happy to be home from the hospital!!!

We were released from the hospital around 12:30... i dont think i could've possibly been any happier to sleep in our bed... snuggled up next to my hubby!!!... turns out all my blood work came back normal but i have a list of follow ups in three weeks. and a prescription for an infection that we're not really sure i have in the first place lol!!!!.. either way the ending point was that our Andrea is perfectly healthy... this is probably going to be an issue that we have to revisit after i give birth but we'll deal at that time... for now i just need to get through the next three months in order to bring our little girl into this world.

A Mothers Love

Well, yesterday it turns out we had quite a scare...to save all the greusome details i went in to see my ob/gyn after waking up with some cramping throughout the night... from there i had to be wheeled into the hospitals labor and delivery ward pretty quickly... a lot of it was a blurr ... i was crying and scared... very scared..my sister was there and Gustavo and my Mom met us at the hospital...it's all a very disorienting feeling... very surreal... how could this be happening... how could they be wheeling me into labor and delivery at 6 months pregnant... moment to moment things change dont they... just the previous day we got test results back that were negative sending us over the moon with excitement... for that small window of time our daughter was perfect and there was no room for concern... and now all i could feel was sick... my heart had a hole in it... what would happen to her... to my beautiful little angel growing inside of my belly... she was helpless and i was the only one she depended on...i was in a daze... words were passing through from one ear to the other in slow motion. This could not be happening to us.

I was admitted to labor and delivery in a span of 10 minutes within another 10 everyone was there... mommy michelle and gustavo...my sister trying desperately not to let me see her cry... my husband being the solid rock of support that he is.. looking at me lovingly yet i knew he was scared... scared for us and for our little girl... scared for even the idea of what we could possibly be about to face... i can always find solace and peace in his eyes... in that smile that tells me everything is going to be alright... that he will always be there.. always take care of me... he would steamroll anything that tried to harm me.. he is a rock...but this...could this possibly be out of our control?? NO!!! GOD WAS IN CONTROL!!! HE WAS TAKING OVER...HE WOULD GET US THROUGH... i prayed over and over asking him to give me the strength asking him to hold my little girl close to his heart to keep her safe...

at that point i was settled into my room and was hooked to monitors... one for the baby's heartbeat one for my contractions.... the nurse asked me to slide down on the bed to check me... as she did ... all i could think was this is not supposed to be me right now... im not supposed to be here... i dont understand... then i quickly fast forwarded 3 months and realized that soon enough that would be me and it was SCAREY AS HELL!!

After the nurse checked me we had an ultrasound on the baby and on my kidneys... the doctor came in and was able to determine that the baby was perfectly fine and as it turns out i'm the one that was broken!!! WHAT WONDERFUL NEWS!!! God answered my prayer.... our little girl was perfect and in no harm or danger whatsoever... i met with a urologist to figure out what the problem really was...he advised to run a battery of tests and to spend the night in the hospital... the reality of spending the night in a labor and delivery room at 6 months pregnant i have to say was a little unnerving ... but at least i 'll be ready when its the real thing... or as ready as i possibly can be..

after spending a long uncomfortable night in the hospital sleeping in the same room but a separate bed from my husband i can say that i want more than anything to go home to our bed... after all i can always be fixed... our little girl is the one that needs to be safe in my belly for the next three months...so today hopefully we'll be able to go over some test results and be released...

it's funny... you live your life one way for so long that you dont stop to think that the point will come when all you do is worry about someone else.. something else... Motherhood is exciting but seems to be a pretty daunting task... when i think about all God entrusts us with when he grants us the gift of becoming parents i sit in awe.... i guess it makes sense that he wouldn't give us such a huge responsibility if he wasn't planning on being there to help us along through it all...He never does give us more than we can handle... having said that... i know our little Andrea has a special purpose in life, she will touch many lives, she will be a leader, and an exceptional human being. She has a path to take in life and it will be our job to point her in that direction and mold her into the wonderful person she's meant to become. After this experience the words shock and amazement pale in comparison to words...

THE FIRST BLOG !!!

Well, i've never done this before but since my husband seems to be into it im absolutely sure that i'll end up loving it too!!!!
Blogging is also a great way to keep in touch with those around me and to keep everyone updated on Andrea our beautiful little bun in the oven <3

Im excited to see where this new little blog world will take me!!!