8 days

I cannot believe I have 8 days until my due date. 8 days.

One small bump in the road... I found out this week that I'm group B strep positive. Apparently it's not a huge deal in most cases. I just have to get 2 rounds of IV antibiotics during labor so that the baby doesn't get infected. I'm trying not to stress, but this is what I'm thinking. What if I have a really fast labor and don't get a chance to get the antibiotics or don't get both rounds? What if the antibiotics aren't effective and the baby gets infected? Why do I have to worry about this?

But then God revealed to me through some very gracious friends that he has his fingerprints all over this baby. I will not allow this to rob me of the joy of anticipating the arrival of my sweet baby boy.

So I'm feeling better about it.

8 days.

36w4d and counting down

The stitches are out.

I'm 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced.

Ahhhhhh!

Sugary sweet, sort of

No diabetes! At least most likely I don't have diabetes. I think I was given the wrong solution to drink so I'm not sure how accurate the test was but the doc doesn't want me to have to repeat it so we're just leaving it alone.

I'm 30w3d and feeling good. I recently heard from a friend who had trouble TTC and she is now pregnant. So out of 5 good friends who were struggling with infertility (or at least have gone longer than 6 months TTC), there are only 3 left. So I keep praying.

Bummed

I found out today that I failed my glucose challenge test. I have to go back on Tuesday to do the 3-hour glucose tolerance test.

Hoping for good results! Don't want to cut back on PASTA!

Home Stretch

Ok, so it's a long stretch -- 13 weeks -- but my boy and I have made it to the third trimester and I give all thanks to God. My little karate kid moves around quite a bit in there which is a pretty amazing feeling.

Another praise is that my husband has successfully made it through his surgery and is managing life without a colon. Although it's been a pretty big adjustment, he's in so much less pain and already feels as though the surgery was worth it. Surgery #2 is scheduled for September (at which point our baby will potentially be about 6 weeks old)... yikes!

The Lord is good and I am grateful.

21 weeks

We're having a boy!

Praise God he looks healthy and normal per our anatomy scan today.

My friend?

Have you had strained relationships directly related to IF?

My best friend and I are not on good terms right now. We both struggled for years to get pregnant... now I am and she's still not and our friendship is just not the same. I've been trying to be sensitive to her pain and not flaunt my pregnancy in front of her which she has interpreted as me putting a distance between us. When I have shared things with her about the pregnancy (which she told me originally that she wanted me to) she's shown such little enthusiasm that it makes me not want to tell her anything else. I don't expect cartwheels, but my goodness it's like she gives me a guilt trip for my happiness. Other friends who are struggling with IF have not acted this way toward me at all. When I told her that she just responded by saying - well fine, I'm guess I'm just a terrible friend. Ugh! This is so incredibly frustrating.

Sorry for the rant. I just don't know what else to do. I wish I could just say forget it, but it really eats at me.