At 24 weeks, we traveled to Chicago and back in two days. Whirl-wind trip but so much fun!
Loving: That I know when my child will or won’t kick. He will kick when I am sitting still, like writing a blog post or working at my desk, but will not kick when we are in a moving car or I am walking around. The motion must sooth him.
Hating: I feel that in this pregnancy I am being taught to get rid of ALL expectations. It’s a hard lesson to learn that I am not loving, but I know it’s a necessary one and my God still cares.
Weight Gain: (from beginning of pregnancy) 24 pounds.
News: On Tuesday at 4am we woke to catch our 5:55am flight to Chicago. It was essentially a whirlwind trip! Robb is a native to Chi-town so he is so fun to go with! He loves to play tour guide and took me and Sam all over his home town Naperville. When we arrived we drove to the farmland his family farms about 2.5 hours from the airport in a town called Miner. We then drove back and stayed the night in Naperville.
On Wednesday morning, I realized that I hadn’t heard anything from my doctor about my ultrasound last week. I checked my app and turns out my doctor scheduled yet another sonogram for December 1st. My heart sank. I started to wonder why on earth they would need another sonogram! My husband told me to just call and ask instead of speculating. I was nervous to because I didn’t want any news to ruin our last day in Chicago, but I did anyway. The nurse at my doctor’s office told me that they want to see my in December because as of now my placenta is too close to my cervix. They need to keep an eye on it because if my placenta doesn’t move up, I will be diagnosed with placenta previa, where the placenta is too close or covers the cervix and can cause major complications such as bleeding if the mom goes into labor. So if I am diagnosed with placenta previa, I will need to be scheduled for a C-section up to 2 weeks before my due date. There is still a chance that my placenta can move up and away from my cervix. 1 in 20 women at this stage have a low lying placenta but only 1 in 200 end up with placenta previa. So, the odds look good for me. I will continue to pray and pray and pray for a healthy little boy that is able to make it to term and it’s just a sweet little bonus if he is born on the leap year.
Wednesday night, right before heading to the airport to come back home we stopped by Millenial Park in downtown Chicago where the Bean is located. That is the bean where we got engaged four years ago, and I wanted so badly to take our little guy to the place where the mine and his papa’s lives together began. Little Sammy actually got our engagement on video four years ago, so have a look! Spoiler alert – I cried.
I can’t wait to take our little guy back when he is older and you know, out of my womb, but I love that we were able to take this little trip now.
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