On Saturday, Richard and I had our second meeting with our Doula, Christin, from In Harmony Doula. This was a late-addition to our pre-natal team and was by complete chance. Christin had a flyer up at Greenhouse Birth Center advertising her services for free for moms due in October and November. I had recently met […]
Today was an interesting day – a welcoming into one community and a farewell to another. We started the day at a picnic for the Sparrow Clinic that treats kids with Spina Bifida. What good timing that this picnic took place after we found out about Colten’s diagnosis, but before we’ve been thrown into the […]
As mentioned, we had a full diagnostic ultrasound done on September 18, 2012, exactly one month before our due date. This is what led to the diagnosis of Spina Bifida, and the revelation of our third child being a boy. In order to lay the groundwork for what is coming our way, I wanted to […]
So my husband and I appear to be approaching this Spina Bifida diagnosis in two very different ways, which is typical of our personality styles… I am envisioning that Colten will be born, have a simple surgery to remove a cyst/sac, and we’ll go on with our lives. If it is anything more than that, […]
Yesterday we had our first ultrasound for this pregnancy, at about 35.5 weeks along. We’ve had two other very healthy, natural pregnancies and births and saw no reason to need an ultrasound with this pregnancy (or the one prior!). However, this baby is presenting breech according to our midwife so off we were sent to […]
The Adventures of Colten Robert 