Be careful what you pray for

After six long years and a lot of heartbreak which included six miscarriages, we finally had a baby. She is a true miracle from God. We were told to stop trying, that it was highly unlikely we would have a baby, that if we continued I may die.  Well, we had our miracle and we wanted to try again for another one but the next pregnancy resulted in our 7th miscarriage. This miscarriage seemed harder both physically, mentally, and emotionally. We decided it was time to move on and my husband scheduled his vasectomy---for a second time!

We prayed and struggled with whether to give it one more shot before the vasectomy.  In the meantime,  Adam's brother and wife had a beautiful baby boy. The next day, prior to going to meet the new family member, my husband said he had a desire to try for a son and asked if it was too late. I said I thought so but we could try.  He had asked some of his friends to pray for us and we prayed specifically for what we wanted in our son. We also requested that if it was not meant for us to have another baby through me that I would not get pregnant.  

My husband's procedure was scheduled for Monday. Four days before this, in the early hours of the morning, our daughter started running fever and in the chaos of running to a screaming sick baby, trying to find the themometer, and get a bottle ready, I tripped over the cat. Zoe and I both had doctors appoints later that day and the results were hand-foot-mouth for her and broken metatarsal for me. As a result, the vasectomy was cancelled for a 2nd time.

Zoe is over HFM disease and I can walk with an orthopedic boot. We will reschedule the vasectomy for early next year, but until then, we'll be praying for a healthy pregnancy and healthy son with his Daddy's dark hair and eyes.

Update: We are almost 15 weeks pregnant with a GIRL! We are over the moon and everything is looking great. I knew it was a girl, but Adam said, "I prayed for a boy." And God laughed. Preteen/Teen years are going to be FUN---say a prayer for his sanity.