Baby Update

I was always under the impression that the more times you do something the easier it gets. For the most part that theory is true but with pregnancy it is not the case. A very brief prenatal history is that I had two VERY uneventful pregnancies that flew by without any glitches or hiccups (all except for the babies having hiccups constantly!). This time around it is just a little different. I think that it boils down to my perspective of it all. With Gracelyn I didn't let anything bother me and I was very naive of what could possibly go wrong in a pregnancy. With Cannon I worked hard and enjoyed my summer off before having him as well and life just happened. Both babies came at 36 weeks with no problems. 36 weeks is borderline premature but since both kids were of good weight it was not a problem at all. I always teased that the kids came early because they knew their mommy couldn't get any bigger!

Baby #3 is really just a different little character. He is just fine and my sonogram report came back great that we had on the 13th of October. Whew! What a relief. But as my doctor was measuring my uterus it measured 30 cm and should be measuring 24 cm. Hmmm.... why would a uterus that is holding a baby that is right on track for his due date be bigger than what it is suppose to? This is puzzling to the doctor so we are doing the glucose testing/blood work baseline stuff early and then also another sonogram to check things out. Not a huge deal but something to think about. Like I said before I NEVER thought about the possibilities of things going wrong so this is new to me. Another glitch is that for the past 2-2 1/2 weeks I have been having headaches EVERY morning. They won't go away with Tylenol so I just mentioned it to my Dr. The variables that make me have the headaches is the weird factor in it all. When I go to bed at night I try to start out on my left side (which is recommended) and then through out the night I toss and turn and end up on every side imaginable but at least I try to start out on the left side. Well this automatically makes me have the headache. I have tried different "experiments" to narrow down the possibilities of what triggers it all. When I conveyed it to the Dr. she didn't know immediately what to think of it so I have to go to another doctor for his opinion. I am very thankful that my obstetrician is staying on top of it all and really listens to me. Bonus points for Dr. Cathy Van Hook! But on the flip side I was very used to a doctor with the previous two who was laid back and just let you be pregnant.

So although I am doing this for the third time I feel like I don't have a clue what is going on with my body.

One thing I do know is that God has a hand in this whole matter. He is in control of this situation and always will be. I do not feel like there is something MAJOR wrong just something else to worry about. And when I say worry I know that it should really be something else to pray about. Praying is the only thing that will ease my mind and give me peace. Of course test results help that as well but I know that prayer will give me comfort.

I'm off to go have a conversation of faith. I know that He is waiting for me I just hope that I have the patience to listen to Him.