It's been awhile and theres a reason

Thanks to all who have been checking on me. I really appreciate the thoughts. A little over a month and half ago, I experienced some sharp pains and contacted the doctor. It was a miscarriage and the baby had been lost. Life had been pretty rough, and it was still really early so I wasn't attached quite yet and therefore took it well. I apologize if you are just finding out, as it was hard to call or email everyone this news but I know some people still do not know and I need to tell them. We are doing fine and life has settled down a bit. It's almost the end of the school year, the girls are doing great. Alex is being a teenager and thinks he can fail school during the year and we will pay extra money to retake the same classes during the summer. :) Ha ha, right, think again. He's 17 so I am sure you understand. Ben is doing great at work. Sometimes it's a lot so he is thinking of taking a vacation to get a break from always working. Maybe a cruise or a trip to Vancouver :) I am still looking for a job, unemployment doesn't last forever so we will see what happens. Thanks again for everyones thoughts. I hope you all are doing well. Stephanie Setala

Baby Update 3/10/09

The family is doing well. I believe the hormones are picking up or slacking....something like that. I am feeling just fine. I get really tired sometimes for no apparent reason and have to sit or lay down. Because of that, I have really weird hours as you can see I am doing this at 4:35 in the morning because after an hour of laying in bed, I wanted to get up :) Our next Dr. appt is on March 27th at noon. They want to do another sonogram to hear the baby's heart beat!!!! It still has not hit me.. there is a baby in there... I have contemplated how such an intricate, detailed being can be formed in such a short time. Normally things that have so many details and so many mechanics that must function properly for the other parts to do their job takes a long time to assemble, then check. Think of the buildings that we build, some art pieces take years, some chemical formulas take years to research, test, try again, test, try something new and then hope that no one else has beat you to the correct formula. But this being is growing inside you and no one else can form the exact same person before you do or for that matter even after. And you only take 9 months. Wow, now that is amazing. So far my cravings have consisted of a extra cheese coney from Sonic (due to a billboard on the way home) but I was able to make a Frito pie in home and get by with it. My diet has been modified to caffeine (sodas) only in moderation very seldom and no alcohol and I am trying to notice when I eat sodium so that I can keep an eye on it for water retention reasons. This weekend I am hosting my brother and girlfriend's baby shower. I am excited and it gives me something to do since I have not been able to get a job. Until next time...get some sleep(for me).

Research and the first Dr. appt

We were able to see the Dr that Friday as she was going out on maternity the following week. We had a sonogram, it was weird. According the the calendar calculations, I was suppose to be 7 weeks along. According to the size of the baby I was really only 41/2 to 5 weeks, so we did blood work just to make sure the baby was growing OK. After the results came in, my Dr. called from her house as there were possible complications. Evidently when I had a blood transfusion in 1997 from a bleeding ulcer, a particular protein called Klein entered my body but was not accepted. Now my body is on alert if this protein enters again, my body is ready to fight it off. Knowing this we had to get Ben to do blood work to make sure the baby didn't have any chance of caring it or we would be classified as high risk with lots of additional procedures. Several days later the test came back negative so we are very blessed to not be considered high risk and have to put the baby through added procedures or risk loosing it. We are doing fine, no worries, the blood work came back stating that the baby was growing and getting it's nutrient. Praise God

Really, that is why I am tired...a baby....

Ben and I decided that it was now or never to have a child. I had found a short term job that was working me to death (71hrs one week). Man I was tired really that is a lot of hours for one week and keeping up with three teenagers and a husband although they really were helping me out and working too. So finally I had a break and they stopped calling me as they found volunteers to do the same job. Yeah, I was so excited. So I rested and rested. I had an dancing event I was volunteering at and was very uncomfortable in the upper chest area when wearing clothes, so bad that I thought well you know what they say... you could be pregnant. The following Sunday, Feb. 22 I decided to get a pregnancy test and sure enough not one but two of them came back positive. Yea!! Ben was excited, I was perplexed. That makes a lot of sense now, and what... I am pregnant. It still hadn't really sunk in. So I immediately notified the Dr. and started my research online.

My first blog...

So everyone else it doing it so why not... it's only 3:48AM and I can't sleep so go for it.... No really, I was introduced to this through friends and recently realized that it is really hard to remember who you told what to so I thought this would be a good way to post it, keep written thoughts down and allow the friends and family keep up with us. Thus the Setala Family...... Stephanie