FAQ: Baby Part II

I'll keep answering questions as long as I get them!  I like talking about my family (as if you couldn't tell!)

Will you get rid of your van and get something bigger?


We have always joked that we'll be that family with a 12 or 15 passenger van.  In all seriousness, we really wouldn't be opposed to one if they didn't take so much gas!!  As of now, we all still fit in our van, so that's what we'll stick with.  We will keep our eye out for something bigger in case God sends one our way!  We'd like to have something bigger when the kids get a bit older and we want to haul not only our family, but their friends as well.


Will basketball season cause any inconveniences?


Isn't basketball season always an inconvenience?  It is, but it's also something that brings my husband a lot of joy at this point in his life, so we will continue to do it!  Yes, I will be huge by the end of the season!  I should be right at 8 months pregnant, so we're praying the baby will wait until at least mid-march to make it's appearance!  I am at peace knowing that Lincoln does put his family as the priority over basketball, so even if the baby didn't wait, he would be there in whatever capacity I needed him to.  My back just might hurt from sitting on the bleachers through my whole pregnancy! 

How did you tell family you were pregnant?

We made our moms photo brag books filled with pictures of their grandkids...then the last page had a sheet of paper that said "Baby Redburn coming March 29, 2012."  


How did the Grandmas react?


They were both surprised.  I think they both knew it was a possibility that we would add to our family again, so not shocked, but surprised just the same.  Carl was home when we gave the book to Marcinda, but Charlie wasn't, so Mom called him and had him run home from work real fast so we could tell him too!

Is your pregnancy considered high risk? How are you handling this?

My pregnancy is not considered high risk (per say).  They are, obviously keeping an eye out for the same problems that I've had in the past, but so far no extra appointments, etc.  I will have the extra screening done (by ultrasound) for birth defects, but Lincoln and I are going to let the Dr. know that we ONLY want to be informed of fatal defects (like anencephaly).  (So basically, if they see that our baby is prone to Down's Syndrome or something else during this visit we will not know.)  We had this done with Graysen as well.  They are also doing a little research as to when to start medicine for cholestasis (the condition I had with Graysen).  There are "new" meds out that can help reduce the effects of that.  


I've been a bit stressed about having a healthy baby, but have tried (really hard!) to turn it over to God and know that He already knows the number of days of this baby's life!  (Also the rate of one family having more than one ancephalic baby is something like 4%!)




Mindy - yes, you can always babysit!!!  (If you want to take on 5 kids!)