A Little Update on Sadie!

Well, I went to the doctor yesterday, and got some good news and bad news. Warning if you don't like hearing words like dialation, then don't read this. So I went to the doctor, to get my weekly check now that I am in my last month. I had been feeling pretty cruddy lately. I was having lots of braxton hicks, and I could tell her head was dropping into my pelvis. So, I told the doctor and he checked me. Turns out I am already dialated to a three and her head is well into my pelvis.

Let's just say that Dr. Fern was not very happy about this, she isn't quite full term, so if she was born now she would have to be in the hospital for at least a week to make sure her lungs were developed. Which, I really don't want, I have had a girl in the NICU before and it was not FUN! So he said I had to try my hardest to keep her in me for at least a week and a half if not two weeks! So how do you keep a baby in you for that much longer, when she obviously wants to come too early? STRICT REST. My doctor said to lay down for most of the day, no lifting, no housework that is strenuous, no anything!!

Which is very frustrating, because I have been feeling very good this pregnancy, but I don't want her to come early. So my house may be messy and my kids unkept, but I am going to try my hardest to make sure this baby girl is full term. My husband put is perfect, when he said," Did you ever think you would be put on rest so that a baby could stay inside of you?" Never in a million years!! I always want them to come early, but not this early.

Sorry this post is so long, but I am trying to curb my anxiety by writing it down. Happpy Thanksgiving everyone. Let's pray I make it to the first week of December.

So One ER Visit Later

It has been 5 glorious years of James Micheal not having any major catastrophes that we have had to go to the ER, until...today. Our James Micheal swallowed a magnet at 1:30 in the afternoon. I was just getting ready to clean the bathroom, Evan was down for a nap, and James Micheal was getting ready to watch a movie. He came crying into the room saying he swallowed a rock and that the doctors were going to have to cut him open. I called James, luckily he was heading home from work. I woke up Evan and took him and James to the ER. James got to the ER when I did, so he took over and I went to go pick up Makayla from school.

After I picked up Makayla, I had to go to my ultrasound for Sadie, so Makayla came with me. Sadie is doing well and is huge. I am going to be induced December 10th if I don't have her till then...which I doubt, I always go early.

Back to James Micheal, I got back from my appointment and they had to do an X-ray to see if the magnet had moved far enough down for him to pass it and to make sure there was only one in there. I stayed and James took the other two home for dinner. I couldn't go into the X-ray with him because of the baby in my belly, but he was a champ and didn't cry once.

Luckily the magnet is far enough down that he can pass it normally, I just get the joy of making sure it passes. YUCK!! Oh the joys of being a mom. Here is his X-ray!! My poor little dude, at least he learned his lesson and got a cheeseburger for being such a good sport.

A Little Comparison

So I took a picture of my tummy with James Micheal at 33 weeks and 2 days, and a picture of me today in the same shirt at 35 weeks and 5 days. All I can say is what a difference a couple of weeks can make. Sadie is definitely riding lower these days, and I can tell she is dropping. Just thought it was amazing how much you can see the growth of the baby just from my stomach.

What I am Grateful For

I know November just started, but I need to get my thankful post in now. Because, honestly, I will be about 37 weeks pregnant around Thanksgiving, and I don't know if I will be grateful for anything, besides the fact that this baby will be coming out of me soon. So, I will do it now, while I am still grateful for other things.

1. I am very grateful for my husband. Not a lot of men would work, go to school, and let his wife stay at home and continue to have children, even though he thinks she is crazy for having another one! I am thankful that the spare time he does have he helps me with the kids and plays with them. This is a recently realized gratitude, as I cannot seem to get on the floor and play with them right now, and he carries Makayla down to bed which is a difficult feat for me.

2. I am thankful that I have family that lives so close and can help me when I have a billion appointments, especially you Mariah! Thanks for all your help this pregnancy, your free babysitting does not go unnoticed and I owe you big time.

3. I am thankful for medicine. I know wierd, but really thank heavens I have a doctor who knows how to take care of me and my babies. I love knowing that if I have any complications the doctor can help. That has also been a lot on my mind lately since our little Sadie is coming soon, and how much they helped after Makayla was born.

4.I am thankful for church. Even though it takes me way to long to get the kids in their Sunday best and lots of tears and fighting, Sunday is still my favorite day! I am grateful that if the one thing the kids see us be consistent with is church attendance, that is good enough for me.

5. I am grateful for my friends. James and I have been blessed with friends that understand and love us. They are all very special to us and incredibly supportive. It is nice to know we aren't alone a lot of times. Russ and Emily, you know I am talking about you. The Lord has found some really good people for us to associate with and I really appreciate that. I didn't forget Chris and Camille either, it was so nice to find friends who have been through the same things as us and still made it, awesome!


6.Well last but not least, I think we all know what my last thankful post will be about...my kids. Nothing has been more fulfilling and more difficult than being a mom to my 3 soon the be 4 kids. It is very comforting to know that I have 3 little spirits that love me unconditionally. There is no other way I have felt God's love more than when a new child is given to us. There have been many tears and painful memories for unknown reasons in James and I's life, but the Lord always makes it right and blesses us a hundred fold. This little girl coming to our family is definitely a few of those blessings. I am so excited to meet her and love her.

Those are only 6 of things I am grateful for, there are a lot more like egg nog, costco muffins, and french fries, but that might have more to do with the pregnancy.

My Maternity Model

James Micheal decided he would try the pregnant thing out for himself. Which one of us do you think is due first?