Oh my...I can hardly believe that in a few short days I'll be FULL TERM! And this baby girl will be joining us very, very soon!
I'm so excited, but very nervous as well. We have so many things we are juggling right now, with renovating our new house and getting moved in the next couple weeks, not to mention the most important thing weighing on our mind...our little girl's health.
We have continued to have ultrasounds every 2 weeks to monitor her growth. Even though we thought we would be done with these, the doctors have recommended we keep a close eye on her. The main area they are watching is her head size. They believe that she has a small head basically due to familial reasons, however we won't know anything for sure until she is here with us. The ultrasounds do not show any other markers or indicators that she is unhealthy in any way, so we are all hoping that she is just on the low end of the spectrum for head size. This has been very hard for me to release my worry, but I know that God is forming her just the way he has planned. We are certain that she will be perfect, regardless of anything that might pop up. As expected we have everything in line for her PKU and hypothyroid screenings to be rushed and we will know if she has either as soon as possible. Beyond that, we declined doing any prenatal screenings, etc so we don't know any further information at this point.
My prayers have been consistently that God help Shane, Zay and I be the perfect family to this little girl. I know he has hand picked us to love her! Each day I'm amazed at how Zay's presence in our family is perfect! He's brought so much joy and love and perspective and humor to our family, only God could have orchestrated something so special. I know that our little girl will bring about the same perfection. I know there might be some issues that come up...expected and/or unexpected. I pray that we can handle all the emotions and know that God is with us each and every step of the way.
My appointments are down to weekly now too! And this week I was dilated to 2cm. Yay! Although I don't put a lot of weight in that number, knowing that I was 1.5cm at 36 weeks with Zay...then went overdue! But it is still exciting to know that my body is preparing!
And here is what is will probably be my last prego-pic. I'm nearing the size that I'm just uncomfortable and big and not enjoying having my picture taken anymore! :)
Stay tuned! I hope to have a post up on our new house soon...given that I don't have a baby or anything! :) Thanks to all our friends and family praying for our little girl and helping us with all the transitions we have going on in our life right now. Even with uncertainty, we are blessed beyond words!
