Chase John

April 2006 Sean and I talked about having another child possible someday and that we would probably really start trying in a few months,as some of you remember it took a little while for Chloe so we thought the same thing would happen. Little did we know!!!!!



I went for my annual checkup on April 28th to find out that I was pregnant!!! Whoa! I was so shocked,excited,nervous, and scared to death. What if I had another preterm baby? What if I went sooner than 30 weeks? What if this was a boy(boys never do as good as girls in the NICU)?What happens to Chloe if I have to go on bed rest? Am i going to have to leave my job that I loved? Was my husband going to freak the hell out when I told him?



Left the Dr. in freak out mood. Went straight to my Mothers house to tell her and my sisters. Sean came home about 3 hours later as he walked in I told him I'm Pregnant! His response was " I Know" the air conditioner keeps getting lower and lower. Gotta love him!!! We sat and talked about the worries and what could happen. At times I thought I was crazy for doing this again. But just like every other mother i forgot how painful the NICU was, and how hard it is to go home without your child every night. All i thought about was how healthy Chloe was and the pure joy she brought to all of our lives. As we sat on out couch thinking how lucky we were to get pregnant again after all these Dr's kept telling us we are not completely sure you will ever have kids.



So the days progressed and I had some ultrasounds and spoke with my Ob( who I loved and my family hated) about the upcoming months. She thought it would be best for me to see a perinatologist(Dr. Patel) and to take all precautions just in case i was earlier than 30 weeks. The days went on and i saw Dr. Patel weekly, the OB for steroid shots and I had a cerclage put in at 20 weeks. 21 weeks Sean and I went to Patel's office to confirm we were in fact having a boy! Right away the talk came about how boys don't do as well and to prepare for that. HOW?? I DON'T KNOW.


We went to NJ for our last trip before the baby came knowing it would be a while before I saw my family, friends, nephews and god children. Returned to Florida to loose my job and be put on bed rest a week later. I really did try the bed rest thing as long as I could but it was very hard with a 1 year old running around. She really did do well with all of it though. We was just excited to be a big sister.


On October 8th i woke up in a lot of pain very uncomfortable I stayed in bed and cried because I knew it was time but what was i going to do I was only 28 weeks!!!!!! I walked over to my mother's to ask her to watch Chloe and explain what was going on. I called my ob and of course it is a holiday weekend and she is on vacation! Just wonderful! ok than I will call Dr. Patel.....nope on vacation! I arrive at West Boca Medical at 11am for them to confirm I am in labor. Sean and I said nothing to each other we just knew what we were in store for.

They tried to stop the labor but it was never going to happen it simply was just time( i will NEVER explain the whole labor story we would be here for days) They wheeled me into OR at 12:00 am and I delivered a 2lb 15oz baby boy at 12:07 am. All i know is that Sean's gave it all way and I just knew something wasn't right, he couldn't look me in the eye. He told me everything was GOING to be ok. At that moment my life changed and will never be the same I have this amazing new life but what does the future hold??????????