Pregnancy Milestones

I've been meaning to write down all of the things that are specific to my pregnancy in a timeline of events sort of way...so I thought maybe the best place to do that would be my blog...until I get a baby book.

I guess I should start from the beginning: found out we might be pregnant on Feb. 24th...confirmed on the 25th. Thought my eyes might be deceiving me and that second pink line might not actually be there so I had to wait a day to confirm!! The next 4 weeks following would be an emotional scary roller coaster as there were several events that led me to believe this one would end up like my previous three. After our first viewing of Miss Cora with a heartbeat of 142 at 7 weeks (March 20), we still weren't out of the woods. Over the next week, I did as much resting as possible and took it easy as instructed. Finally, I was reminded that God ALWAYS provides...and was released from Nashville fertility after getting our first report with ONLY GOOD NEWS for the first time in two years!! I was 8 weeks along, Cora had a heartbeat of 170, and was considered a normal pregnancy! WHAT?!? That was a very emotional day for me. I realized, and actually said, I'm going to be a mommy for the first time...even though for many more months and even still, I shake my head in disbelief because it's still hard to believe it's happening. At 9 weeks (April 2), we had our first REGULAR ob appointment with a heartbeat of 192...it was at this appointment Mommy and Daddy started leaning toward thinking we were having a girl! Continued to have great appointments and the next big milestone was confirming that girl prediction at 15 weeks (May 12)...one day before mother's day...and EXACTLY two years from the day that I found out I was pregnant for the very first time. At 18 weeks, Mommy felt Cora's little movements for the first time, movements that I knew were actually hers and at 22 weeks, Daddy felt Cora for the first time. The following week, we could see little movements from the outside. Here in the past month, she's started to do some big movements (sometimes painful) and I've seen her moving across my entire belly. It's amazing to me because I can already tell she has a little personality! If she has the hiccups for a long time, she starts moving around and I assume she's getting mad. (Who wouldn't? I hate the hiccups!) Also, we've said she's quite stubborn. She can be moving around like crazy and when someone goes to feel her, she's as still as a statue! I can't wait to meet this sweet girl to put the face with the personality, and I absolutely cannot wait to hold her in my arms. With every pregnancy milestone, with each passing day, with every movement...God gets all the glory.

Next pregnancy milestone: Birth date...TBA!!!

The Magic Pig

The above statement is one that is true; however, not in the sense that you might think! When my mom was pregnant with my brother over 30 years ago, everyone in her office teased her for being so big. Come to find out, my 23 inch brother in utero of my 5'1" mother was the reason for her being so large! It became a joke to pass around the pig in the office of those who were trying to get pregnant...and low and behold the majority of these ladies would turn up preggo. A few months before finding out I was expecting, Mom suggested that I take the pig. At first, I was hesitant because if you read my earlier post here you know that with all the hardship we faced in the previous two years, we weren't sure about continuing down that path. Eventually, the pig landed on my fridge and a bun landed in my oven! After the pig worked it's "magic" I passed it along to a friend in my small group who was trying to get pregnant...I'm excited to say that baby Nora Druen will be here at the end of December! But the story doesn't stop there. She passed it along to another small group member and...baby Harris will be here in February! I have a plan of who is getting the pig next and I know it's going to work for her too, it will be a blessed day, when I get to say about this very special person...the pig strikes again!