Thursday, May 31, 2007

Week 4: Our baby this week

The most dramatic and vulnerable period in your baby's development begins this week and continues for the next six. During this time, all of your baby's organs will begin to develop and function. While your baby is in this "embryonic period," she's particularly susceptible to anything that might interfere with her development. The primitive placenta is made up of two layers at this point. Also present now are the amniotic sac, which houses your baby, the amniotic fluid, which cushions her as she grows, and the yolk sac, which produces your baby's red blood cells.

Monday, May 28, 2007

We're Pregnant!

On Tuesday May 29th we found out we are pregnant! We are so excited! For almost two years it has been our hope to have a baby. We know God's love abounds whether or not he chose to give us this gift, but we fo feel blessed to know that there is a little McFadden on the way. We are so appreciative to all who have walked on this journey with us. So many have prayed for

On the day we found out we are considered technically 4 weeks along. As I write this we are now in our fifth week and our first ultrasound will be this Thursday. All week I have been going in for appointments to watch the HCG levels and they have continued to rise exactly as it should. So this little one is starting out strong.

Our prayer now is that this baby will join us in February of 2008...of course, Mike believes the baby will arrive January 22, 2008. So we'll see how well he does on guessing dates.