Prayers answered. Praise God!

Thank you everyone for praying for the cholestasis issue. I got the lab results yesterday and they told me I only have a mild form of it. My liver enzymes are only a little higher than normal and I won't have to be constantly monitored. I just need to keep up with the medication the Dr. prescribed until little Faith is born. :D

Also, another answer to prayer... God provided us with a van last month. Through gifts from our family and friends we were able to purchase a pre-owned van in excellent condition. Now we can tote our whole family in the same vehicle when the baby arrives.

Throughout this pregnancy the Lord keeps reminding me of His constant faithfulness and provision in our lives. At times we do not understand the circumstances (or why we have to go through them), but then God reveals Himself to us in a more glorious way then had we not gone through those things. This is why we have named our little one "Faith Celeste" meaning Faith Divine. It is only from faith in knowing He will be who He always has been that we can have this heavenly peace... the kind that does surpass understanding.

Gizelle :D

Urgent Prayer Request: Cholestasis of Pregnancy

So I went into the Dr. yesterday because I've been severely itching from head to toe (literally), even my palms, soles of my feet and even my eyes for the past couple of weeks. At first I thought it was an allergic reaction to taking different vitamins or immunity boosters, but after I stopped those it still kept happening. So much that I had lots of trouble sleeping and would be very fatigued during the day.

Anyway, they took a blood test to check on my liver because she thinks I might have this condition called Cholestasis of Pregnancy. It means that the bile salts from my liver are leaking out into my system and also into the baby's placenta which can be poisonous to her. The risks for me is pretty low (just itching and maybe Jaundice until I deliver the baby), but it is very high for the baby. There is a possibility of still birth, pre-term labor, or meconium poisoning - which means I would have to be induced early, maybe right after we get back from CA when I will be 36 weeks. The Dr. has already put me on meds to flush my liver out, but we won't know for sure if I have Cholestasis until the lab results get back in a couple of days.

All this to say --- Please pray!!!!

Pray that the results come back negative for cholestasis.

If it comes back positive:
- that I deliver at full term (37 - 39 weeks) so she will not have lots of problems when she's born.
- that the meds would clear out all the bile in my liver.
- that the poison would not get into the placenta
- And that my itching would stop or decrease.

God has done so many miraculous things already for our little Faith and I think this is just one more thing that we need to get through to prove how great our God is!

Love, Gizelle