Update on Baby A

Just a quick update to give.  I've been seeing the MFM specialist once a month and last week when I went everything still looked great.  Baby was 2lbs. 4 oz., which is just slightly bigger than the average baby is at this point.  He/she is growing right on track and the doc was very pleased with everything.  So was this momma!!  I see my regular OB next week and then after that I am pretty sure I will be seeing them every two weeks.  I had my glucose screening test and I assume everything was normal with that, as they didn't contact me otherwise.  They did, however, tell me that I am anemic so it's back on the iron pills.  (I was on them during my pregnancy with Addison and also after delivering Matthew.)

Once I am 32 weeks (right around my birthday) I begin going to the MFM specialist every week for ultrasounds to make sure baby is growing well and my fluid levels are on track.  I will also at that time begin nonstress tests at the hospital once or twice a week.  So, yeah, the last four weeks of this pregnancy are going to be crazy busy!  But Jonathan and I just keep saying, whatever it takes, we will do it.  If I am driving to three doctor's appointments a week, I will do so gladly.  We just want this baby born alive and healthy.  At 36 weeks (August 8) they will do the amniocentesis and when they get those results back (which takes 24 hours), assuming it shows the lungs are developed enough, they will send me in to be induced that day or the next.  So we are about two months away from meeting this baby and we cannot wait!!!

I have been learning a lot about trusting and not letting fear overtake me.  It is so easy for my emotions to take over and to start panicking and wondering if we will make it.  But then I just have to remind myself that God is in control.  As much as we love this child, He loves him or her infinitely more.  He will take care of this baby and of us.  In this week leading up to the one year anniversary since we lost Matthew, I find myself reflecting a lot and being so amazed at where I am now.  Having the promise of new life is definitely making this difficult milestone much easier to bear.  We appreciate everyone who has been praying for us throughout this past year and for our little rainbow baby.  I am definitely getting antsy to put this stressful pregnancy behind me and just hold our new baby!! :)