Early Arrival

On September 30th at 12:26am we welcomed our sweet baby girl into our family.

Jadyn Marni Booth

(We used Marni after Cade's late sister)

  

She came as a surprise....two whole months before her due date.

I feel like there is so much to tell (especially since I haven't updated my blog in forever).

In a nutshell: My doctors had told me she would come early because of all the fluid in her stomach and because I had triple the amiotic fluid I should have. They said my body thought that I was fullterm. My goal was to make it to at least 36 weeks but I made it to 32 instead.

Jadyn's Birth Story: 

WARNING: long post

Wednsday Sept. 29th - (times are approximate)

• 11:30 am - Cade and I arrive at hospital for my weekly non stress test
• 12:00 pm - After monitoring me for a half hour my nurse told me that my contractions were 4 min apart and since my doctor was downstairs at Labor and Delivery she wanted me to go get checked out just to be safe.
• 12:15 pm - After getting checked in at Labor and Delivery, we hurried down the hall for our appointment we had set up with the NICU doctor to get a tour of St. Marks Newborn Intesive Care Unit
• 12:45 pm - Got changed and hooked up to monitors to follow my contractions
• 1:30 pm - Contractions now coming 2 min apart
• 1:45 pm - Cervix checked and thinned
• 2:00 pm - Given a shot of medicine to relax my uterus and slow down contractions 
• 2:30 pm - After contractions slowed down quite a bit, I was given different medication to slow down contractions further
• 3:00 pm - Sent home with a perscription and put on bed rest!!!
• 4:00 pm - Arrive at home and go straight to bed
• 5:35 pm - My WATER BROKE!! 
• 5:50 PM - Called doctor. Cade arrives home from work and we head to hospital (good thing I packed a bag a few days before)

Things are somewhat a blur after that. I will spare all the other details but in a nutshell because I was such a high risk we were sent to a different hospital that we had never been to before. When we arrived they would not let us in because it just happened to be on lock down because of security reasons. So there we are...we can't get in, and my i'm totally out of my element with none of my doctors that I'm used to. A hour later we finally got checked in. They told me that since my water broke and my contractions were irregular, they were going to try and keep me there 2 weeks before they would take our baby.

• 11:00pm - Contractions 1 min apart and the 4 doctors working on me decided they need to take the baby via C-Sect. They threw a pair of scrubs at Cade and said put these on we are doing a C-sect in an hour.

Thurs Sept 30th:

• 12:00 am - Wheel me into OR, prep, give me an epidural, send Cade in....... AND
• 12:26 am - JADYN MARNI BOOTH makes her arrival in the world

Our sweet baby was immediately passed through the window into the NICU where she will spend the next 8 weeks.

Thanks for every ones support. Jadyn has been stable and seems to be improving each day. She has equipment to help her breathe and is doing fairly well on her tube feedings. She still has her PIC line in but it may come out soon. She is beautiful and doing well and that is all we can ask for. I have the hardest time leaving her after my visits each day. It is so weird to come home empty handed. I look forward to the day when she can come home with us. We love our baby girl and feel so blessed to have her in our lives.

Bear Lake and Update

Last weekend Cade and I and about 20 of our friends all went to Bear Lake.

We had lots of fun hanging at Keira's cabin, laying in the sun (well me trying to stay outta the sun), going to the demolition derby, and eating raspberry shakes.

Here are some pics of our day at the Lake.

Hanna, Brian, Kim, Cade
(Thanks for the pic Em)

The bro's minus Levi:

The three prego's. (Me at 25wks. Bridget at 33 wks and Gianne at 32 wks...I think)

Waiting for the football....

Here it comes...

 

Cade is pretty proud of this one handed catch :) Thanks for the pic Gianne.

Update:

Cade and I are trying to go on with life as normal as possible. We moved into our new place in South Jordan on Mon. I will have to post pics of that later when its decorated...which might be a while. Now that we have an extra bedroom I am having a hard time trying not to think about the nursery I want to create.

As far as Dr. appointments I am now going every week. One week I go to my reg OB, then the next to my specialist. I still get so nervous when i go in for my ultrasounds. Everything is pretty much the same as far as her fluid and outcome. I guess I'm just relieved she is not getting worse...so I'll take it.  We have made it to 26 weeks. The heartbeat is still good and she is still growing. My doctors seem to think this could either be a good thing because her odds have SLIGHTLY improved since I have made it a little further, or a bad thing because the longer I carry her the more attached I get. They still are not too optimistic. But I have no choice but to think that she just might make it.
 I told a few people I would try and let them know what was going on so hopefully this little update works for now.

Thanks again for thinking of us.

Trials

I have always been one of those people who are reluctant to share anything too personal on my blog but woke up this morning and felt so grateful for all of our wonderful family and friends and for all their thoughts, prayers and support. Even though I don't know what the future holds I have felt some comfort in the past few days and I know it is because of all your prayers so thank you!

I know that our blog is the only way we keep in touch with a few of our friends, so now that I can somewhat talk about it... here it is.

Our story...........

When I was 20 weeks pregnant we went in to have our ultrasound at the hospital to finally find out what we were having. It had been 4 1/2 weeks since we initially tried to find out if it was a boy or a girl and the suspense and excitement was killing me. I was anxious as Cade and I drove there but I told Cade that above anything else I just wanted them to tell us it was a healthy baby. I knew at this appointment they would be going over all the anatomy of our baby.

I was estatic to see our little one up on the screen. The tech went through the ultrasound pictures telling us what we were seeing as we went. At the end as I thought we were wrapping up and she was going to let us see what we were having, she suddenly but camly said there is something wrong with our baby. I was stunned. What did she mean? She said there was fluid in the stomach and went to go get the Dr. I had already began to unravel. Cade tried to keep me calm by saying that we didn't know what was wrong yet and that we shouldn't jump to thinking the worst. Which helped but I was still terrified waiting there not knowing what was going on.

A few min later the Dr came in, took a look at things, and announced to us that our baby has a cystic hygroma, which is basically a fluid filled tumor behind our babies neck. He said by looking at the fluid buildup our baby has a chromasome abnormality that he believes to be Turner's Syndrome. He explained that we were having a girl and Turner's Syndrome occurs when there is a missing X Chromosome. I found it very hard to concentrate as he went on to explain that her lyphotic system was not working which was causing there to be fluid in her stomach and chest cavity also. He then gave us the devasating news that babies with Turner's have a very low survival rate and that he did not expect our baby to make it past the next month. I felt like my whole world was upside down. How could this be happening to us and our sweet baby girl?

It has been a very rough month. For a long time I did not want to see or talk to anyone. I am very thankful for my husband and the strong priesthood holder he is. He gave me a blessing and continues to remind me that Heavenly Father has a plan for us even if that plan is not what we want.

Two weeks ago we had another appointment at the Maternal Fetal Medicine. They told us that everything is pretty much the same. It is so hard to see her at those appointments. I just want her to be alright. They wanted to monitor us weekly but said that seeing how hard it is for me that we should come in every 2-3 weeks instead.

Update:

Yesterday I went in to my regular OB. I am 24 weeks and he said that I am measuring where I should , which means she is growing and that the heartbeat is still good. We have made it past the initial point of what they thought. They still don't know what to expect as far as her outcome but it is good to know that there are no problems with her heart! Next week I will have another appointment with the specialist to see whats going on with the fluid.

I never thought I'd be this open on my blog but just wanted to say..

Thanks again for everyones thoughts and prayers. We appreciate it!

2 Year Anniversary - Park City

On July 5th we celebrated our Anniversary. I can't believe it's been two years already! It worked out perfect because Cade had work off for the 4th so we headed up to Park City for the weekend. Cade got us a nice room at The Canyons. It was about the size of some apartments we have been looking at lately :) Full size kitchen, living room, 2 fireplaces (even though we didn't use them), jacuzzi tub, etc.

I've been to Park City quite a few times but never remember going there in the summertime. Everything is so green! I loved it! 

 We went on a Gondola Ride at The Canyons. It was so beautiful. I kind of got freaked out because of the huge canyon that we were helplessly hanging over on the way to the top of the mountain. Once we got up there we checked out the restaurant they have at the top, and then did a little hiking.

 

That night we went to Cheesecake Factory to top it all off.

It was so nice just to be able to spent time together. Thanks for the great weekend babe! I love you and am so lucky to be your wifey!

4th of July

Thanks Keira for the pictures!

Sugarhouse Fireworks

Park City Fireworks

False Alarm

I know some of you have been asking, so I thought I'd let you all know that sadly we have no news yet on what we are having. The Doctor and nurses told me that they can tell what we are having by 15 weeks. So since I will be 16 weeks along this week I thought we would be able to tell. However, the Doc took a look yesterday but wasn't able to see anything. I was kind of dissappointed but am ok with waiting a little longer also. In about two or three weeks we will find out at our next ultrasound. Thanks for everyone who voted! That was fun for me to see what people think. The only bad part is I didn't know who voted for what. I should have made you leave comments on your guesses too haha. We will keep you posted!

15.5 Weeks

I am feeling great. Everything looked good at our Appointment yesterday. The Doctor said I am measuring where I should be and the heart beat is good. It is so good to hear those words!

Boy or Girl?

On Monday Cade and I will hopefully be finding out what we are having! I have had my guess since the very begining...but I'm not telling. I will be very surprised if it's not a ______! However, Cade and I do not agree on this.
I want to know what you guys think. Take our poll and let us know. I think it would be fun to see if your guesses go one way or if they are split down the middle. Poll closes on Monday!