early second trimester of this pregnancy. My OB was looking for anything that might tell us why my past 2 pregnancies were so hard physically and ended earlier than normal. Turns out, I have an MTHFR deficiency, which you can read more on here. Quite honestly, I still…