The countdown is over!

Well, here I sit in our hotel room in downtown Minneapolis waiting for 7:30 a.m. tomorrow.

The amnio comes first. If the results of that are OK, we move on to induction around noon.

And then?

It's all in God's hands. I want things to go smoothly and quickly but I really want my daughter born on July 1. We'll see if that's what God has in store for us. If not, of course I'll just be glad to have her in my arms, no matter what day it is...

Can't wait to meet you, baby girl!

D-Day is June 30

It's getting closer!

We will be induced at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital around noon June 30 (if the amnio comes back that our girl's lungs are mature enough).

I can't believe we get to meet her in less than a week!

It's been a long time coming. Not the 10-month pregnancy itself because I think that flew by.....but the waiting to become a mother...to have a child of my own. More than a decade, we've waited for this. For her. This exact child God created was meant to be ours. Now.

God may seem slow at times, but He is never late!

Amen!

Nursery 101

I can finally say after all of our hard work and effort, the nursery is now complete!

I love how it turned out. It's a nice mix of vintage, shabby chic, antique stuff, but still very feminine. It's also calming. I like going in there to sit in my glider rocker and just rock and think about how it will feel to have our daughter home and in this room we created for her.

I never thought it would actually happen. I dreamed. I hoped. I had faith in our Lord Jesus that He could do it. I just wasn't sure if that was His plan for us. I felt it deep down that someday I would be a mother but I didn't know how that would happen.

Just a short month away (if we make it that far)!

I cannot wait to bring our darling daughter home and have her meet all of the wonderful people who have loved and supported her parents from Day One.

We are one lucky family.

Lucky and blessed.

The Unknown

Well, tomorrow is another appointment in St. Cloud. Dr. Rice told us to pack our bags "just in case" Dr. Fairbanks tells us to head to Abbott after our appointment. I don't think it's going to happen but we'll pack our bags in order to be prepared.

All of our testings continue to go well at the hospital here. I've had several NSTs (non-stress tests) and BPPs (bio physical profiles) and she's passed them all.

I, however, apparently am doing a little too well in the blood pressure department. It was discovered last week that my blood pressure was too low. (Can you believe it? The doctors are all being overly cautious because on paper, I should be having issues with my blood pressure, etc., but instead, my bp did the complete opposite they thought it would). At its lowest, it was like 95/23 or something dumb like that. The nurse said I shouldn't have even been talking to her. Dr. Rice came in and asked me how I was feeling, if I had eaten, taken my meds, etc. I didn't have any symptoms of low bp...so it couldn't really be explained. She called the specialist in St. Cloud and he said for me to cut back on my bp meds. I did and came back in the next day to have my bp checked again. Then it was 145/75 so then Dr. Rice said to take my bp meds just once a day, in the morning and then see how it goes. The next day, it was still low but not like a few days before.

When I went for my testing yesterday, my bp was 121/62! Woohoo! They were thrilled.

And so was I.