Erin through the next three months became very sick nearly every single day. She couldn’t keep down any vitamins or food at some points. I then began to realize a taste of what it was going to mean to be a parent, dying to self.
Erin was in a struggle for support and it was now my time to serve her in ways that I have never done before. My spirit was willing but my flesh was weak and this was just the beginning of the rest of my life.
As we hit the three month mark something just seemed to switch in Erin’s body, no more morning, noon or evening sickness. Praise the Lord! It was a time of rejoicing because Erin could finally enjoy her pregnancy.
Erin thought it was a girl, I was convince that it was a boy, but then I started doubting because of the name for a girl that we had picked. Elliana means God has answered prayer; Erin asked on New Years Eve for a baby. Wow, I really thought that it was going to be a boy, actually I thought we might be having twins even though it was not in the family line.
We went into the doctor for a check up and when he began to examine Erin’s stomach he said, “You are larger than normal for this stage of the game, the last time that I said that a woman had twins.” I began to rejoice and laugh all at the same time. He then proceeded to tell us that he wanted to take an ultra sound.
We went into the room and something began to alarm him. Erin and I didn’t really know how to take the news because we had an extremely healthy baby and something that the doctor didn’t quite like. He sent us to another room for a more in-depth ultra sound.
When we went in the room, the nurse began to perform the ultra sound and the pictures were amazing. They were so in depth and the baby was moving around like crazy. I began to cry because it was the first real moment that I knew that I was going to be a dad. The nurse scrolled over an area and I said, is that his winki, IT’S A BOY I yelled as I jumped around the room crying and laughing all at once. I was so pumped!
Erin lay on her back in amazement as the nurse began to show us why the doctor was concerned. Erin had a cyst the size of a softball right next to the uterus. It looked as though we had twins but one chamber twice the size of our child had only fluid.
The doctor gave us the amazing news of us having a boy but the shocking news that he needed to operate as soon as possible. We decided to operate three days from that point.
The morning of the operation Erin and I were covered with the peace of God. I walked her in the room trying to be as strong as possible but on the inside crying out to God to take care of my wife and baby. Erin was amazing. We were able to pray with the doctor and nurses before they took her in and the surgery went as good as it possibly could. The doctor made four small cuts into her stomach and no ovary or tube was touched. Erin and the baby recovered very well!
We have concluded on the name. Joshua was always going to be the first name of our boy but because I felt as though the cyst was Goliath and David conquered Goliath, our baby boy will be named Joshua David Mast.
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More to come later!
