My Miracles

This is a story that takes us back to May 1999. I will never for that day. It was in a time when we was living quite a crazy life. The "party" life is what I will call it. I hated who I was. One day while driving, I prayed and my prayer was, "God you are going to have to slap me in the face to get me out of this "party" life I am living." I now know how true the old saying is, be careful what you pray for, you just might get it.

Fast forward to Sept. I thought I had the stomach flu and was really feeling crummy. I was also 10 days late, so I bought a test. I remember calling my best friend at the time and saying, "if I call you crying, you know it was positive." I took the test and sure enough it was positive. I was in disbelief. I had been on the pill, so how could I be pregnant?? What am I going to do? I am going to be a single mom!

Jump to April 26, 2000. I was admitted to be induced. Not much went on that night. April 27th arrives and things get going. Around 2:30 pm it's time to push. The alarms start going off. The doctor rushes in and said, "we need to get him out and get him out NOW!!!" So after 3 pushes at 2:53pm, weighing 7 lbs, 4ozs, Noah Micheal Wrailey Jones was brought into my life. I was later told his cord was wrapped around his neck two times. Noah was my first miracle.

When Noah was 4 I started feeling like I wanted more kids. I didn't want him to be an only child. I was finally OK with and happy being single. I had decided that since I didn't want Noah to be an only child that I was going to adopt a child. I had done several home study visits and had gotten to the part where they take my profile album to show moms to pick me to raise their child.

It was June 2004. June 18th to be exact. There was a knock at my door, there he stood. So handsome, so nice, like that old friend and we just needed to catch up. It was Dan. I was really not ready for what he had to offer me.

It was only 2 weeks later when it was time for Dan to meet my parents and Noah. He came to pick us up. After they met, Noah came over and whispered to me, "is he going to be my new dad." We get to my parents house and had dinner. After dinner I was baking some cookies and Noah needed something, so Dan went and checked on him. The next time while I was dealing with Noah, Dan checked the cookies. It was at that dinner, I KNEW I was going to marry Dan. November 26, 2005 I became Mrs. Daniel Pingel. Dan was my second miracle.

Dan and I had decided that we both wanted more children, so we decided to start trying right after we got married. We tried and tried. After two years and no more babies, we decided to go see a fertility specialist. I had the appointment set for around April 1st.

On the Thursday before Mother's Day, I took at test and it was negative. Just like all the others I had taken the past two years. You would think after two years it would get easier to see that negative, but no, it was just as hard to deal with as all the others.

I had a cyst on my back that was about the size of the tip of your pinkie. Some how it had gotten infected. It was not the size of a quater. I had to go see a surgeon about it on that Monday. I went in and he took one look and said that I needed surgery and we would do it that afternoon. I was going to be put to sleep to have it removed.

I arrived for the surgery and before hand they made me pee in a cup. As we were walking to the pre-op bed the nurse said, "wait a second, this is positive". I asked what was positive, she said, "Hun, your pregnant." I said,"NO I'm not"! We took 5 tests that day and they were all positive. They could not put me to sleep to cut out the cyst, so they just did a local on it. The local didn't work. I felt EVERYTHING!!! Let's just say I scream and cried!!

My pregnancy with Josie was horrible. I was so sick and then she kept trying to come early. It was just horrible. On Nov. 17 2008 I went in to be induced. At 9:30am things took a turn for the worst. Josie's heart rate dropped below 50 and would not recover. Next thing I know, there are is my OB and what seemed like 20 nurses. I was rushed to the operating room without Dan by my side. It was an emergency, so they wouldn't let him go with me. Before I knew it, I was in recovery and Dan was showing me pictures of Josie he had taken with his cell phone. I was later told that her cord was wrapped around her neck two times. They said from the time we rushed out of my room to the time she was born was only 6 minutes. At 9:48am weighing 7 lbs 10 ozs Josephine Danielle Faith Pingel was brought into my life. Josie was my third miracle.

Once Josie was born I went back on the pill. After being on it for a few months and having it make me feel like I was going crazy, Dan and I talked and we decided that I would go off it. It took 27 months to get pregnant with Josie, we were sure it would take several to get pregnant again. So we decided to take our chances.

When Josie was four months old I realized I was late. So one day while Dan was at work I decided to take a test. It was POSITIVE. I was in shock and freaking out!! I called Dan at work and asked if he was sitting down. He thought someone had died. When I told him the news that we were going to have another baby, he was in just as much shock as I was. We found out my due date was Jan. 28, 2010.

On Jan 5th Susan (my sister in law) who was due to have her baby any day, ended up having high blood pressure. Her OB decided to induce her. It was about midnight when we got the call that Hailey had been born. I was so excited, I was an aunt.

I had been having an issue with my heart racing and feeling strange since Jan. 1st. I had gone to see my OB on the 5th and she said to let her know if I had any other heart racing issues. I woke up on the 6th and after I got ready, I started feeling strange. So strange that even my left arm was going numb. I called my OB office and they said I needed to rush to he ER. They checked me over, they thought I was having a heart attack. I was OK, my heart was good. While at the ER being check I started having contractions, so after I checked out OK they sent me up to L & D. They checked me and I had not dilated any. They hydrated me, thinking I was dehydrated. After sitting in L & D for 5-6 hours and my contractions getting worse and worse and me being in pain and tears, my OB came in and said it was time to deliver Maxx. On Jan. 6th 2010 at 5:47 pm weighing 7 lbs 5 ozs, Maxxwell Henry Douglas Pingel was brought into my life. When he was born the OB told us that his cord was wrapped around his neck two times. Maxx was my fourth miracle.

Even though I was a single mom when I had Noah. Even thought I was not prepared for Dan to steal my heart. Even thought I had waited so long, and had such a horrible pregnancy with Josie. Even though I was scared out of my mind to have babies 13 months apart when Maxx arrived. I have to admit I would not trade one second of the way my life has gone. Noah, Dan, Josie and Maxx have been worth every second. They are my miracles!!!