We’ve already shared on socials, but it doesn’t feel real until it has its own place on the blog. In May (or late April!) we’ll be welcoming our 3rd little Martian baby girl into our family.
Last year brought us 3 losses, which were really devastating. The whole thing started with me unintentionally getting pregnant and struggling with the idea of a baby in our family, and by the end I realized how deeply I wanted another baby.
Now I’m sitting at Starbucks, 21.5 weeks pregnant and feeling this lil babe squirm around inside of me. and it feels SURREAL.
Today I told my therapist that I think I am FINALLY letting down my guard, allowing myself to believe that we’re actually going to be having this baby.
This was her at 12 weeks, looking just as happy to be here as we are to know she’s with us.
My pregnancies with Madeleine and Georgia were both very straight forward. Aside from some hemorrhoids with Georgia and the fact that she was persistently breech, the pregnancies themselves were boring and easy.
Then came 3 back to back losses and this pregnancy, which has been… eventful!
My initial prenatal blood test results came back with Kell Antibodies. Assuming the baby is Kell positive (which would be why my kell negative self would be producing the antibodies), my blood cells would be attacking the baby’s blood cells. Resulting in… fetal anemia, which could lead to fetal heart failure.
But then, strangely, Justen’s blood test came back that he also is kell negative. and since being kell positive is inherited genetically, it would make no sense that our baby would be kell positive if we are both kell negative!
Long story short, we are just a really weird and rare case of spontaneous production of kell antibodies. My body just… decided… to produce these antibodies even though there are no instances of the kell antigen present.
So our intense, scary, stressful blood result has become a plan to have monthly blood tests to check the anti-k titer (amount of antibodies in my blood). As long as that number remains stable (so far it has!), we proceed as normal. If it starts to increase, it becomes a problem.
oh and then I tested positive for gestational diabetes, which has been a huge pain in the… well, you know. I am REALLY BAD at consistency in things like daily medications. Having to prick my finger and test my blood 4 times a day? it’s rough. But I’m pushing forward and doing my best.
But man, I am so excited for this baby. We all are. Madeleine has started referring to her as “our baby,” and we’ve started to seriously try and figure out baby names. I was going to crowdsource some ideas, but my IG replies were both overwhelming and borderline unhinged, lol.
That’s the update. The big thing happening, where my mind is always wandering and what makes me cry tears of joy in the middle of the night.
Very excited for 2026… and a baby born in the Spring.
