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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

And we have a heartbeat....


Yep, you heard right! We are having another addition to the Tedder family! I found out I was pregnant on January 23rd, (the exact same day that Tedder baby #2 was suppose to be here, ironic, right?) Me and Dustin kept it between ourselves, beside Dawn, my twin sister and BEST friend, just to be on the safe side. I made an appointment. The Dr. gave me an ultrasound and said it didn't look good...we were devastated. He said I was measuring 11 weeks when he did my physical, but the ultrasound was showing the baby at 5 weeks, which meant the baby just wasn't growing. He said we will check the baby again in one week and just go from there. So, I couldn't tell anyone. I kept telling Dustin that I felt pregnant. I was nauseous and felt extremely tired and having mood changes. I just knew that I was having a baby. We kept praying that everything would be OK. Well, I went yesterday and we got to see the baby's heart beating! I was so happy all I could do was cry. We could finally share our wonderful news with friends and family. The first thing I went and did was buy Landon a big brother shirt. We went by our parents house to just "drop" by. We got to Dustin's parents and after a while we finally said,"How do you like Landon's shirt?" His dad said, "I like it." Then his mom read it and started screaming so then Rowland read it! They we ecstatic! Then we repeated the process with my parents! They didn't notice Landon's shirt either until we pointed it out! Now, we will just keep praying that this pregnancy will go very smoothly. They will monitor me very closely. Since I am RH- and didn't receive the shot in time, I have developed antibodies, which see the babies blood type, if RH+, as foreign and will start attacking it. Once you miss the shot, you can never get it again. Over 5000 babies are born each year with their mothers having the same condition as I have. We have a 80 -100% chance that the baby will be healthy, even if the baby will have to have blood transfusions, called "exchange transfusions" through the umbilical cord every week until he is delivered. That has made me feel alot better! So please everyone keep me in your prayers, and we will keep you updated! We are both hoping for another little boy...but as long as the baby is healthy, it doesn't matter!