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  This won't be long, but I just wanted to document your first prayer that you helped me pray for someone. Yesterday, we got the call that your grandmother...your Oma's mom wasn't going to be with us much longer. Your Oma asked if I could come pray for her. Of course...I would be there in a few.   You and I were able to pray a prayer of peace over her. We prayed a prayer of going home...of smooth transition.    I am so grateful that you were there. Even though she will never meet you or you her, this side of paradise, the love she has for you is so strong...as I will help you to grow to know and love her.  **Rest in peace, Nana** Wanna know one of the best parts? Just 2 days prior (3 days ago) we got to spend some time with her and she said that you were going to be perfect and everything was going to be okay with you. Comfort...it gave me comfort.

  I'll admit it was strange to hear, "You are, because of your age, considered high risk in your pregnancy." I think I knew it. I mean, I did, but I just didn't think it would be part of the very first conversations that I had with the doctor. "In December, you will be 35, so you need to consider getting tested for the chromosomal abnormalities that can come with an older aged mother."    Let's be honest, as much as I have NOT read about being pregnant, the one thing I did know was that I was old and I did understand what that could affect. I already wanted the test. I could have stopped her mid-sentence, but I had just seen the first pictures of you...I couldn't really think of much else. But, snapped back to reality, I wanted to take the test.   "I don't want to do the amniocentesis test, but I do want to get tested." She was quick to squelch that she doesn't encourage that test unless the blood test came back with an abnormality ...