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redheadmama
Age: 26
Country: USA
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Partner: Husband - RedheadDada
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Occupation: Homemaker & Wife & Mommy
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Redhead Wifey--

I married Redhead Husby in May 2007. He's the most wonderful gift from God, and I am daily blessed by my loving & sacrificial husband. There isn't a day that goes by when I don't wonder why the Lord ever gave me such a blessing! I am very thankful.

On July 6, 2007 we found out we were expecting our first baby (that's when we became Redhead Mama and Redhead Dada). We were overjoyed! But a number of weeks later, I miscarried. We named our baby Covenant Hope. This was a very trying experience for us, and we grew closer together and also closer to God through the struggle.
Very soon thereafter, we were blessed with another baby! On September 15, 2007 we found out we were expecting "Baby Two"! This was a wonderful pregnancy and resulted in giving birth on May 23, 2008 to the most beautiful boy I've ever held. His name is Gabriel David (aka Redhead Boy), and he is the love of our life.
On March 23, 2009 we found out that God had blessed my womb with "Baby C", due around Thanksgiving. But then on March 30, 2009 our little Redhead Baby was lost in a miscarriage. We named our baby Glory Hesed (Hesed is a Hebrew word describing God's covenantal love and faithfulness). Again we felt crushed beneath a mountain. And yet we know that God is good, and works all things together for the good of those who love Him. We survive trials by His grace alone.
On May 25, 2009 we found out that yet again God blessed my womb with a baby! This one, our "Little Babe," was due Feb 2nd, but was miscarried into our hands on June 20th. We named her Promise Anastasis which means "promise of resurrection."
We spent the summer of 2009 working with a reproductive endocrinologist, undergoing testing and research. We were able to uncover borderline low progesterone and hypothyroidism -- both of which we are able to address regularly and easily! We are so thankful for that. I also have high FSH and high LH, and although we are currently uncertain what that means for our future, there isn't anything we can do about it. :)
On October 14, 2009 we found out that we were expecting our fifth arrow. It was a long sequence of weeks with good results, bad results -- beautiful heartbeats on ultrasounds but ridiculously low hormones. After seven weeks in our family, our Peace Nikonos joined his siblings in heaven. The baby's name means "peace of the One who overcame" or "peace of the Victor." We love and miss this child so much -- the vacancy in our home is painful and devastating.
God did not cause my womb to be empty for long! Just 4 1/2 weeks after delivering tiny Peace into my hands, we found out that I was expecting Baby Six! Unfortunately, we found out at 8w3d that the baby had died previously and my body was simply not recognizing it yet. It seems that (unlike my previous miscarriages) this baby died from a random chromosomal anomaly, aneuploidy. I finally miscarried Mercy Kyrie ("Mercy, O Lord!") at 11w3d, and it was quite possibly the most physically difficult of my miscarriages.

Five children in heaven.
One child in our home.
We still want a large family, and feel called to have a housefull of little redhead kiddos. We know that God has given us this desire, and that He delights in giving us the desires of our hearts. So we plod onward by faith, prayerfully seeking the Lord's will & wisdom in all of this.

In December 2009 we began working with a reproductive immunologist who was able to diagnose a somewhat rare autoimmune disorder I have. It is actually an immunological incompatability between my hubby & me. It has to do with having hyperactive Natural Killer Cells (NKC) and not having the necessary antigen in my blood (which apparently the DH usually provides to the baby upon conception). So when I get pregnant, my NKC treat my babies like a cancer or bacteria, instead of trying to protect the baby. With this particular medical problem, our babies only have about a 5-8% chance of survival without treatment! (Which proves just how much of a miracle our little boy is!) The treatment involves some oral steroids, as well as monthly treatments (three back to back days each month) called IVIg. This is done with an i.v. infusing my blood with a medicine made from about 1000 people's plasma. If begun prior to conception, it should give our babies around an 80% chance of survival. We are praying for this treatment to be successful, and to enable my womb to nurture our babies in the future.

May God have mercy upon our family. May He fill our home with laughter and dancing.

As far as my mommying practices... I am "into" cloth diapering (cuz it's cheaper, hehe), babywearing (cuz it makes life easier, hehe), breastfeeding (hello easy!), making my own baby food (have you ever seen the Beaba Babycook?)... I am not, however, a true "hippie mama" as I like to say. I'm not crazy about organic food and especially not organic clothing. lol. Yes, I drink coffee (although decaf these days, hehe) and eat refined sugar. Yes, I do [most] vaccinations. I am a stay-at-home wife & mommy, spending my days serving my family, keeping my home, cooking from scratch, learning to be frugal, training my son, and preparing to homeschool in a few years. I am also a Christian (if that wasn't obvious), and love Jesus; I love teaching my son about the Lord, the Bible, and the Christian worldview. He loves church (especially communion!), always says Amen after every prayer & every song, and his little evidences of faith are stunning & constantly make me catch my breath. God is good.
So now you know a little of my mommying & life philosophies. :) I love people who have similar practices/convictions, and also those who differ from me. I love to glean from others' experiences.

Message me if you'd like to chat. I love talking about life, encouraging others through miscarriages, and being myself -- I'm pretty open & honest about things.

Blessings to you, and may you have many olive plants around your table (Psalm 128).




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Photos
My Mommy Necklace (2009, 09, 09) `Me too Mommy!` (2009, 09, 25) Redhead Family (2009, 12, 19) Beginning our Happily Ever After (2010, 02, 14) Full Length of our First Dance (2010, 02, 14) Leaving the Chapel (2010, 02, 14) I was posing, but he wasn`t (2010, 02, 14)

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GDC (2008)


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