Aloha my name is Stacie and I am "mom" to 4 beautiful children. This site is began as the journey through my 5th pregnancy which I referred to as our "Unexpected Blessing." But it's also become a site about loss, dealing with miscarrige, renewed hope, and the road beyond this challenge in life.
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Wow, my baby is one month old! Where did the time go? I feel like she was just born. Gosh, if her months are going to fly by like this, she’ll be a toddler before I know it. They grow so, so, so, so fast and it seems like, with each subsequent child, it happens […]
One of the challenges we’ve faced with Stacallen deals with health. First she had some jaundice. She was just fine when she left the hospital less than 36 hours after birth, but within the next few days she did develop some jaundice. So we had to put her under the lights at home and in […]
Sooooo, my daughter makes 4 weeks tomorrow and, obviously, I haven’t even been around posting updates. Things can get quite hectic in the days and weeks following the birth of a child. PLUS life was busy before baby was born and doesn’t seem to have slowed down much at all. I really wanted to just […]
As you probably guessed by now, I had my baby! I know I owe you all the details and pictures and everything, but things have been absolutely crazy. Between finishing up the sale of our house and moving and having to go back to the dr’s office for check ups, I haven’t gotten much rest.
BUT […]
So today I had my ob check. I scheduled this appointment 2 weeks ago, hoping to deliver on the 7th and get a decent idea of where I was at toward the end of the day today. That’s exactly what I got.
Two appointments ago (on a Monday) I was at 1cm, my cervix […]
Gosh, tomorrow is my due date according to the date I ovulated. However, since I’ve been visualizing the 7th as my delivery date for months now, I don’t think I’ll go tomorrow. Still, my visualized due date is just 3 days away! It feels so surreal. Somehow, the thought of just […]
So I went to the dr today and basically, the only thing that’s different from my last visit is that I’ve gained a pound. I was happy about that because the last two visits I gained more than I’d like, so just a pound was good. However, dr checked me and NO change since last […]