Little Mr goes on his first ambulance ride

This morning Little Mr and I went on our first unwanted ambulance ride.

Some of you guys may have gotten a text from us or saw our facebooks; this is just a little further update on out situation.

Thank you for your prayers today and in the coming days. We are soooooo blessed to have you all in our lives, petitioning the throne for and with us on behalf of our little guy.

It has been an emotionally long hard day. Filled with ups and downs. Curently we are in a sort of a numb, yet peaceful, yet uncertain stage of feelings.

Charlie wrote out the basic points of today's events and a few prayer points you could pray along with us.

We'll try to keep our blog up to date and facebook as we can. So if you want an update check those spots. Or feel free to call or text oneof us.

Waiting in our Fathers all-knowing hands, much love,
Manda and Charlie

Information about Amanda (19 weeks 1 day+):

6:20: Amanda woke up in waterloo, ia with fluid, and blood when she
went to the bathroom. We went to the ER, where they examined her and
discovered that the cervix may be dialated. An ultrasound showed the
baby was fine and there was plenty of fluid around him still. This is great news.

10:30: Amanda left Waterloo in an ambulence to Abbott Northwestern
Hospital in Minneapolis. In the ambulence she had slight contractions and pain
for about an hour and a half.

At Abbott we consulted with a doctor and a perinatologist and had
another ultra-sound. The doctor saw normal amounts of amniotic fluid
and said that she wouldn't have known there was a leak if we hadn't
told her. Her cervix is quite short and slightly funnelled which may indicate labor. She is also still having slight contractions. But can feel Little guy kicking and moving about.

We ask for prayers in the following ways.

-that God will sustain this pregnancy and save this baby boy we long to hold and raise and love.

-that the bag will be sealed and hold throughout the rest of the pregnancy. Our God can totally do this miracle. He may be doing it already.

-that labor will not begin before the baby can be safely delivered, still a few weeks from that point.

-that God would keep the baby and Amanda free of infection

-that God will keep us free from self pity, doubt, anger, impatience or unbelief

-that God will redeem this baby with the blood of Jesus, even in the womb!!!