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  1. Journey of a Non-Traditional Pregnancy

    Well the last few weeks have been a whirlwind to say the least. Our son was born on September 10 at 3:59 pm. However, he almost wasn’t delivered on that day due to a whole lot of miscommunication resulting in a tremendous amount of unnecessary drama. But that‘s another post for another day.

    The bottom line is that Brody Asher was born weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz and 19.5 inches. Unfortunately they hard to put my wife under general anesthetic, so I couldn’t be in the room when he was ...
  2. Journey of a Non-Traditional Pregnancy - originally published on JustMeMagazine.com

    July/August Update:

    So we made the long walk down the hallway to the doctor’s office to discuss next steps since our 2nd son had just been diagnosed with CDH. There was a 98% chance of this not happening again…but it did.

    We knew a lot more about CDH than we did 3 years ago, but every case is so different. Last time we found out at 37 weeks, so we really had no options, tests to take, or choices to make. This time we had 20 weeks to worry, stress, and pray. Plus this ...
  3. Journey of a Non-Traditional Pregnancy - originally published on JustMeMagazine.com

    May Update:

    I am going to take a break for the next couple of months with respect to my son’s story and how we dealt with finding out he had the birth defect congenital diaphragmatic hernia. This month I want to write about the Day of CDH Awareness which was April 19th. Next month, I plan to write about how CDH has affected our current pregnancy. We are expecting another boy in September.

    April 19th is the International Day of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness. ...