34 Weeks and 4 days....and counting!

What a week! This past weekend we traveled down to Blufton, South Carolina to visit with some of Todd's family. It was a nice "mini-vacation", good to get away and spend some time with the cell phones off!

On Monday night, we went to Small group at the Taylor's Home, and even though we were truly a "small group", it was awesome. It was nice to just sit and talk and connect. I am so thankful that God lead us to Kinetic Church and to that small group. God has used that group of people to show me so many different things that I had missed.

After small group, I started getting really intense pains in the top part of my stomach. I had been experiencing them the past few weeks, but not as intense and constant as what was happening. Todd and I decided that if I still had them in the morning, then we'd contact the doctor. On Tuesday morning, I called the doctor's office and they told me to take a day and just rest. But I was told that if I got any other symptoms at all to call back. Around lunch time, I got really nauseous and ended up going in the doctor's office that afternoon. They checked me to make sure I wasn't in preterm labor, and then told me that it was probably my gallbladder and I would need to go and have an ultrasound to make sure that I didnt' have any stones. The doctor didn't act like it was a big deal, so I scheduled the ultrasound for 7 that night...I couldn't eat for 6 hours!!!!

When I got home, I sat down at the computer and started to research. That was a BAD idea! I learned that if I had stones, they'd have to remove my gallbladder and they couldnt do that until after the baby was born. I also read that they normally opt to do that while you're already in the hospital, which I didn't like because I felt like I'd miss out on the first days of this little one's life. We went for the ultrasound, and of course, no one can tell you anything for a few days. With medical miracles you'd think they could read your test results a little quickly for your own sanity, but no.....so we had to wait until today when I returned to see Dr. Jones to find out if I had stones or not.

I couldn't get to the doctor's office early enough today...I was actually 30 minutes early in hopes that they'd call me back sooner...no such luck! Thankfully, I don't have gallstones. Dr Jones did tell me to try to monitor the fat in my diet, and that should help me to be more comfortable. Oh...and I gained 3 lbs...total weight gain is back to 7 lbs.

My next visit, in two weeks, I start the last mile of this journey. I can't believe it's almost time for this baby to come! Todd is excited, not nervous at all. I'm much better than I was...I think that God is putting things in my path to let me know I'm more ready than I think. The past few days of "Bringing Home Baby" the parents have had no clue what to do...I think I'm a few steps ahead of them. I have also had a few friends from church come forward and offer their help which makes me feel better. Not that I don't have help in my family, but if I had an emergency, I'd need someone here in minutes, not an hour.

Today the baby's heart rate was 150. The past two times I've been to the doctor, the heart rate has been the same as Lynz's baby - which is a girl. So, who know's what this little baby will end up being!

We're just counting down the days now, and I know that God is going to take care of everything...as long as we just wait and have faith.