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Week 26: A time to rest or A time to nest?

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Well, here they are – week 26 photos. Two posts ago, I posted the info on Baby E/C, so check that out.

I am feeling super antsy lately, at every second I need to be doing something. Within the last month, I’ve deep cleaned things that I never have, I’ve sorted, organized, and even thrown things away (which is a huge deal for this pack rat). Today Ted and I were talking about why I am like this so suddenly, and wondering if it is because we can’t quite begin the setting up of the crib, or painting, or buying/making things, or even do the registry yet. We are so close, with so much to do, but can’t do most things yet. Mostly due to events we have coming up this month, pushing our nesting into May.

I used to wonder why my mom was always moving, or always felt the need to do something productive, and now I believe 110% that it is a motherly-instinct thing. I used to be able to just chill, do nothing, and not care about it, and now it’s incredibly hard for me! I would say pray for me, but I actually love being like this- at least right now. I guess, just pray for balance with it, that way when it is time to just chill and do nothing, I will.

Also, I’ve really been feeling nauseous again, along with having some low lows and high highs emotionally which I haven’t really struggled with since the first trimester. I actually feel like I am newly pregnant again. I even have intense bouts of exhaustion, where I must sleep NOW. That hasn’t happened for a while either. Please pray for me, because I am the only one in the web department this quarter, which means I need my mind alert!! I had to take a nap twice this week during my web slots!

Seriously I am almost done =)
I have two funny stories to post about my prego brain, but I will write those with the week 27 update.

Love
Jami & Baby E/C

Week 25: Baby & Momma & a Confession.

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6 months, 1 week, and counting…

Baby:
So cute: baby is able to touch and hold his or her feet and make a fist. I just read, Ted may be able to hear his or her heartbeat by pressing his ear against my belly! I heard it through a stethascope 3 weeks ago, so I don’t doubt it! Head to heels, your baby might now measures about 13 1/2 inches. His or her weight — a pound and a half, which may not seem like much, but baby is beginning to exchange his or her long, lean look for some baby fat. As he or she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and baby will start to look more and more like a newborn. Baby is also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you’d now be able to discern its color and texture – SO curious about that one!!

Momma:
Nesting always on the mind, backaches are kicking in more everyday, I’ve begun to get swollen if I am on my feet to long, and that actually really hurts! It’s harder for me to sleep a night through anymore; whether I am up to the bathroom or tossing and turning to get comfortable. I MUST sleep with a firm pillow between my knees or not sleep at all anymore! It’s kind of crazy to me how fast these changes came, but I’m not complaining …yet =). The best part of each new weeks growth: our baby’s movements getting stronger!! I can see now where the baby’s head is. That might sound weird, or actually maybe it’s not even baby’s head now that I think about it. But I can see a little bulge a lot these days!

Okay so I have a little confession… I LOVE my big baby bump. As we take every week’s new baby bump shot. I tend to make it exaggerated, and I have never yet sucked this belly it, or tightened the muscles. WELL, I recently read… you should be tightening the muscles kind of like “sucking it in”! I was mortified, and bummed all at once. So I am going to try that, it really hurts when I do it now. My muscles have been chillin (well stretching) for the past 6 months. Oh man!

I’ve got to run to worship practice, but thanks for listening to me babble.
Love,
Jami & Baby E or C

Week 23: Where have my feet gone.

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Here we are, week 23 already! I have my moments where I feel as though I’ve been pregnant forever, but most of the time I can’t believe how close I am to meeting baby E or baby C! Last night I realized I have only 17 weeks before I hold my precious baby! Really, that is not that far away, I mean I’ve already been pregnant 23 weeks, which blows my mind!

Yesterday I had another appointment with my midwife Judy. She is truly a blessing, and I love how she let’s me just be me, and be real about how I am feeling and doing, and she doesn’t rush me but she listens. Yesterday was an emotional up and down day for me, and she encouraged me to let it out, to cry. I balled and told her how I feel like such a failure as a parent already; my occasional caffeine becoming a daily habit, and my food choices being Mcmuffins rather than salads… she was so sweet, listening to me cry about my bad habits. She told me she really felt like God gave us this process of being pregnant for 40 weeks to prepare us for motherhood. Of learning to be selfless, everything is not about me.

Yeah so anyways: How is baby?! Well, GREAT! Still quite the mover! Whenever Judy checks the heartbeat and she pushes on my belly our baby kicks SO hard. It makes me laugh every time she kicks her! I asked her if it’s possible to have too much fetal movement, and she laughed and said that this baby is healthy and this is normal. I can’t even imagine the movements this baby will have as it grows over the next few months!

Baby: Baby’s sense of movement is well developed now, so he or she can feel me dancing! The baby may have grown over the past two weeks but I think it’s around 12 inches & a little over 1 pound now. I can actually see him or her squirm and kick from the outside of my tummy! Blood vessels in his or her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that baby’s increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises become familiar now. Baby knows her daddy’s voice, I know it! Although sometimes he makes really strange voices while he talks, poor baby will be confused! I know it already knows Chey’s little excitement squeal too!

Mommy: Today someone asked me, “Can you still see your feet?” and I looked down and I couldn’t!! Already! I think the past two weeks I’ve become more and more aware of the fact that I am about to be a mother, each day is comes closer and closer. So God’s really been working in me, to begin the preparation for motherhood, like we talked about above. Not just concerning food and how I am feeding the baby, but about my character, my fears, my trust in God and how I will portray Him to our baby. It’s actually been an incredible growing time for me, I’m still growing and not just physically… a lot more growth to come. I’m ready to be completely changed by motherhood.

Yay.

Pics to come – I had a little 4-year-old ask me today “is that baby still in there”, pointing to my tummy, I said Yep! it is. She then asked to see my actual belly so i showed her and she was like, “you’re belly is HUGE!”. It was awesome. Gotta love these moments. I was actually just thinking of how I can’t remember what a flat tummy feels like. I just can’t! Oh my word, so great and I mean that with everything in me. I wouldn’t trade this for anything :)

x – Jami & Baby E or Baby C

The Womb and Some Incredible Verses.

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I know I’ve just updated the blog with photos, but I’ve got to share some things that have been on my heart a lot lately. I am subscribed to the Above Rubies email newsletters, and the most recent one talked a little bit about the womb, and I thought this was interesting.

Different meanings for the womb;
“house of life”
“nesting place”
“palace of a child” (This is what it means in Chinese)
“sanctuary”
“the secret place” (from Psalm 139:15)
“cradle of the unborn”
“God’s creative workshop”

Another thing I’ve been looking into is different verses throughout the Bible about children, the womb, God creating, and simple truths. It’s been incredible to read and look into. Some of the following verses I’ve found may be out of context & paraphrased, but really spoke to me about our little love. Here are some of the verses that I really feel for our baby (and if you are prego, and have a child maybe consider some of these verses for your own little one, they are incredible):

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:1-3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40

I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3

I’ve realized lately the importance of prayer for our little love and with each of the verses that I read above, I became more and more excited for this one’s destiny and where God will lead him or her and most importantly His love for our baby. It’s incredible. When I first lay in bed at night, our baby starts it’s squirming and kicking here and there, and it excites me so much. I love just lying there, talking to the baby or singing little songs of how much I love him or her. I felt silly when I first started this, but honestly it helps me to feel really connected with our little love. It’s the most precious thing. Maybe I sound a bit crazy, but I really don’t know if I’ve ever felt this way. I can’t even describe it.

Thanks for listening, once again!!
Love,
Jami & Baby

Week 20: Halfway.

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taken with our mac photo booth application. Thankful for this cause we forgot our canon in CO! Check out my belly button stretching!! C R A Z Y!

Week 20 info:

I spent a few hours in Barnes & Noble here in Las Vegas researching more and more about our baby, what I am feeling, how to excersise to make labor easier, eating, things to avoid… so much information, it’s was great. I wrote a lot of useful info down. I’ve been stuck with the same books for a while now, so it was nice having new reading materials. I tried to search for a boy’s name, but that is SO hard for me. We may have a middle name, we’ll see. I am going to post it next to our girl’s name, that way I can look at it everyday and see if I like it. (Advice from the Russells- GREAT advice).

Baby: Our baby is measuring BIG – so this size applied to the baby 3 weeks ago – I’m unsure how big the baby actually is right now. Next appointment is March 3. Baby is around 10 1/2 oz & 10 inches from heel to head! Getting so big. Baby E is swallowing more, which is helping his digestive system. I have felt the baby moving since 13 weeks, and last week it was the strongest and most frequent. This week, since saturday, I’ve actually rarely felt the baby. I don’t know what that means, I am trusting God with it, but sometimes when I do feel baby moving, I sigh in relief. Please pray for me to have peace and the baby is perfectly healthy.

Momma:
I am hungry ALL of the time, yet I recently dropped 4 pounds (didn’t know that until today). I am bummed out because I was right on track, having gained 8-10 pounds, now 4 pounds less. Please pray I can put the weight on and keep it on for the baby’s sake!! (I feel baby moving now! Btw). The weight loss might have to do with the fact that since saturday, I haven’t been able to eat a lot, due to where we are in Vegas and lack of money. We are being fed by the base since today, so now I am eating good! Another change, I am already getting a VERY faint line on my tummy down the middle. I also have an enormous belly button, quite squishy too. I am sleepy often, almost always needing a nap throughout the day, still able to sleep a lot at night. I am a bit more achy than I am normally. Also, I bought lotion for fighting stretch marks and THEN read in 3 different prego magazines yesterday, that it is genetic whether or not I get stretch marks. So Mom… let me know. I realized a few days ago, that with as many kiddos as I want to have, and how close together… it really doesn’t matter if I get them this pregnancy or the next!

I’ve gotta go to bed. Please be praying for my peace of mind. We still haven’t heard of what the placenta thing I have is. It’s NOT a hematoma and it’s NOT placenta previa. They think I had a vanishing Twin. Read into it, it’s weird and it would make me super sad. I hope to someday be blessed with twins!

Thanks for listening.
Love, Jami & Baby E.

Week 19: Poking Love.

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BEFORE you see these pictures…We decided to take pics of me trying to get the baby to kick. It doesn’t usually kick on demand :) SO I poke it sometimes… not too hard though! I know, it’s weird, but here are some pics. Also some of our 18 week ultrasound. We go back for another checkup March 3rd to check the placenta and the baby’s anatomy. Hopefully next time baby will sit still!