Waiting

Last week Jonathan was teasing me that it would be nice if we had a Father's day baby. I have a lot of people telling me that there is no way this baby is going to make its due date. I just tell them that it will come when it is suppose to come and we will see when that is.

Well Sunday night I started having Braxton Hicks contractions but didn't think much of it as I have been having them on and off for the last couple weeks. I was able to sleep a bit but then they started getting harder and closer together to the point that I was not able to sleep. Finally at 4:30 I woke Jonathan up and he started timing them they were coming about every four minutes and lasting almost a minute a piece. From then till about 7pm they kept coming about every 2-5 minutes and lasting 30-60+ seconds. Then they started coming about every minute and lasting for a minute. Jonathan thought we should probably head to the hospital but I really didn't want to go and then get turned away so I told him to let me sleep a bit if I could and then we would go. Well the contraction slowed through the night and then by morning had stopped. Thankfully my water hadn't broken and so we will just wait and see how much longer the baby waits. I want the baby to be health and am hoping to avoid having the little one spend time in the NICU so I am happy that they can get a little bigger before joining the outside world.

Tuesday I had an appointment with my Doctor. He told us that this is not a normal text book pregnancy and I may be requiring the help of a specialist. My numbers are not making sense. I am measuring 41 weeks but am only at 35 weeks. The baby likes to be transverse or breech, but yet is putting so much pressure on my tail bone. Also the baby's heart beat is doing some interesting things, the doctor said it sound health just not normal. We are doing more test to try and hopefully get some answers. The test that have come back so far have ruled out many common problems. It doesn't look like diabetes or preclampsia so that is good. Hoping for some answers but trusting that God knows what is best. I have my own guess as to what is going on and when I asked the doctor he told me that he has been wondering the same thing. It my guess is right we will know this Friday. But I was realizing this morning that really it should not come as a surprise that I am a medical anomaly once again as it seems that I have been one my whole life.

Also I heard from my dad and he is back from Belize. The family that was attacked is doing better still not 100% but it looks like they are going to make it. Praise God.

Crazy Day

So after much doctor hunting I finally found a doctor who was willing to take me as a patient.  So today was my first appointment with the doctor. We have been working on getting insurance since moving up here at the end of April. So we applied and still had not heard anything back so I called them and found out that they were back logged and had not got out paperwork yet and they advised me to reapply at the local registry so we did that and were told that we should get our insurance cards in about a week. So this morning I called to see if we could at least get out insurance numbers since I had an appointment and our card still had not come. They look and told me that we didn't have an account as they still had not received our application. I explained what had happened and the lady told me to call the local registry as they should have already processed us. I called and the lady took my name and number and told me she would find out what was happening. The lady from the local registry called me back about thirty minutes later to tell me that the central registry did have our paperwork and would process it today so we could call and get our numbers tomorrow. Well I thanked her and decided I would try to call the central registry before I left for my appointment one last time. I called and they had just finished our paperwork and were able to give me my number 5 minutes before I left for my appointment. Praise God.

The doctor said that everything looks good with the baby. He wanted to run some test and get an ultrasound done. I am 33 weeks but measuring at 38 weeks so it will be interesting to see what they find out.

Then this evening I got a sad phone call that the family who care takes my parents place in Belize were attacked at 4am Sunday morning. The father is dead and the mother and son are in critical condition. Please pray with me that God's had will be with this family and that the injured ones will make it.

Camping

Moose we saw.

 This weekend for Jonathan's birthday we went camping up in the mountains. We were able to see quite a bit of wildlife, canoe, hike, and Jonathan even got to go explore a cave.

Jonathan Birthday Breakfast.

Jonathan wanted hot apple sauce and toast and smoothies for his birthday breakfast. I was able to do the apple sauce and toast but he had to wait till we got home to have the smoothies. He was really surprised  when I pulled out candles.

 On Sabbath we hiked up to some waterfalls. The trail was washed out and we were not sure if we could make it to the falls but we did some scrambling and made it to the falls.

Another falls we hiked to.

Some of the beautiful scenery where we spent the weekend. It was a bit chilly but a lot of fun to get up in the mountains.

Pregnant Pictures

Here are some pictures of me and the baby.

                                                                     At 30 weeks.

                                                                   At 22.5 weeks

Changes

• "S" aged out of foster care and left.
• Jonathan was offered a new job.
• He accepted the new job and so began packing.
• We move up to Canada at the end of April.
• Once I found out where we were moving I started looking for a midwife.
• Found out that they were all full most through December 2012.
• Started looking for a Doctor and so far no one is taking anyone with July due dates.
• I was advised to just go to the ER went I go into labor, not what I wanted to hear so I am still trying to find a Doctor. Pray that God will work a miracle and someone will be willing to take me as a patient. Interesting that it was easier to get medical care in a town of 500 then in a city of 85,000.
• Baby is at 30 weeks and really likes to move around. 
• I pray that God will continue to guide and direct us on our journey of life.

Popcorn!!

I feel like there is popcorn popping inside me. 

This in one active little person. I can't wait to meet this little one.

We went in to visit the mid-wife today. But I and the baby are doing really well. 

The baby is definitely an active baby. The midwife told me that I have one on the most active baby's she has seen in a long time. 

More Tests!!

A little over a week ago I went in to have some blood work done concerning my pregnancy. I got the results back this week and I am going to be in for a bunch more test. I am just praying that everything will work out. I am kind of nervous but am trusting that God will work everything out according to his plan.

Also if anyone has really good ideas of how to up my dietary iron with a vegan diet let me know.

On the happy side the baby is currently doing well and the midwife comments every time I am in about how I have a super active baby.  This baby loves to move and does a lot of it. I started feeling in move at only 10 weeks and it is continuing to get more and more active.