My miracle child.

I was thinking last night about things to blog about and I don't think I ever told this story in my old blog, and if I did, or if you've heard it before bear with me.

When I got pregnant with Jayden over 9 years ago I was over the moon with excitement. I took the test and told Gavin and then before he could even really react I ran down the road and pulled my mom into her bedroom and told her I was pregnant. We did a little dance for joy and then we told the rest of the family (who were all sitting in the living room when I ran in and probably wondering what the heck!!) It was exciting because my sisters had babies and I just loved being around them and could not wait to add my own little munchkin to the pack. This was a baby who wasn't planned but was VERY wanted.

A few weeks into the pregnancy I started to bleed. So I went to the doctor and was told chances aren't good and to prepare myself for a loss. I was obviously really upset but bottom line was that this baby was still alive so on I went. About 4 months into the pregnancy I started bleeding again, this time pretty heavily, and it scared the hell out of me. Off to the doctor I went again and after some testing they came to the conclusion that baby was still holding on but not by much. I was told that my baby only had a 30% chance of survival and to take it easy. I bled on and off through the entire pregnancy and once I got to about 7 months along they decided that baby was going to try to come early and so I had to go to the hospital a bunch of times to get a steroid needle in my hip. The steroids were to advance baby's lungs so that if/when he came early he would have a better chance of being able to breathe on his own.

Baby's first due-date was Dec 22 and his second due date was Dec 24. My Jayden Daniel came into this world on Dec 23. He was big and pink and healthy!!!!! I don't know if it was a test to see how much I really wanted this baby, or maybe it was a test to see how much baby wanted to be with me. After all the stress and all the tears and all the uncertainty....my boy was ok.

So, in a way Jayden is a miracle. My own personal miracle.