15 weeks 1 day

The last couple weeks have been a little rocky. We found out a couple weeks ago that I had a subchorionic hematoma, which is the gathering of blood between the membranes of the placenta and the uterus. It is basically a blood clot that can be extremely dangerous to the fetus. We were now out of the first trimester dangers, but learned that we were now at high risk for a miscarriage. The clot measured 7 cm, which was a lot bigger than the baby. They first referred to it as a threatened miscarriage, which scared the devil out of us. I was put on strict bed rest in hopes that the blood clot would absorb itself. Apparently this condition is more common than I was aware. I personally have not known of anyone else with this. The cyst on my right ovary is still there, but is continuing to shrink and the fibroid in my uterus is gone! On the brighter side, with the level II ultrasound they were able to tell this early that we are having a boy!! It took us both by surprise, because JK was convinced that it was a girl, because of some "Key Curse". I kept telling him he was being silly, but apparently his thoughts had rubbed off on me...Ha-ha. I was just as surprised as he was. They could only give us an 80% chance on boy, because of the age and said it could possibly be a girl. She said girls can be real swollen at that age, but I'm having a hard time thinking what we saw is anything but a boy. My ultrasound was wrong with Trevor and I was told he was a girl until I was 9 months, so I am a little hesitant until another ultrasound confirms it, but I really think it was right. We have another one this week, so we will see!!!!

I've had a lot of pain throughout the pregnancy so far due to this blood clot, which probably started the first time I bled at 6 or 7 weeks. Four or five days ago, it started getting worse. For two days the pain was climbing to the point of being unbearable. I couldn't sit or lay down and JK came home to find me in tears. We were afraid of infection, so we went in to the ER. The tests all came back fine and baby Key didn't seem bothered by any of my pain, because he was a bundle of energy in there :) Come to find out it was constipation causing the pain. I've had a problem with constipation the whole time. This time it got way out of hand and I was miserable. They gave me a prescription for it. It is some really nasty stuff. It tastes like pure sugar to the point that it makes me sick. JK bought me some odds and ends to drink and eat in hopes that I could avoid the nasty laxative (Activia and Benefiber). So far, so good!! I just need to stay on top of it!!

We were told some fantastic news at the ER when they did the ultrasound. Our baby had grown and the blood clot had shrunk from 7cm to 6cm. The baby is now bigger than the blood clot!!! This was great news, because the blood clot was way more dangerous for us because of its size vs. the size of the baby. That news was GREAT!!!! With the blood clot being smaller, tells us that it is going away and is not bleeding anymore!!

This pregnancy has been so different than with Kennedy and Trevor. No pain with them and no problems. I can already tell this little man is going to keep me on my toes. I have also been able to feel him a lot earlier.....I can feel his ball up and move from my side to the front and back to my side. I also felt him kick the other day. I had to get on the internet to find out if this was even possible. It's common to feel 2nd, 3rd, etc. pregnancies earlier. I've only felt the one kick, but I can always feel him ball up. Not sure if it's because of where he's laying or what.

We have spent the last couple of days deciding on which baby furniture we want. I think we FINALLY agreed on something. Believe it or not, the decision on a stroller has been the hardest. JK seems to think we need this state of the art stroller that costs more than the crib and dresser put together. In his mind, the stroller is the biggest, most important baby item. Needless to say, we've argued a tad over the stroller...LOL

Names!!!! Boy names are the hardest to decide on. A name to us is so important, but we both have completely different taste! We had the girl name picked out and agreed on, but we cannot agree on any boy names....ugh He may have a name by the time he is born and he may not...Ha-ha. We have plenty of time to decide, though. I guess we both just want to call him by a name, but for now he remains Little Man or Dot :)

Kennedy and Trevor both demanded a girl. They wanted a sister and that was it, so when we told them boy, they were anything but overjoyed. They both walked around pouting and frowning. They have both gotten used to the idea now (not much else they can do, LOL) and seem to be really happy about it. You'd never tell they were so firm on not wanting a brother. Kennedy has now accepted that she's doomed to have brothers. A girl has such a close bond to her brothers when they grow older. It is a different bond than sisters and I wouldn't trade my little brother for anything!! They both now smile about him and are even taking part in picking out his name... :) Not helping though....we all seem to disagree on everything :) Maybe we should go with Yadier . . .

This pregnancy has us feeling truly blessed. After not being sure whether conception would be successful, it has been full of trials and tribulations. Because of this, we are convinced more than ever that he is a true miracle baby! He is a fighter and nothing is going to stop him.....We are convinced of that!!!!!! JK is already discussing the next one......WHAT??? He said this one needs a playmate, because the other two are older and Kennedy is only four years from college. I am actually considering it, but we will have to wait and see. I told him that we'd probably end up with another boy....Kennedy would be gone and mom would be at home with 3 mean boys...WHEW....don't know about that :)