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Walk America - Team Abigail Rose

Thank you for your sponsorship and support in honoring Abigail Rose through the Walk America by the March of Dimes.

 A True Blessing From God

Mommy's story:

In February of 2005 Gary and I found out that I was pregnant and started our journey of starting our family together.  After almost 7 years of being together we were obviously not prepared but we had talked about starting our family soon.  Although we had went through our ups and downs I felt deep in my heart that this would bring our relationship closer together.  It’s amazing how God reveals himself in our lives…  On May 18^th we had our first ultrasound and found that our baby girl (we didn’t know it was a girl at that time, Gary knew but didn’t tell me until the following morning) had some abnormalities and my OB referred me to a specialist, which I met with on June 16^th, 2005.  The specialist at that time gave us news that we weren’t expecting.  Our baby girl had several abnormalities and the specialist prompted me to have an amnio to determine what was really wrong.  Gary and I went home that day and I think the best thing that happen that day was when I heard Gary say to me, “We have to give her a chance to live.”  Those words will forever be stamped in my heart.  Although I’ve been an emotional wreck since that time I’ve left Abigail’s life in our Lords hands.  I decided to go ahead with the amnio so we scheduled it for June 24^th.  On Monday the 27^th I got a call from the genetics counselor giving me the news of our baby girl.  Our baby Abigail was diagnosed with Trisomy 18.  A chromosomal defect that is not compatible to life.  Because of this chromosomal defect all other abnormalities that she had were not curable.  In knowing these facts I started to research much information and our decision of continuing the pregnancy never changed.  We were determined to continue on for as long as God was willing for me to go.  My due date is October 12, 2005 but because of the condition Abigail has it has brought on several other physical issues that can also affect my health.  I know that I have excessive amnio fluid, which is a condition that happens when carrying a Trisomy 18 baby.  It’s referred to as polyhydramnios.  I started to be monitored closely by my doctor and have yet to determine when I will be delivering but I have to prepare myself for anytime since pre-term labor can also happen because of this condition.  I leave my life and our baby girl Abigail’s life in God’s hands.