Catching up.......

Well, we are back from our trip up north and now it's time to play catch up on everything, including blogging! I have quite a bit to get organized and caught up on before I start school with Jaxson on Monday!

Today I had an OB appointment to check on the pregnancy and baby. All seems to be going well, we were able to hear the baby's heartbeat with the doppler. I also got to have another ultrasound and it was amazing to see how much the baby has grown and changed in just four weeks! You can even see arms!
ATTENTION: PLEASE DO NOT READ ON IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH ABOUT HEARING PREGNANCY RELATED WORDING......
(yes, this warning is for the benefit of the male members of the family who read my blog and who squirm when you even say the work "pregnant") :>)

The doctor did the U/S because I had some spotting on saturday and he was concerned that I may have another Subchorionic Hematoma, a complication that I had with Ellie that put me on bedrest for a while. It's basically a blood clot behind the placenta. I also took a lovely fall while at my sister's house, down the stairs, and bruised up my legs beautifully---so the spotting may have been due to some trauma. Anyhoo, the scan didn't show any obvious hematoma, but he did see a dark spot behind the placenta which could be a clot, or could be blood vessals, he couldn't really tell without a better machine. Basically I've been told to take it very easy, get extra rest and NO heavy lifting, carrying or anything straining. If I have ANY more bleeding my OB has warned me that he will put me on strict bedrest because of my history.
Please pray with me that this doesn't happen because there is simply no way I can run my life and home from a bed.

MOVING ALONG......

We had a wonderful visit with family, it was fun and relaxing and we loved seeing all of you! Holly's wedding was beautiful and it was so nice to see everyone at the wedding as well. It was so nice to stay with Shannon and Marcus, we worked our way through the extended versions of two of the Lord of the Rings movies, which was fun. I will admit that I slept through parts of them as well......I'm worthless when it comes to movies and staying awake. :>)

We can't wait to come up again..... hopefully soon?

Love to all,
Lani and The Fam