Gender:

GIRL!!! See our announcement photo here. Did anyone else ever have this crazy fear that you’re going to go into labor and find out you’ve actually been pregnant with a boy this entire time?! Ha! All those crazy stories about people being told they were having a girl and then later finding out it was actually a boy are really getting to me! We haven’t had an ultrasound since 20 weeks so I think that doesn’t help.

Name:

Elyse Ann. I love the name more and more every day!

Due Date:

My due date is April 5, 2015, but we have a repeat C-section officially scheduled for March 31st at 9am! If she comes on her own once I have hit full term they will just do an unplanned C-Section. Part of me is kind of praying that she comes early and that ends up being the case because her current C-Section is scheduled for Easter week and being in ministry that’s a very hard week to have a baby! It’s been a little hectic trying to make sure everything is covered for three days of services that weekend. God ultimately knows the best time for her to arrive, but really early would be great! Don’t we all say that?

Weight Gain:

My starting weight was about 128. At my last appointment I was at 152, so now we are at 24 pounds! So definitely more than I gained with Jase since I only gained 22 with him. But still in the healthy range. I really am hoping that I don’t gain more than 30, but I know what matters is that she is healthy.

 Movement:
She moves all the time! She is also very good at getting into spots that cause mommy a lot of pain. But I love knowing she’s alright in there and I love feeling her move around. It truly is such a blessing.

Craving:
I can’t really think of any huge craving I have had recently. Although I get really hungry and need to eat, I can’t eat too much of anything or else I have so much indigestion. So food and I kind of have a love hate relationship.

Yucky:

Still can’t handle Mexican at all. And I have to be super careful about what I eat because digestion is going so slow. If I eat until I am full then I will feel huge and sick for a couple hours. I have to just eat enough to satisfy any hunger pains and stop. That is the not so fun part about the end of pregnancy.

Feeling:
Very sore. I tripped last week and tore a ligament in my lower abdomen, I have been pretty much couch stuck since. Anytime I try to move it is extremely painful. Sometimes I am able to walk it out a little and it’s fine, but the more I move the worse it gets so it’s been a lot of resting for this mama. I’m really ready to meet this little girl, definitely a lot more anxious now then I was with Jase.

Differences:

The end of pregnancy emotions you always get, you know the ones that are like oh my gosh I am about to have a tiny human in the house with me? Well those are magnified the second time around when you think, oh my gosh I am going to have two tiny humans with me and one will be a newborn who never sleeps and a toddler who never stops going. It is a little overwhelming and scary. I just go back and forth between wondering if I am going to handle it, how peanut’s going to handle it, and everything in between. So the emotions seem a bit more heavy this time around.
Looking Forward to:

I really just cannot wait to hold this little girl and see her beautiful face! I can’t wait to see how Jase responds to her, and how much her daddy is going to love her when he first sees her. I am just so ready for all the things that come with loving on a precious newborn again.