Thankful

I am so thankful for many things in our life.  God's grace, Jesus, 4 soon to be 5 healthy children, an amazing husband who supports us and loves us. 

About a month ago at my normal OB appt I was measuring 3 weeks behind but the baby's heartbeat was perfect.  I had to have an ultrasound to see what was going on. This could mean several things.... that the baby is genetically small, or something more like low fluid and couple other scary things. Having gone through what we did with Jackson this really freaked me out.  (at 38 weeks with Jackson I was measuring a cm small, all his vitals were fine so the midwife assured me that everything was fine 2 days later I had an ultrasound to find that there was NO amniotic fluid and had to be induced right away, I was full term so things should be ok but the DR couldn't be sure until Jackson was here... everything was perfect and I count that as a miracle)  So I kept my cool about this baby... really I did. I was told to take it easy as much as I could and to eat more calories.... and I did.  I was waiting for the ultrasound appt (they had to call me) and got the appt a few days later, it was scheduled for 10 days later!  I had a COW!  Seriously I lost it....  After alot of phone calls and crying there was nothing that I could do but wait.... and I am NOT good at that.  I still think it's ridiculous!  And the OB office has heard that from me more than once!  Anywho...  The ultrasound showed that our sweet baby girl (is still a girl :) and PERFECT!  She is measuring at 58 percentile and there is no sign or reason why I am measuring behind... besides me :)  I am so thankful for this and happy! :)  I had really prepared myself to hear bad news... not sure what I was expecting... but it took me a few hours to digest that everything is ok.  I had my OB appt the next day and am measuring 2 weeks behind now.  So the countless prayers and me taking it easy worked!  I'm still trying to take it easy... and it's actually really easy to do cause for some reason my back hurts so bad this pregnancy!  I'm 34 weeks  and trying to get ready for her debut... We still have a few things to do but I can't wait to hold my baby! :)  There is nothing like it in the world!