Dear Raspberry

Hello My Darling Raspberry,

We went to the doctor last week to find out that you are bigger than we thought. I will be blessed to see you one week earlier than I thought (and please, don't come any earlier than that).

If you don't want to know what my body is going through, please stop reading now, I'm not going to edit this for graphic material...just FYI.

You still make me sick every morning, but I'm just getting used to it. It's the afternoons I'd like to feel good. I have bad days and good days. Yesterday was a good day, this morning and this afternoon, were bad. I really wish I could keep things down.

I got a call from the doctor telling me that I have a bacterial infection. Uh oh, that can't be good for either of us. This can lead to a bladder infection so they put us on penicillin. I don't think the penicillin is liking either of us much.

But, I did get some very very good news. My CF results came back, and they were negative. That means we never ever have to worry about passing Cystic Fibrosis to you. And that makes me very very happy. It was a huge sigh of relief for your dad and I.

I'm hoping to start feeling better soon, I'm hoping you and I can start agreeing on food and sleep :)

We go back in on Halloween for our next visit. I'm so super excited to find out if you, little raspberry, are a boy or a girl on Christmas Eve. The most amazing part of my life was seeing you and hearing your super fast heartbeat. It was 154 beats per minute. It blew me away to see your heart pulse and know that you are alive inside me.

I love you dearly!

Love - Mom