This is the blog for Gavin and Carrie Jones and family. We live in Papua New Guinea and are working to see lives transformed by the living Word of God through Bible translation. Gavin is a helicopter pilot. Carrie, who has her degree in Public Health, works in the lab at our busy rural clinic. Our son, Isaac, was born in 2004 and our quintuplets, Will, David, Marcie, Seth, and Grace, were born in 2012.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. The you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all you heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:3-6

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Late 23 week update

Sorry for the delay on this one. Partly due to the dead computer issue, partly to my forgetfulness of passwords, but here we are at last. :)

As of Monday's appointment (the 9th) the babies' heart rates and amniotic fluid levels all look good, and the biggest praise for this week is that the little girl with the enlarged kidneys (renal pelvis dilatation) was back to normal! Thank you for your prayers, and we thank the Lord that His answer was "yes."

Please keep praying the other little girl will grow and not suffer from intrauterine growth restriction. We'll find out this coming Monday what their respective sizes are. I'll be 24 weeks and a bit at that point.

Speaking of our tiny little girl, I need continuing prayers for my appetite, maybe partly because my anemia has not improved despite direct iron infusions (it looks like Coca-Cola in a bag). I may be receiving them 2-3 times a week instead of just once a week instead. Low appetite is one of the symptoms of more severe anemia. My hair is also falling out in prodigious amounts - it's ridiculous!

While I may look fat enough to you (and to myself), I'm still a good 10 pounds behind the curve, as established in my twins, triplets, and quad pregnancy book, and weight gain prior to 24 weeks has the greatest effect on the babies' ultimate weight and health at birth.

Yummy meals from our church family sure are helping tempt my appetite - last  night's taco pie rocked, as has the pot roast, the sausages and mashed potatoes, the chicken spaghetti casserole, the banana cake, the bread, the cookies, and everything else people have brought! Thank you all!!!!!

The other big prayer request is that my body will hold strongly onto these babies for many more weeks.  I've had about 1.5 cm of effacement (thinning) in just one week, which is of course a concern to me. As soon as I thin to 2.5 cm (now I'm 3.0-3.5 cm) I will be hospitalized - something I'd really love to avoid as long as possible. There's no place like home . . .

The default plan, if the Lord graciously allows me to stay home for the next few weeks, is to be admitted at 28 weeks, unless I happen to still be doing really well - which would be awesome!!

Meanwhile, I'm enjoying bed rest as much as possible - especially since I've started registries at Babies 'R' Us and Wal-Mart. The Internet is a wonderful thing sometimes. :)

Thank you all for your prayers and love! We love and appreciate you,
Carrie for Gavin, too

11 comments:

  1. Still praying praying praying for all of you! You've accomplished so much already.

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    1. Thanks, Sandi. Now I just need to accomplish more weight gain. :)

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  2. I meant to sign my name to the above post. Love Sandi Holzwarth

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  3. HI Carrie,
    It is great to read of your progress! We are praying for you guys constantly and very thankful that God is caring for these little babies you have growing inside you. I just have a little question - is it possible for international buyers to purchase gifts online from Walmart? I am not to clued in as to how to go about doing this. Alternatively if this is not an option maybe we can select something that you have chosen and then send money across to your account so that you could buy it? Of course this might be quite difficult seeing that you are on bed rest :) Maybe you could help me out as to what would be the best option? Love to you all. xxxx

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    1. Claire and Matthew, you are so sweet. Yes, I believe if you go online to www.walmart.com (not with the .au on the end!) you should be able to look up our registry (follow "Registry" link top of main page). If you enter Gavin Jones you'll find he's the only one by that name registered at Walmart, whereas there are lots of Carrie Joneses. I do think you can buy to have an item sent to our house since we are Stateside. :)

      We love and miss you and look forward to introducing the quints to you someday! Isaac can renew his friendship with your sweet girls. :)
      Carrie

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  4. My dearest Carrie, "zaftig" is your new go-to word to describe your figure. Dictionary.com should tell you all you need to know about this perfectly delightful word. :) You are the most beautiful incubator that I've ever, ever seen. I love you. Praying your 3 plumpy sons will leave some yummies for their sweet skinny sistas. ;)

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  5. Thanks for your blog to keep us informed! We just got back to PNG and you all were prayed for in the Sunday service! Holding you up on the other side!! Love, Kim

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    1. I love it that you guys pray for us over there too! There is no such thing as too much prayer. Love, Carrie

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