34 weeks

We are now 34 weeks and 2 days along! Which means we only have 5 weeks and 4 days left! We are almost at our 4 week mark. It is amazing to us that we are almost done!
We had our baby shower over the weekend..... I cried on the way there. it felt like such a milestone, I just did not think we would ever reach! In the beginning of this pregnancy I would not even talk about a baby shower when others wanted to. I did not want to think that far ahead, I was only thinking day by day. Then all of a sudden, so it seemed, it was the day of our shower! Finally a day to celebrate an amazing miracle!
A day to celebrate Joslyn Olivia.

As we enter into our last stretch, we will soon be going to the doctor every week. We have one more apt next week and then we go weekly. That to me is such a milestone as well. You hear all the time of pregnant women going to the doctor every week because they are that far along. We have never reached that point. Our doctor is still telling us that we are NORMAL! I keep on expecting something to go wrong.... told that I am on bed rest, or something is not exactly right. But every time we go they say "you are normal, nothing is wrong." I still get chills when I hear those words. (as does my husband who has been to EVERY apt with me! he has not missed one apt. NOT ONE.)

We think this time we will actually leave the hospital with a perfect baby girl. What a thought... leaving with something instead of leaving empty handed!

Jacky

Research found...

I found this link at ABC.com: it states that women who have had previous miscarriages are more likely to have low birth weight babies or premature babies. Very interesting!

Worth reading!!!

Jacky

swollen feet and legs

Since I was 23 weeks pregnant, I have "suffered" from swollen feet syndrome. Last night was the weirdest experience yet far! I had my feet propped up above my heart, to relieve the fluid, when I noticed if I pushed on my feet that I had a lasting indention! The only way for the indention to go away was to work it out with my hands. So being the person I am, a picture fanatic, I took a picture of my big ol' feet, ankles, and calf area. I guess to keep as a momento.
I have to say, with all of the text book symptoms of being pregnant, none of them really bother me. Sure the back pain can be pretty bad, the constant potty breaks, swollen feet, emotional weirdness just to name a few, are somethings to deal with.... but atleast I know we are still healthy and right on track! What my doctor said to me while I was 14 weeks pregant still amazes me..... "you are normal." That simple phrase meant so much to my husband and I, that I still recall him saying it! Oh to be normal for the first time! What a relief!!! So with all of the symptoms, that some other women may complain about, I find them all to be such a mind ease! We are normal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for those of us who have not had normal pregancies, had no true reason for our losses..... that is all we pray for.... to hear those magic words...... "you're normal."

Jacky

31 weeks!

We will be 31 weeks tomorrow! That means we will only have 8 weeks to go! I can't describe how amazing it is to know how close we are to finally having our amazing precious gift! A friend of mine asked me how much longer we have to go, when I told her how many weeks and days... she said "oh just want her to get out of you huh?" She took it the wrong way. I am not in any rush! It is just amazing to have 8 weeks to go when we never were able to get past 8 weeks pregnant before! Joslyn Olivia will come when she is ready, no rush here. Sure we want to hold her and love her.... more than anything! So in that aspect we want her to come!

For weeks she has been trying out to be the youngest Rockette! She must be taking after me, dancing before she knows anything else! hehe.

Every day is a gift, every time she moves or rolls around is a gift. My husband and I are so thankful to get this chance to start our family. To go from our lowest point to now was such a long road.... but now we have an end in sight. Our light at the end of the dark tunnel is only 8 weeks away!

Jacky