A Bundle of Myrrh

September 16: And 36 weeks now. Baby has gained another pound in the last couple weeks and looks great. The tech doing the ultrasound today showed me all of baby’s hair. What can I say, we have ‘full head of hair’ babies. 😂

There have been some unexpected *possible developments with the timing and method of our delivery, nothing of emergency but your ongoing prayers would are appreciated. 💛

September 3: 34 weeks. This marks the week I would have had to return to Houston for the duration of the pregnancy if the fetal surgery for baby girl had been approved. All that worry seems ages ago now. And though being told “No” for the surgery was a bitter pill to swallow at the time I am thankful to be home with my family and resting in God’s wisdom.

At today’s appointment with the specialist baby weighed 5lbs 9oz! Up 2 pounds since last month. It was a relief to hear she’s growing. And she’s back to head down again, hooray! Wiggly thing.

So all is well for another week. We are so blessed.

August 5: 30 weeks. Could you consider the last 10 weeks the final stretch? Especially if you’re not likely to get to 40 weeks? The answer is yes. It’s been a while since I was pregnant all Summer and I have to say I no likey. But besides sweating all.the.time, experiencing the familiar aches and pains and having nothing left in the tank from morning to bedtime, I’m feeling…pretty okayish.

Baby girl moves often which is always a comfort. She’s up to almost 3 pounds and I was surprised to hear she was head down at this week’s ultrasound. Until now she’s been transverse every time and I was wondering if she had the ability to move to that degree, so that news was encouraging. At least I know she can get there!

I’m getting very eager to meet her though I admit the desire to just keep her safe where she is forever has been in my mind for months.

As always, thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers. We are surrounded by such love and support. God is good.

I finally feel like I have a better picture of what we need to have ready for our baby’s birth and what can wait and finally we have an idea of the plan we need to put together for the week she’ll arrive. If she stays put, it looks like we’ll actually plan to let her get closer to her due date than I originally expected which puts us into October. All that feels really good. Now we wrap up the Summer activities, the travel and visitors and prep for school to begin in a few weeks. Then I can turn my attention to nursery prep and all the fun stuff that comes with getting ready for a baby. It helps immensely that I’m already exhausted and am sure I’m walking through quicksand all day long. 👍