Stash for Me

My LNS was having their anniversary celebration this week so on Friday I stopped by to browse the patterns. I was glad I did because I came across these patterns I just had to have! lol Even better was I got 25 percent off my total that day. :) I also put my name in for the daily drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate...and I won!

1. Skeleton Crew-The Cross Eyed Cricket
2. Halloween Short Stack-Waxing Moon Designs
3. Stacked Pumpkins-Lavender Wings
4. Pumpkin Patch-The Prairie Schooler
5. Stanly-The Triology
   

Itching to Stitch asked what problems I encounter with my last pregnancy that cause me to be on bed rest. At 6 weeks I started spotting, the Dr. put me on bed rest till I stopped spotting. I didn't stop and the Dr. realized at 12 weeks my placenta had been torn. Under normal circumstances this isn't a major problem but at 16 weeks my water broke. At that time I had to be hospitalized and have blood and plasma given to me. That itself was a bad experience because they collapse my veins in my arms! Anyways, at that time, the outcome did not look good.

The doctors told me that I would go into labor within 24 hours but I kept trying to tell them I wasn't having contractions. A week later and no contractions they released me from the hospital telling me that I was going to be back soon. They were brutally honest and told me that I might deliver a stillborn child. I am not going to say it was mother's instinct but I knew this baby would be born alive. As if this all wasn't bad enough when my water broke Mac was in a breach position with one leg up by his head and one leg crossed in front of him. That is when we knew for sure that I was going to have to have a C-section when the time did come.

From 16 weeks on I received shots to help mature his lungs every week. Oh boy did they hurt! It seemed like every week I was having an ultrasound but it always showed good blood flow through the cord. The reality of our situation was Mac had 1% chance of surviving. At 29 weeks Mac decided he had enough and was ready to meet the world.

When he was born he weighed 2 pounds 14 ounces and was 14 1/2 inches long. He was so tiny! He spent 2 months in the NICU. Amazingly he had minimal problems after he was born. He is definitely a fighter! He is our miracle baby.