Wordless Wednesday

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In honor of this being the last 12 hours of this pregnancy my dd took a few more "Belly Photos":







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God tomorrow morning.

Blessings~ Heather

Haiku Friday at 30 weeks!!!!

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My Baby Belly
Getting Bigger And Bigger
My Baby Belly








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For Wiggly Baby Girl (at 29 weeks)

Baby Baby Mine
Seems you wiggle all the time
Up, down and around

I love you so dear
Blessed to feel and know you in here
Wiggly Baby Girl

Can't wait to hold you
To see and kiss your sweet face
You hold my heart, dear

Henna Belly Art From Hawaii

Right between the big pool and the beach here is a little tent where you can get manicures, pedicures, massages, hair braid or henna tattoos. I have a friend online who just recently took the most beautiful pregnant belly pictures and a few days before her sister did henna art on her belly, so i talked to the henna artist here and she was thrilled to do bellies! Its her favorite thing she said, just not often asked for here :-) Here are the photos of my Henna Belly:

Wordless Wednesday - 28 weeks pregnant

~28 weeks pregnant and on vacation in Maui~






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3 hour glucose test - YUCK

Went in to take that 3 hour glucose test this morning ...YUCK. If you didn't already have an intolerance for sugar you sure will after drinking that gross stuff. I've had gestational diabetes in previous pregnancies, so they make me do this test every pregnancy. NOT one of my favorite days ... but this time it worked out ok as my dh had most of today off, so he came with me. Not that he could make the junk taste any less yucky or make me feel any less like throwing up from it, but it is so much nicer to not be alone when you feel that way. Isn't he a great guy?!!! I'm so blessed.

In between one of the blood draws we took a little walk, and went to the gift shop for a sudoku magazine (yep, we were pretty bored just sitting there), anyway like most hospital gift shops there was a wall of little plaques and art work. My dh starts to giggle and points out the one that says "Instant CHAOS, just ADD KIDS". I'll post a picture of it. We are always joking about the chaos in our home ... and here we are pregnant with #5 :-) Bring on the CHAOS!!! I think we thrive in it. We feel overcome with love for each other and all of our children, even though some days the house is a disaster zone and I feel like I'm running in 4 or 5 different directions at once. But our kids are healthy, happy, well adjusted and they know the love of their family ... but even more importantly they know the love of their Heavenly Father. And I've learned that sometimes God does great things out of chaos. So why not add more? And being the sweet wonderful man that he is, dh bought me the cute little ceramic plaque:

Wordless Wednesday - or not so wordless today

My picture for Wordless Wednesday is yes - a uterus. More correctly uterus didelphys (doubling of the uterus). Please just ignore the three babies in the picture (that is so incredibly rare), I'm only pregnant in one uterus :-) But the picture was the best visual I could find online. I was diagnosed with uterus didelphys during my first pregnancy in 1995. My Dr. then told me I'd probably never again get pregnant and if I did I'd most likely miscarry, well I guess God had other plans. I've now been pregnant 7 times and yes two were sadly miscarried. But we trust God's plan and timing and we are thrilled God has blessed us with a large family.

Here are a few good links explaining uterus didelphys:

http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iv_2/u/uterus_didelphys.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterine_malformation

http://newsbbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6199363.stm#uterus


Basically I have two smaller uteri (uteruses). This little baby is on the left. That makes it nearly impossible to see the right uterus now in an ultrasound (it has been squished up and behind the left one that is growing with baby). But since all 4 ultrasounds I have had in the last month have shown no clots, or tears or abrubption in my left uterus, my Dr. is assuming that the bleeding I was having was coming from the right uterus. This is good since it really does not affect the baby. She continues to wiggle and grow right on schedule. If I bleed again, I'll go in for a level 2 ultrasound and go back on bed rest. But we are praying I will not have any further problems.

Hey, how many pregnant moms can blame the trouble they are having on "my other uterus"? Well, I guess I get to. Praise God I have not bled in the weeks I've been on bed rest, so I'm now on the "get up and try do normal stuff and lets see what happens" plan. I'm being very cautious, still resting lots, but am no longer considered on bed rest. Praise the Lord!! And I'm also no longer as sick as I was ... I've stopped losing weight!!! And even with my bleeding and dehydration episodes baby is still right on track, gaining, growing and wiggling. So things are looking much better over here, Thank you Thank you for your prayers. God has been very kind to provide me with peace these last few weeks.


May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace ... so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit
Romans 15:13

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
Jeremiah 29:11

Wordless Wednesday

Bed Rest

Well, being on bed rest means I get to read and catch up on a lot of blogs. Yep I said bed rest already ... but hopefully just for this week. Here is the story of our crazy weekend:


I went in for a normal 18 week appointment on Friday morning and was so dehydrated that my OB sent my off to the hospital for IV fluids. Being dehydrated in pregnancy is not unusual for me, but this time it took 4 bags to get my levels back to normal. It seems I've been feeling sick for so long I did not really identify the signs of my own dehydration. Please pray that I won't do that again. I spent 9 1/2 hours at the hospital that day and my dad came and entertained our kids (hours at Underwater World and dinner and ice cream at my sister's house - kids never missed me). Allen was able to be at work since the kids were cared for. I finally arrived home around 10:30pm, to 3 sleeping kids and my dad and O.(our 5 year old) watching Star Wars in the living room. Owen tells me that Papa is his very best friend (I wonder why)

We all slept great till about 3:30 Sat. morning, I woke up and felt very odd, went to the bathroom to discover bright red blood. Very very scary, lots of tears and prayers. I continued to spot over the next few hours and called the on-call OB at my clinic who said I could wait and see what happens or come in for monitoring and ultrasound. We waited around for a bit, and my dad came back to get the kids, Allen called work and let them know he would not be there on time. When the bleeding seemed to get worse we went in. Praise the Lord they found baby's heartbeat right away! What a relief. Then we had an ultrasound that looked great! There were several theories on what caused the bleeding, but no way to know for sure. We were just thrilled that baby was fine and the bleeding seemed to be slowing and turning more brown than red. My dad had our kids for several hours and knowing that baby was ok Allen went to work and our good friend, Marcia, came to sit at the hospital with me. At some point in the afternoon my dad delivered our 4 kids to Marcia's house. So her dh got to enjoy the chaos of 10 kids in his house. Thank you, Mike!!!! I was finally sent home around 7:30 pm and told to stay on bed rest for a few days to be sure the bleeding did not reoccur and to resume my activies slowly.

Sunday went OK, I have 4 kids, so I can't admit to complete bed rest, but we tried. Over the evening my lower abdomen and left side started to ache. I tried to sleep, but by morning I again called my clinic. Since I was not bleeding they were not overly concerned but wanted me to come in for a few tests. Turns out there is blood in my urine and I have a bladder infection. So I am now on antibiotics and supposed to try stay on bed rest for a whole week. Please pray for me and the kids, this could be a LONG week. And please praise God that it does not seem to be anything more serious than my usual pregnancy nausea and a bladder infection.

Another Miracle

Our life continues as it has been, pregnant, exhausted and sick, but also elated, joyful and blessed! God is with us each day and I'm in awe of all he does. Someone shared a story of a miracle with me this week. True, it filled my eyes with tears, but also fills my heart with the joy of the Lord!


I'd like to share that story with you, its been followed and updated on several websites, please visit these websites often to see how you can pray for this family.

http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/

http://theaddyouthpastor.blogspot.com/

http://nagsheader.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas!

My time on the computer is much less than it used to be, so blogging has slowed down, too. Pregnancy is going about as we expected ... I'm sick sick sick. Lost 10 lbs in the last 4 weeks. I'm not complaining, its just the way life is right now. I've been to the ER for IV fluids and am on Zofran, but still sick. We are going to try do Christmas as usual, but may have to change plans and just stay at home if I get any worse. Am trying very hard to not let the way I physically feel affect my emotions and mood.