160 days to go

Tonight, I am in Nashville, while my wife is in Lexington. She has a cold, again. I have also caught her cold. In January, my work may cause me to travel to France. I am not sure if it'll be only one week or longer. With our pregnancy history, I hate to be so far away. But, I'm confident that the most risky period is behind us. She has stopped taking prometrium but is continuing with her blood thinner shots. The shots bruise her belly pretty bad. But it's a small price to pay for a healthy baby. I'd take the shots for her if I could. We are due in May. In some ways it seems so soon. In other ways, it seems so far away.

Thanks

I have received several e-mails in addition to blog comments from people reading this site. Your encouragement and prayers are appreciated. It is some what comforting to find so many other people sharing common MTHFR problems. And, its nice to know that our blog is providing comfort and hope to others in the same situation.
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We are not alone! It is amazing how many miscarriages are now being associated with the MTHFR gene mutation(s). Apparently, it has only been a common diagnosis for a few years now. Many doctors do not agree on how to treat this condition. I've also read that as many as 1 in 10 people carry the mutation on at least one of their X chromosomes. If 1 in 6 pregnancies end in miscarriage, I wonder how many are really caused by the MTHFR gene mutation? Its also very hard to understand why it seems to affect some pregnancies and not others. With how common the condition is, you'd think that we'd know more about it.

A visit to the doctor

Yesterday, we went to the doctor. We were able to hear the baby's heart beat. The doctor said it sounds healthy. Everything looks like it is going okay. We stop taking the prometrium when the Currant bottle is empty. However, we will continue to take the blood thinner shots each night. Our next appointment is in 5 weeks. At that time, we'll get to do a sonogram. We'll have the choice of finding out the baby's sex. Brandi, my wife, is thinking about having the doctor write it down in a sealed envelope to open at Christmas. But, I doubt that she'll be able to wait the extra 2 weeks. We forgot to ask the doctor about flying to Kansas. I'll have to call. We now have 177 days to go.

184 days to go...

We are now on day 96 with 184 days to go. Last night, we went shopping for maternity clothes. This is the first time we've purchased any clothes made especially for pregnant women.

Preparing pets for the baby

Johann Sabastian Bark, our dog.

We have a 65 pound chocolate lab who lives indoors with us. If any of you have tips as to how to prepare him for the baby, we'd greatly appreciate your advise. Until now, he has been our baby. Sometimes, I'm not sure whether or not he even knows that he is a dog. We treat him pretty much as part of the family. When we bring our newest family member home, I'm not sure how he is going to react. Will he be jealous? Will he lick the baby too much. Will he play too rough with the baby? To complicate matters, we've always bought baby toys for the dog. The baby toys usually don't have hard plastic eyes and generally seem to last longer than dog toys. So, now we have the dilemma: How do we keep him from playing with the baby's toys? Any tips?