Savvy Toddler Mom

That’s what the perinatologist said.  He wants to do some more blood tests to see if it’s a clotting problem (his best guess at the moment) and do a procedure where they shoot dye into my uterus so that can get a good look at it.  His other idea is that when the toot was born, something happened to my uterus that is causing it to not function properly.

I am hoping it’s a clotting thing — easily fixed with heparin.

All of the genetic testing came back normal - yay!

So, more testing.  Stay tuned…

Today, the toot and I are hunkering-down at home.  Another storm is supposed to hit.  I’m going to clean out my craft room, I think.  My parents gave me an awesome scrapbooking table for Christmas, but I haven’t been able to get it organized for all the STUFF in the way!

This has had me chuckling for two days now… Olivia: The Essential Latin Edition.  Yes, it is what it sounds like… it’s Olivia, translated into Latin.

I’ve got to get it!  I laughed and laughed when I saw it on Amazon.com, then laughed harder when I looked at the excerpts.  I forgot how much I love Latin!  I forgot how fun it is to be academically silly.  I took three years of Latin in high school, only to have it drowned out by four years of French in college.  Maybe it’s time to get back to our collective roots.

Update on my quest to have a second child: I go to see the perinatalogist on Thursday.  (SavvyDad likes to think of him as the “paranatalogist” - baby ghost doctor?)  He’s got pathology reports and blood work results — we’ll see what he has to say about this whole thing.  I’ll keep you posted.

In the meantime, it’s back to The List (see previous post).  Today I started taking down the Christmas decorations (a task so overwhelming, it must be done in doses) and I cleaned out my closet.  I have four bags of clothing and shoes all set to go the the DI (Deseret Industries, for you non-locals… my favorite place to donate stuff) AND I banned all of the maternity-ish clothing back to storage.  It was too sad having it in my closet and looking at it every day.

ChasingToddlerMom has her ultrasound tomorrow.  Yippee!!!!  I have a pair of polka-dot Puddle Jumpers I have to hand over if she’s having a girl.  Stay tuned…

I guess it’s going to be a while before I wear those maternity clothes.

I found out on Monday that our little baby no longer had a heartbeat.  I delivered 15-week-old James the next day.

I don’t really know what to say.  We will be celebrating Christmas again this year with heavy hearts.  A year ago today I delivered our little Elizabeth at 17 weeks.  To say the least, I am heartbroken.

Our friends and family have been very loving and supportive, but our little toot is our hero right now.  Without him, we would be devastated.  He is the light of our lives.

Enjoy your children.  Hug them and hold them tight.  Tell them that you love them.  They are so very, very precious.