Charles and I welcomed Alexandra Jude Abdelahad into the world on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 1:06pm.  It was the most amazing moment of our lives.  Also at 1:06pm, AJ was received into to the Kingdom of Heaven, as she was stillborn.  (In conversations with our medical team throughout the pregnancy, we knew there was […]

Frequently Asked Questions/Heard Statements: When are you due? You’re not very big! Do you know what you’re having?  (Girl or Boy, is what I normally assume people are asking.) Do you have a name? Have you decorated the nursery? At this point, I’m pretty good at answering the above questions/reacting to these statements in a polite, […]

Charles and I have decided not to have a Baby Shower, create a gift registry, set-up a nursery for AJ, other things along those lines, etc.  However, we have come to realize that life in any form is a celebration…just maybe not the typical “celebration” that may normally go along with the anticipated arrival of a new baby. […]

It goes without saying that AJ’s mama is the most spectacular, inspirational and beautiful woman, with grace and courage that never ceases to amaze me. By sharing sweet Alexandra Jude’s story with the world, Brittany and Charles are a testament that God’s plan is better than our plan. He chose Brittany to carry this angel […]

“The medical recommendation is to terminate this pregnancy.” Welcome to Part II of “Minute by Minute”!  😉 Both POB and MFM, at different and multiple times, told us that the medical recommendation regarding babies diagnosed with Trisomy 18 is to terminate those pregnancies.  I’d be lying if I said I was shocked that this option was […]

I told myself (and some other people) that if I ever started a blog to discuss my pregnancy, I would call it “Minute by Minute”.  But, here we are, and that is not the title of this blog (obviously).  To make a long story short, the title of the blog came about for 2 reasons:  ease […]

A writer’s secret (or so I’ve heard):  always leave the reader hanging, wanting more.  (“Have you had enough?  Or are you thirsty for more?” – Kevin McAlister, Home Alone.  If you don’t know Charles and I all that well, you’ll quickly learn that we love movie quotes.  Especially from hilarious Christmas movies.  Anyway, I digress.)  This […]

For those of you who may not be familiar with what exactly has been going on for the last seven months, I realize I left you hangin’ with the first blogpost.  Now that I have “set the stage” for the blog, we’ll take a trip down memory lane to assure that everyone is on the […]

Expectation #1.  I never, ever expected to author a blog, and here I am.  My life is definitely not that exciting so I had no idea what I would/could ever write about that would garner attention (a fancy way of saying “who cares, lady?!”).  Now that we have that out of the way, we can move on to #2. […]