Humorous Wedding Speech: I Choose A Name For My Father

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It was July 5th, 2003 and I was in a Labor and delivery suite at Edwards Hospital in Naperville Illinois. My husband was introducing our daughter to her new baby brother and he was asking her if she was going to be a good big sister and teach him how to do things and with a huge smile and a nod, she said yes and she began to sing her favorite song from the Barney tv show “I love you, you love me were a happy family with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you. Won’t you say you love me too.” At that moment, everything that we had gone though had faded to the back of my mind and didn’t matter. It had taken eight months, four of which were strict bedrest, multiple doctors’ visits, three hospitalizations, the red cross bringing my husband home …show more content…

We were so excited to be adding a new addition to our family it would be several months before we would get the word that my husband would be heading to war somewhere in Afghanistan. With little notice and no idea on how long he would be gone, we prepared for the possibility that he would miss the birth of our second baby. We moved up our ultrasound so we could find out together, we were expecting a baby boy. We Choose a Name for our Son and decided on who his God parents would be and any other important decisions we could think of. We did not know there may be much bigger ones coming down the …show more content…

I spent the next several weeks glued to the TV, listening to the news of bombs being dropped, scared to death for the safety of my husband. I tried to just focus on my daughter and our day to day routine but I couldn’t stop worrying. March, was the first sign I was having any trouble with my pregnancy; stomach pain and bleeding sent me to the Hospital. The doctors thought it was just due to stress giving my circumstances and recommended I started taking it easy. So, I did, I took leave from my job, surround myself with my family and focused on getting ready for my son. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough, I found myself back in the hospital in less than a month. This time I was diagnosed with placenta previa; a rare condition caused by the placenta implanting low in the uterus, covering the cervix. I would spend several days in the hospital and receive steroid injections to help develop the baby’s lungs in case of premature labor. Due to the potential risks of major hemorrhage, fetal distress, premature labor, Hysterectomy or even death: the doctor not only put me on strict bed rest, he also recommended we contact the red cross to have them get my husband sent back home immediately. The Doctor felt it was important for my husband to be the one making life altering decision if needed in an

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