Baby Boy ~ Elijah

I will give you a brief (Or maybe not) run down on Elijah. Since I am not sure who is following, and who isn't, or their level of awareness on him. It becomes harder and harder to keep everyone up to date with so many appointments, and so many changes in both him, and myself. I will start relatively close to the beginning.

Obviously I know I am pregnant, and for anyone who may not know already know, We achieved this with the help of Clomid (A fertility medication). For about the first 4 months I was insanely sick. Morning sickness made it extremely hard for me to add weight. Fortunately around 22 weeks that faded away. Not completely but there was an improvement. Like most Moms to be these days, We wanted to find out what we were having. Only our small bundle did not want to co-operate. At our 20 week ultra sound he had his legs crossed and his cord in between his legs. It took us until about 24 weeks to actually find out what we were having. Clearly I have already referred to my child as "He" so yes, We are having a boy. I really thought it was a girl, and had been expecting that all along. Although it was a shock to see that he is not a girl, I am ultimately thrilled about this!

From about 24 weeks on I felt fine, Sleepy and large, but otherwise fine. We chose the name Elijah Aaron Micheal for our son. We are naming him Elijah because Nate and I really liked that name, and his middle names come from a promise Nathan made to his fallen friends family. We are honored to name him after this hero. Around approximately 30 weeks I was told I have Gestational Diabetes (I often refer to this as GD). I take metphormine, Do blood sugar checks, and eat a fairly strict diet. As part of this, I also go for a non stress test 2 times a week. At these appointments I lay on a monitor for an hour, while they chart his heart rate, and my contractions, as well as a weekly ultra sound. On a separate day each week I meet with my Dr. who monitors my sugar levels, as well as checks to see how I am doing. So far so good, and I am proud to say my son is HEAD DOWN, and ready to go.

I've had some pretty intense contractions a few times, nothing to significant, and I have also had the blessing of Braxton Hicks. The BH are increasing in intensity though, and I am pretty uncomfortable with them, however he needs to stay put for at least 2 more weeks. My Dr. said Elijah can have a safe chance at the world after about 37 weeks, As of Monday I will be 35 weeks. I personally think I am much further than I am, but my Dr. is sending me for an ultra-sound on Monday to see how likely this is.

I think that just about wraps up the baby update, and since I am exhausted, I think I will go to sleep now. Thanks for reading!