| Our Story |
I am now a 29 year old female named Keny, then I was 28. Jermaine is 26. We live in San Diego,CA. I also have a nine year old son named Ahren. Jermaine has 3 daughters, Ta'Keya 6, Germaine 5 & Taja 2. The girls live out of state. I didn't even know I was pregnant until Jermaine started being sick every morning. He begged me to get a test so I did. It was hilarious, You know those home tests are supposed to take 3minutes to confirm ? Well, we were at a clinic and it turned blue instantly!!! The lay looked at us in shock...I almost chocked. I was happy, but I was scared too. At that point alot of things were up in the air in our lives and I knew frombeing pregnat previously that I was goingto get really sick. I suffer fron extreme Hyperemesis Gravidarum. With Ahren I was hospitalized for 4 months...with Raeyn it was almost as bad. My pregnancy started offok...I thought I'd be ok because I wasn't sick right off. But then it started...I had to quit my job and was forced to go on disability. It was horrible, I lived on on grilled cheese sandwiches breakfast,lunch & dinner for almost 3 weeks because it was all I tolerated. I was at the hospital every other day then being admitted evry day after that. They finally administered I.V. fluids at home. I had regular fluids and Zofran by I.V. Zofran is an antinausea medication given to chemotherapy patients. It helpedsome, but nowhere near enough. Poor Jermaine was working so hard at work then coming home having to cook,clean, feedand bathe me & still being sick with me. I felt so bad for him. It's really only he & I so he was basically alone all of that time because I wasn't even up to conversation. Late Oct. 02 is when I guess I started feeling better. I was able to get up and I actually started enjoying my pregnancy. I was cracking up everytime I poked her and she'd kick me,or I shook my belly and it felt like she'd start doing flips. It was like she was telling me..."Hey Mom..Leave me alone!!". I miss that. I remember, it happened to be my Daddy's birthday (11/7)...Jermaine and I were laying on the bed looking at my big ol' belly and having a conversation about her...We had found out the day before that she was a girl. I prayed for a girl. We were soooo happy. We chose the name Raeyn because the rain to us represents a new beginning or a fresh start and that's what she represented to us. Jolie means beautiful one. On Nov.8th, 2002, it was raining that day and I had been to my OB for a general checkup. I was told that everything was fine with the baby and I. I went home and about an hour later I felt alot of pressure down below. I went into the bathroom and saw that something was pushing through. I called my OB nad was told to go to Labor & Delivery. When I got there ,after being examined they said thety my membranes were pushing through my cervix. The baby was fine at thispoint. You could see herposingon the ultrasounds...She was going to be a model you know. Still, they said she was fine. The plan was to wait until the next morning and for me to have a surgery that would put a stitch in to my cervix to keep her ,the bag,ect from coming out. I would sleep upside down in hopes that the bag would go back in to my cervix...that was a long night. Then, the controversy was if the stitch worked having her make it to 25wks. so that she'd be able to survive on her own. She was 22 wks. There were also possible complications birth defect wise. They told us up front that if she delivered now that she wouldn't have made it because her lungs were not developed. The next morning they came into a pre-op ultrasound and found that my babygirl had been impatient. She was waist down thru my cervix. There was nothing they could do. I layed there crying my heart out in the room that day...I was in labor for 26 hrs. When she delivered...I didn't feel her, they had given me an epidural. The rain stopped. They cleaned her up and gave her to me. The most beautiful babygirl in the world. She was soo tiny but had the longest fingers & toes. I just held her for hours...I just didn't want to let her go, I didn't want to say goodbye, so I kissed my angel good night. It started raining again. My life has not been the same since. ~Keny Marie Mommy to ^Raeyn Jolie ^ 11/9/02 |
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