30 weeks

I am now 30 weeks along in this pregnancy! YEA! I had another appointment with the perinatologist last Wednesday and it went really well. Wes and Elliot were both able to come with me, which made it even better. The formerly huge hematoma (165mm) was now almost unnoticeable (2mm). That is a miracle! The baby is also measuring great. In fact, it's measuring 2.5 weeks ahead of average and they estimate it's around 4 lbs already! This is also cool since the main concern with the blood clots was decreased placental function. Clearly, no problems with that at this point.

Since big babies can be a sign of gestational diabetes, I called my OB to get my diabetes test results. Turns out my numbers were just a tad high (143, "normal" is under 140). On Friday, I went and had the 3 hour glucose test done and should have those results by my appt. this Tuesday. The perinatologist doesn't seem to think the baby is big due to diabetes since I have no other signs and the amniotic fluid levels are perfect (usually increased with diabetes). We'll see...either way, I'm being good and giving up my soda. I was really good with Elliot about caffeine/soda, kinda good with the boys, and have been pretty terrible with this baby. Guess I'll suffer caffeine free the next 10 weeks :-)

Elliot's PIANO RECITAL

Elliot had her very 1st piano recital today. She takes lessons at her preschool, and the recitals were done by class. She was the only one in her class that took lessons, so she had so much fun showing off to her friends who all came to watch! She turned around and looked at everyone after every song with the biggest smile on her face! I have a bunch of videos to post. She played way more songs than I expected. It was fantastic.

After this song, one little boy said "That was scary!" HAHAHA

Mother's Day Tea

My favorite part of Elliot's entire school year is the Mother's Day Tea. They do an AMAZING job every year!! Elliot is the best at keeping secrets and kept the whole day in suspense. She made a beautiful card for me. It had a nice flower pot with sparkly flowers on it. I said, "lets count how many flowers there are" and she immediately said, "11". That girl KNEW exactly what she had made me. Her class sang a wonderful song to all of us Mommy's. It was a tear-jerker. I've had her sing it to me everyday since. I love it! Here she is:

oh, Elliot, I love you so much!!

God is bigger than Google

When I was first diagnosed with a Subchorionic Hematoma, I googled! Yup, that's what I do with LOTS of things. I quickly found sites that could scare anyone about the condition: people losing their baby's in 2nd trimester, etc. It was also obvious that people with hematoma's as large as 6 cm were considered "VERY LARGE!" At one time, I knew mine was around 8 cm and therefore quite large.

I went to my doc yesterday and he was super excited about the way things appear to be changing. You see, unbeknownst to me, 6 weeks ago my hematoma was almost 17 cm!!!! Now, that is HUGE!!! Last week it was measuring around 6cm.

I am thankful that I have faith in more than what I can read by googling subjects. I'm thankful that God can take care of me and Goldfish no matter how big or how many blood clots are in this body. I'm thankful that I don't have to worry or fear about anything I read, because God is in control and knows the outcome already. I trust Him...and am so thankful for that!

Now, if I'd start praying about everything before googling it, I'd be even better!!