34 weeks

It has been a busy week! We met with the maternal fetal specialist and found out our little guy is measuring 3 weeks ahead and is around 7 lbs. Quite a surprise when at this gestation they are supposed to be around 5 lbs. But hey, we might just have a big baby! Everything looked great, cervix was long and closed. They did a non stress test and there was no contractions. She still was leaning towards the steroid shots, but I politely refused. They also did a surprise 4d ultrasound and we got some amazing pictures of him, he is super cute! Our baby is in God's hands, and I know that he wont be born till hes good and ready.

We also had our baby shower, and got so many wonderful gifts for Judah. He is one lucky little guy. He needs his own bookshelf for how many books we got! We feel completely overwhelmed with the love that was poured out on us and Judah. My next appt with my midwife is Nov 6th and after that I will go to see her every week until he arrives! We are so excited to meet him, and know he is going to be such a blessing in our lives.

33 weeks

It has been an interesting week! Sunday night we went to the Birth Center to make sure my water did not break, because I felt like I was leaking. Well to our surprise I was having regular contractions that I wasn't feeling. They gave me some awful med's to stop the contractions which seemed to work, and then took a test called a fetal fibrinectin test. What it means is if its negative you are safe from going into labor for at least 7 days. Well mine came back positive, which means I have about a 30% chance of going into labor in the next 7-14 days. They talked about steroid shots for his lungs and even considered keeping me over night. My cervix was still closed and thick so he decided to let me go home and wait on the steroids. We have an appt with a Maternal Fetal Specialist tomorrow morning where we will most likely be getting an ultrasound to see the length of my cervix. The specialist wants us to get the steroid shots regardless of the cervix length. However they do not give the shot if you are 34 weeks or after. We have 6 days until we are 34 weeks so we are on the fence. We are leaning towards not getting them because we feel that God is not going to let Judah come if hes not ready. We trust him 100% with our little guy. I also have a UTI which can cause contractions so hopefully treating that will help and stop the contractions. We would like for him to stay put till at least 36 weeks. Keep us in your prayers, and we will see you all at the baby shower!

In Love

I absolutely love being pregnant. I feel so incredibly blessed to have this little person growing in me and that I get to be his mommy. He is getting so big, his little butt is always poking out. I love to feel him and try to guess what I am feeling. Its such an amazing experience. I only have 4 and half weeks till I'm considered full term. Its amazing how fast time has gone.

I feel completely at peace with the birthing process and feel with the support of my husband and my midwife I will be able to have the natural birth I am wanting. Lance is going to be an amazing coach, he is so attentive, patient, and loving.

I have never felt the amount of love I feel for my son. I know it will only intensify when I see him. This is just such an awesome experience and I thank God every day for this gift. I know its not a given. There are plenty of women who cannot have children, or struggle. Yes we had our struggle, with loosing our Josiah. But now we are here, with a healthy little boy growing safely. I still miss our little beanie every day. I remember what it felt like to find out we were pregnant with her. She is our first little one, our child. We have one child in heaven and pretty soon will have one here with us. I know will we see our baby again someday. Our sweet angel.

Our baby shower is next Saturday and we had a lot of people RSVP. We are excited to celebrate our little guy with all of our family and friends. It wont be long till Judah will be here! :)

30 and 31 weeks

We are rounding the corner of the end of this pregnancy and the beginning of our new life! We could not be more excited for this little guy. At our 30 week appt, I was measuring 32 weeks, and his heartrate was in the 140's which is great. He is also head down, which hopefully he stays that way! I also go to the midwife more then I used too, but the best thing about a midwife, is instead of a mandatory every 2 weeks she says 2-3 weeks, so of course I picked 3 weeks. At 36 weeks we will go every week until he comes!

I have still been feeling really good. Some aches and pains, but nothing I cant handle. Hes an active little guy and LOVES his daddy's voice. He always starts moving when Lance talks. Its getting a little tight in there for him now, and I am feeling little knees, elbows, hands and feet sticking out all over. If I push on his little butt he will always push back, which its fun to interact with him before hes here. Hes practicing his breathing alot, because he gets the hiccups quite a bit now. My whole belly shakes when he hiccups!

We had our birthing class this past Sat. and we found it extremely interesting and informative. I feel alot more prepared to have the natural birth I want. Also I'm glad Lance got to learn different techniques to help me through the contractions. It definitly made labor not seem as scary, because they explained everything really well. All in all im excited to meet this little guy soon, in 5 weeks I'll be considered full term!

We are prepared to be at Lance's parents house with Judah for a little bit if we need too, it will be tight but all that matters is I am going to be there for him, thats most important to me. I am looking at finding a part time nanny job where I can take him, and have an interview this week sometime for one that starts in January.

Our baby shower is in 2 weeks and we are super excited to celebrate our litte guy with family and friends. I love my aunts and cousins that I dont get to see very often, so I am excited to see them!