A little update..ok a BIG one!

16 weeks,
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Just into the 16th week and so much seems to have gone on since my last post. The day after the last post I had to see an on-call Dr about some pain I was experiencing and a small lump that I found. After getting a little freaked out about it I sent out an email requesting prayer from those I knew would be looking at their email at that time. As soon as I sent that out and got responses that people were praying I felt a peace come over me. I was able to get into see a Dr after I finished my day at the preschool where I work. I had to go by myself as it was a very last minute appointment. The Dr said after one quick look at/feel of the site of pain that it was a hernia. A bit of a bummer, but overall a relief that it was just a hernia and not anything related to the baby! I did get to hear the baby's heartbeat while I was there and that made the trip worth it!! Little One was very active, but the Dr finally found it for me to hear. I laid there listening to it and thinking 'Ok..so that is what a baby's heartbeat sounds like.' Then as soon as she took the monitor off of my belly I realized...'That's my baby's heartbeat!!' It was so exciting to hear the heartbeat!

On the 29th of September Becks and I went in for my next scheduled exam. My Dr checked the hernia site and said that it was small enough that I may have no real problems with it throughout the pregnancy. As long as I stick to not lifting children or anything else heavy. Tough for me as I am with kids all the time between my two nanny jobs and working at a preschool! Well, I am following Dr's orders and not lifting. He also said that I may not need to have corrective surgery for it after I deliver and that it may heal itself a little on its own. I was very relieved to hear that as all that I had read on hernia's talked about surgery being a necessity as they don't ever fully heal. Hopefully the Dr is right! So, after all of that he got out the doppler monitor and let us listen to the heartbeat. He had no real trouble finding it. It was faint at first, then a little louder and then Little One flipped over and it was much louder! It was almost as to say 'You want to hear my heartbeat?! Here let me flip over so you can really hear it.' The Dr said at least we have a cooperative child. I thought to myself...'At least in the womb.' Becks and I found the experience to be pretty awesome!

We got to schedule my ultrasound for October 31st along with my next Dr appt! We are very excited to see our Little One inside for the first time! And to find out if LO is a boy or a girl! Very exciting.

Overall this pregnancy has been great! I only have the other 12 pregnancies in our church to compare it to as this is our first. But compared to everyone else...pregnancy and its hormones agree with me. I never once was sick. A little tired now and then, but not much else. And for that I am thankful!