I’m happy to report that our first appointment with our new doctor went great! She’s terrific! She took time to get to know us, our background and shared her faith.  We felt totally comfortable and walked out of our appointment very happy.

So those pesky nosebleeds I mentioned in the last update seem to be making more cameos recently. I’m getting them about every other day now (sometimes multiple times in one day) and they are taking longer to clot. The additional exposure unfortunately is NOT making Chad any more comfortable with them. This week while attempting to “help” he actually physically gagged before he fled the scene. LOL! I think it’s safe to say that he’ll be seated near my head in the delivery room. J I have an appointment with an ENT doctor this Wednesday. I’m hoping they can just cauterize it. And don’t worry I’ll be going to my appt solo. We don’t need Chad passing out or anything.

Baby movements have been pretty strong until the past few days. It seems like within the last 48 hours kicks and jabs are less intense then they were. They also seem to be much lower then what I’ve been used to. I’m trying not to be overly concerned as I’m sure our little one has just decided to change positions. But I must admit I’ve had some weak moments where I’ve had to talk myself off the ledge and remind myself that everything is just fine. I just have to keep reminding myself…Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see". Ok I’ve gotta run…no joke my nose just started bleeding…LOL!

Pregnancy Symptoms...Yes please!

Praise God we’re 27 weeks!!!  And there is a lot to catch up on. For starters I've been blessed with some mild pregnancy symptoms (and I sincerely mean blessed).  I have some friends who have/had some severe morning sickness and other things. Yikes! I am so grateful that I haven’t had to endure that. I have had some really fun leg cramping in my sleep and some random nose bleeds. Both are apparently somewhat common with pregnancy so I’m fully embracing them! I will say that the nose bleeds seem to arrive at the most inconvenient of times. When you ask…oh you know, while out to dinner at Outback (yum right?). Another time it was in the middle of my shower. Yep I’m all lathered up in the middle of shaving and tad dah! I learned a valuable lesson on that one though. Chad needs some serious training on how to handle nose bleeds. I’m not sure if it’s due to his inexperience in this dept (he’s apparently never had one before…which is crazy to me!) or if it was the combination of the water from the shower and the trickling blood falling from my nose that seemed to create a vision that you’d expect to see in a crime scene but Chad’s level of assistance consisted of handing me some paper towels, a bath towel before he bolted out of the room yelling “Oh it’s making me sick to my stomach!” LOL! Hilarious! I can’t wait to tell our little one about that story. J Last week I got to take my glucose test. It really wasn't bad at all.  I got to chug down a super sugary drink in less than 5 minutes, wait an hour & then get my blood taken. I’m happy to report that my level was 103 which is in the normal range. Yay! Yet another blessing! This week we’re looking forward to our first appointment with a new doctor. Our previous doctor was nice but unfortunately just didn’t have the consistency we are looking for which ended up in some frustrating appointments. Our new doctor is a strong believer which is what attracted us to her.  So I’m really excited to meet her and trust that God has led us to her intentionally. Here is an updated photo of my growing belly! Speaking of I’m pretty sure there is a dance party going on in there these days. I can’t help but smile every time he/she moves! So awesome!

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.