Personal Narrative: Personal Circumstances During My Pregnancy

It 's 2:30 in the morning, and the only thing that surrounds me are the continuous sounds of dry heaves and vomit, spewing into the toilet in front of me. This is my third pregnancy. Hyperemesis Gravidarum - the diagnosis I have now heard three times. But this time, the circumstances were a bit different. Just a few short months ago, my husband and I made the decision to have my tubal ligation reversed. We had previously talked about the possibility of having more children and knew the challenges we were likely to face. But it wasn 't until my diagnosis that it became a reality that it was no longer on my time.

Well Michelle had her PET scan and a CT scan last Thursday. We thought we had to wait until Tuesday for the results but to our relief the doctor called Friday night to tell us the good news. The tumors had shrunk and Michelle is officially in remission. Well, I went crazy happy but Michelle wanted to wait until we saw the doctor on Tuesday, just to make sure what we heard was right. Well we went to the doctor yesterday and she confirmed that everything is good. The chemo worked and after nine months of craziness it was all worth it at the end. If I go back to my old blogs and see what she went through between the stent not working, the hospital stay, the allergic reaction to the chemo and on

My academic progress remained high throughout a promotion to General Manager, which was accompanied by additional associated responsibilities. Furthermore, in 2005, I excelled in my studies in spite of being a newlywed and experiencing the physical and emotional trials that accompany a diagnosis of Unexplained Infertility, along with pursuing my desire to have a family. Having been capable of actualizing my objective to obtain my degree, despite the assiduous nature of my personal life, was a singular triumph for me.

Because of the stories of bad experiences passed down for years, many women fear childbirth. As a result, many women do not believe in the power of their own bodies and often hand over control of their bodies to OB/GYN medical practice. The moment that I have been anticipating for days, months, and years even has come. A little heart began beating and growing inside me, and my love and excitement grew along with it. From the moment I learned I was pregnant, I began imagining and preparing for a natural birth, and I happily awaited my giving birth. I was pregnant with my second child, and after an induction, epidural, baby out in 8 hours, with my first birth; I knew I wanted to attempt a natural childbirth. While walking and shopping for hours, I was having Braxton-Hicks (or so I thought), and wasn’t terribly concerned I had been

Tick, tick, tick, was the sound I heard. As I reach over to the night stand that is on my side I swipe my smart phone to dismiss the 4:15am alarm that wakes me up every morning. I lay there allowing my body to wake up and I pray and thank God for another day, for life, health and strength. I thank you for allowing me to do today what some people are begging you to allow them to do today. I strength my body out while still lying in bed. Justin, shifts his body and his face and chest is now facing the door. I sit up on the edge of the bed then looks over my right shoulder, I hear him snoring and thought. He truly has no remorse for what he has done. He hasn’t lost any sleep and he still keeps his phone close to him. I wouldn’t be surprised

Oh no not you (giggles), I am doing ok I guess, my bus driver told me that he has official dropped me off never to return.

We were blessed to hear some good news today, 1st that my bone marrow biopsy came back clear and 2nd that my ECHO was normal. We are so thankful for God’s grace!

Parenting has proven to be an everyday struggle. However, in the beginning, it seemed as though it would be effortless. It wasn’t until later that all the challenges of “Parenthood,” occurred.

I'd met this couple in my studio prior to their newborn session. Robert and Samantha came in for a maternity session. We headed out into a field near the studio, and as you can see, they were absolutely stunning together.

Shortly after my mother got married, she discovered that she would have to struggle a long time to have children. Additionally, two years after getting married, she almost died when she suffered an ectopic pregnancy, which is when a baby starts grow in the Fallopian tube, eventually causing the tube to burst and losing the baby. This left her completely heartbroken, she had always dreamed of having children and she was very scared that she would never had any. After this tragedy, she became extremely depressed, “I felt like I would never get to have the one thing I wanted most, which was to have children.” Fortunately, my mother finally got her wish thirteen years later, having her first son, followed by twins two years later. These two

I am done with my 1st round of IV Chemo! I am still feeling pretty great. Really, if I wasn't here, I would be living life like usual. They do however expect my blood counts to fall over the next week and I may develop flu-like symptoms & my immune system will be compromised. I pray I feel well enough to get out and take Gracie for a walk on those days.

Fortunately the Rituxan treatments proved success-ful, which left me to deal with dialysis for the next year. I impatiently held on to the hope that by the end of which, I would be considered

My life seems to consist of an endless amount of embarrassing moments and bad situations. In fact, the list is a bit too long. Recently something happened that caused my whole life to change. An experience unlike any other is how I would describe it.

I never thought about being an aunt or having nieces or nephews until it actually happened. My oldest brother, Tuan, had his first kid, Nathan, when he was eighteen. It was a new and exciting feeling of having a baby in my life after being the baby of the bunch in my family. I learned a new set of skills at eight. How to take care of babies. I fed Nate, burped him, and changed his diapers. This gave me a new responsibility as an aunt.

My Grandfather (My dad’s dad) has a type of cancer called Multiple Myeloma. Multiple Myeloma is a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. Plasma cells help you fight infections by making antibodies that recognize and attack germs. Multiple Myeloma causes cancer cells to accumulate in the bone marrow, where they crowd out healthy blood cells. My grandpa has had cancer for 5-7 years and it is now spreading to his brain. Here at the V.A. Hospital in Boise they did an M.R.I. and then send him and my dad to Seattle, WA. on the 31st of August. When they got to Seattle they did another M.R.I. and they found a heart murmur, after they found the heart murmur they drained ½ a gallon of fluid off of his lungs, then they discovered he had Cirrhosis of the Liver. They went ahead and did the surgery anyways. They removed a cancer tumor off of his skull the size of a golf ball, they also had to remove part of his skull and they filled it in with metal mesh. They came home on the 15th of September, they have to leave again on the 27th of September to get the 100+ staples he has in his head due to surgery removed. Then they will both come back for a while, but the downside is they have to go back to Seattle, WA. for a solid seven weeks or more for chemotherapy.