THE PETERSENS

So, I am excited to say that my appointment with the OB went well today. Lynne, the one doing my ultrasound, showed me that my placenta has moved! I am thrilled that this issue has resolved. Praise God! As crazy as this may sound, the thought of having to schedule a C-section and not feel the pangs of natural childbirth greatly saddened and disappointed me. Maybe some of you moms out there would understand? Joshua Lee loved seeing Caleb on the ultrasound screen. He kept saying, “Caleb is so cute!” and “Awwww!” Already he is showering Caleb with much love and affection and that warms my heart. We made our doctor day into a date day for the two of us. For lunch, we had a slice of pizza each, per Joshua Lee’s request. More from me later…

It’s been wonderful to have various people call and e-mail for an update on my previa. How reassuring to know that so many family members in Christ are out there praying! My follow-up appointment was this past Tuesday. However, upon my arrival at the office, I was told that I should not yet be coming in for another ultrasound. It was too early to see whether my previa had resolved yet. The medical person who had seen me previously had given me the wrong information. All in all, it was an extremely frustrating experience on many accounts. They gave me a free ultrasound anyway and we did see that the previa has not yet resolved. I will be going in on July 29th for another follow-up. I was also reassured that I am not in danger of premature labor or anything of that sort because I don’t have a BLEEDING previa. How good to know this information! At my last appointment, the person I saw was hesitant to give me ANY information and the information she did give was quite erroneous. So, now that all of that has been cleared up, my praises and prayer requests would be these: PRAISE: for Caleb’s continuing good growth and healthy heartbeat for Caleb’s movement in my womb (which I am now feeling!) for clarification on what my previa entails PRAYER REQUESTS: that my previa would resolve by the time of delivery so that I would not have to schedule a c-section that we could continue to rest on God’s promises and believe in His goodness despite undesired circumstances That’s it for now, folks. I do have a couple other things to share, so I may actually blog another entry or two while I have clarity in mind. Once again, thanks to all of you who did pray for us!

Let me preface this blog with saying that we (and everyone else, for that matter) were expecting that our little child would be a girl.  BUT, God had has own plans in mind!  Yes, we are having another little boy.  It is absolutely confirmed and we will post ultrasound pictures a little later this week.  After the shock of our baby NOT being a girl, we were ecstatic to hear that Joshua Lee was going to have a little brother.  His name will be Caleb Benjamin Petersen.  Of course, we will also give him a Cambodian middle name, but that has not been decided yet.  We will let you know!

The baby looks strong and healthy.  Good, strong heartbeat.  10 fingers and 10 toes.  We saw it all.  But, we do have a prayer request.  The doctor saw on the ultrasound that I have a condition called "placenta previa."  This is a condition where the placenta lies very low in the uterus.  Mine is not bleeding, but the doctor has commanded me to take it easy and not lift anything for the next two weeks.  On July 1st, I will go in for another ultrasound. If the placenta previa has not resolved by then, other steps may need to be taken.  So, please pray that God would make that placenta travel right back to where it’s supposed to be!  And, if that doesn’t happen to be the case, our God is still a good God.

That’s it for now.  It’s been a long and good day, but I need to put my feet up and have a little rest.  Thanks for checking in!  Yay for Caleb Benjamin.  We love him so much already.