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This was my original message sent via myspace and facebook:

Ok so here's the story. I'm 20 weeks pregnant and thrilled to death. It wasn't easy getting pregnant, but once it happened it's been pretty smooth sailing. Monday I had my routine ultrasound. My doctor calls me that afternoon and tells me that my fluids looked low. I had an appointment with her the next day and she said we could talk about it more then. It was at that appointment that everything crashed around us. She told us that there was very little fluid and they couldn't see the kidneys. There were tons of reasons for the problem and she wanted me to go to a specialist in Houston to have a better look at what might be causing the problem. The appointment was yesterday and it was determined that there was a tear and I was leaking amniotic fluid. Without this fluid the baby would stop growing and developing and I would get an infection. The infection would cause me to go into labor and I would loose the baby. He gave us two options: 1. terminate pregnancy 2. wait and see what happens but there could be some serious problems with the baby ranging from no lungs to severe mental retardation. As you might imagine we were not happy with either option. We were facing the hardest decision you might imagine. This was the epitome of all rocks and hard places. We still had questions to be answered, so we went back to my local doctor today to see if there was anything at all we could do. She suggested that I be admitted into the hospital and be under complete bed rest. They will hook me up to IVs and I will drink tons of water and see if we can get the fluid levels back where they belong. They can also monitor me for infections and have antibiotics at the ready in case there's a problem. She said we will be able to see if that will work in about a week. We are taking it day by day. Hoping and praying that a miracle will happen. I'm a fighter and we intend to do everything in our power to make this happen. Doctors know alot, I know SOME stuff, but it's God that gives us the power and strength to survive. So I would GREATLY appreciate prayers. I will be in St. Mary's Hospital for the next week at least. I'll keep you posted and updated on what's going on! Thank you!