39 weeks...

Today I am 39 weeks pregnant.  I am excited and a little on the scared side too.  I have all the typical things running through my head:  "What if I can't handle 2 children?", "What if something goes wrong during labor?", "What if I never go into labor spontaneously and I have to have another C-Section?", "What if, what if, the sky starts falling?".  Blah, blah, blah.  *sigh*  It's tiring just thinking about it!  I know I need to just trust in God, I do.  I just need to trust a little bit more apparently.

I am tired.  I nap during the day during "quiet time" and I sleep at least 8 hours at night.  I feel like a lazy bum.  I know this is typical for end of pregnancy,  but I feel lazy none-the-less.

Little Zachary has found this cool new thing to do at the end of the day when he is most active.  He stomps or pulls or hits these nerves that run from my groin down the inside of my leg.  He will hit these nerves so hard it nearly knocks my feet out from under me.  I can no longer drive as I am not 100% certain when he will get the hankerin' to really get going on me.  It's VERY painful and frustrating because it makes it to where I can't walk around and get things done, on top of the not being able to drive thing.

Ok, ok, enough whining about pregnancy related issues.  I SWORE I would not do it...but, there it is.  I am done now. 

I am SO very excited to meet my little man.  I am so VERY blessed to have such a 'normal' pregnancy.  I am so VERY blessed to have such an wonderful and understanding, helpful and loving husband.  I need to focus more on THESE things.

38 Weeks!!!

Friends,
I have made it to 38 weeks gestation!  This is the most pregnant I have ever been!  LOL!  As I mentioned before, I have had to change OB's due to insurance reasons.  However, this has now afforded me the opportunity for a VBAC!

We are so excited!  The Dr. is ok with letting me go to 41 weeks gestation to see if I go into labor spontaneously.  If so, they will let me do a VBAC (or trial of labor).  If not, they will schedule a C-Section...and I am ok with that as I DO NOT want to be induced.

So for all my praying friends out there...please pray that I go into labor on my own (BEFORE 41 weeks) and have a safe VBAC experience. 

Now we just wait...

CA Healthcare Craziness

The health insurance coverage I am currently on is ridiculous!  I will withhold the name of the heath insurance for multiple reasons.  It covers my all my Dr. visits to my OBGYN (Dr. Leslie) which is good and I am grateful.  However, the hospital where she delivers has just recently stopped taking my insurance so she can't deliver my son!!  I'm not kidding.  I can see her,  but I cannot go to her hospital (which also happens to be the closest one to my home).

I will be able to continue to see her until week 37 at which time I will have to go to another Dr. (also covered by my insurance) in order to be delivered by that Dr. at a hospital which takes my insurance.

Here's the real kicker.  I have been told by someone in the medical field (again, withholding names) the following information about maternity and the California HIPPA laws.  I have not verified this with any research as of yet, so please don't take this as the gospel truth...just what I was told.

Apparently, regardless of the type of insurance you have...if a pregnant women checks in to a hospital ER contracting regularly and in pain, they cannot transfer her to another hospital.  Hmmmmm...interesting.  So, even though the hospital where I WANT to deliver my baby will not take my insurance and therefore will not schedule a c-section for me, I can walk into the ER with steady contractions (and in pain which goes hand in hand) and they have NO CHOICE but to deliver my baby either by VBAC or c-section anyway.  Last minute and unplanned.  That HAS to be more expensive?!?!?

Interesting....ridiculous, but interesting.  It's no wonder our health care system is going down the tubes.  None of this makes any sense!

28 weeks and counting...

We have officially reached week 28 in my pregnancy!!  Hello 3rd trimester!  Again, my Dr. used the word "normal" during my appointment today much to my utter surprise.  My blood pressure is still behaving, the baby is growing well, all seems to be doing just fine.

I am so blessed!!  I had an ultrasound this week to check all the regular stuff again as this pregnancy is considered "high risk" regardless of how well it is progressing due to my past pregnancy issues.

We got to see the baby stick out his tongue!!  We also learned taking a 3 year old to an appointment which will last an hour or more is NOT a good idea.  LOL!

**sigh**  I can't wait to meet my little man!

Baby bumps

This is my 15 week baby bump

This is my 20 week baby bump

Morning/All Day sickness

Believe it or not, it actually makes me sick to read right now.  I can't read a book for more than a couple of paragraphs at a time.  This is KILLING me as I usually read ALL THE TIME!  Can't read blogs all in one sitting (unless they are short).  Going to have to take a break in the middle of this blog probably to finish it, or I will just cut it short.

So, to deal with my morning/all day sickness, I have been eating every hour or two, eating protein, wearing Sea Bands and avoiding too much reading or riding in cars.  Fun huh?  Most of the day I feel ok enough to go out and about in this world for short periods of time.  Come 4:00 or 5:00 pm though, I am all but housebound.  I get so sick.  Ugh!

As many of my friends and family have said to me on multiple occassions.  I DO know that having morning sickness is a good sign.  I KNOW this...but that knowledge doesn't always help in the throes of nausea and vomiting.

It IS getting better, I am not just horrifically sick ALL day like a was a couple of weeks ago.  I am hoping this is a good sign and I will be rid of this by the end of my first tri-mester.  Wish me luck!

I'm PREGNANT!!

I am 10 weeks pregnant!  We were trying to wait until 12 weeks to announce, but alas, my belly just will not cooperate!  I am showing already and my morning/all day sickness is HORRENDOUS.  My due date is May 18.

I have to admit, I am not only elated with the news of our new little one, I am terrified as well.  As many of you know, my son Daniel was still born in January of this year.  Most all women have at least some level of anxiety with pregnancy...it's normal.  My anxiety level, at times, is off the charts.  God has given me much peace about this pregnancy...however I am still human and sometimes scared to death.

I will be posting belly pictures soon, for those who are interested.  I would venture to say that many of my posts for the next several months will be about pregnancy, so I hope I don't annoy any of you!  ; )

I am starting to see a little, very small and faint light at the end of the morning sickness tunnel.  Now, I am usually only sick from about 4:00pm til I go to sleep.  I have nausea all day, but not the kind where I am afraid to leave the house, not until late afternoon anyway.  I am hoping my morning sickness will not last much past the first trimester.  PLEASE!?!?!?!!?

I had an ultrasound at 6 weeks to ensure that the pregnancy is only a singleton (as originally with Daniel I was pregnant with twins until about week 9).  The ultrasound showed only one little heartbeat, so that's good.  Not that I wouldn't want twins, but this pregnancy is high risk enough without the addition of another "bundle of joy". 

I am excited for the weeks and months to come and invite you (when and if you want) to join in my joy, fear and pregnancy brain mishaps!  Here goes nothing!