Update

I thought I would update my blog because it has been a while since I actually finished a blog post.  (I always start them and save them, but never seem to finish them.)  Here goes.  I am 38 weeks and 3 days pregnant.  I was put on bed rest almost 2 weeks ago and forced to stop working because of preeclampsia.  I was not happy about the bed rest but understood that it was needed.  I am starting to miss work, which is kind of crazy, and I definitely do not like bed rest.  I am so bored on bed rest.  You think I would be able to catch up with my blog while on bed rest, but I have had a lot of appointments and they are all about 1 hour away, and I haven't always been feeling the best.  Plus my 18 month old is keeping me busy too.  I am not supposed to drive, so my mom comes and picks me up.  My poor mom, she has been driving like crazy this past week.  I have had 3 appointments this past week on 3 different days.  On Tuesday we learned that the baby is breech.  So if the baby does not turn around, I am scheduled for a cesarean section on Friday, October 29th.  I am hoping and praying I do not have to have a c-section.  I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday, and on Tuesday I have another ultrasound/biophysical profile to determine if the baby is still breech.  Please pray that the baby turns around.  I don't think I have mentioned this on my blog yet, but at the beginning of September they found an abnormality on the ultrasound.  I really haven't mentioned it on here because the doctors do think that the baby will be born healthy.  The cisterna magna is enlarged.  The cisterna magna is part of the fetuses' brain between the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata.  When a fetus has an elnlarged cisterna magna it could mean that the baby will be born with Down Syndrome or Trisomy.  The doctors think that our baby will not be born with either of these because they see no other abnormalities on the ultrasound.  Of course they are not 100% sure about this, so there is a chance our baby could be born with Down Syndrome or Trisomy.  We are trusting in God for all of this.  We know God is an awesome and mighty God, and no matter what happens we will praise Him.  We were sent to University of Chicago to get a level 2 ultrasound.  This ultrasound was more detailed and higher tech.  It was amazing what you could see with this ultrasound, and they had a big screen TV for you to view the ultrasound on.  This ultrasound confirmed that yes, the cisterna magna is still enlarged, but no other abnormalities were seen on this ultrasound.  Please be in prayer for our baby.  We are praying that the baby does not have Down Syndrome or Trisomy.  But no matter what we will love this baby and take care of this baby.   And no matter what happens, we will praise God. 
     I have had help from family and friends.  As I said, my mom pretty much drives me everywhere I need to go, and she lives about 45 minutes from my house.  My friend Racheal came over to help organize and clean my house, and she did an amazing job.  The ladies from our church have been providing my family with meals this week, and that has been such a blessing.  And some of the ladies from my MOPS group are going to provide meals for my family after the baby is born.  I would like to thank everyone for all the prayers, support, and help in this time.  It is very much appreciated.  We are so blessed, and we know that God is taking care of this little one that is still growing inside of me.  We can't wait to meet him or her.

I can't believe this little boy is going to be a big brother in a week or less!

 

I think he will make a great Big Brother!

He is pretty excited to be a Big Brother!

Okay, so he doesn't really understand that he is going to be a Big Brother really soon.  But he sure is a happy boy in this picture.  And he loves to kiss the baby in mommies' belly.  I just love this little boy.  And I thank God everyday that He blessed us with him.