Evelyn Pregnancy Update

As of yesterday, I am 35 weeks into this pregnancy. Of course I could have up to 7 weeks left of being pregnant, depending upon when Evelyn decides to make her appearance. But still we are getting closer!

On the other hand, 5-7 weeks sometimes sounds like a very long time! In the last week, I have grown considerably more uncomfortable. How I feel right now is how I remember feeling when I was full-term with Nate. Sleep is becoming more elusive and I am moving more slowly than I would like. Thankfully, God has been using these little difficulties to teach me how to "give thanks in all things" and to "learn contentment". So except for the occasional deluge of hormonal despair, I am doing very well. =) Next week we will begin weekly doctor's visits!

I am excited to go to my next doctor's appointment on Monday. We will discuss labor and delivery and I have a list of questions prepared. Last appointment Dr. Tate talked to us for a while and was extremely encouraging to me. Not that he said anything particularly amazing; in fact, most of the time we talked about another lady whose twins he had just delivered. It was simply the vast knowledge and confidence that he exuded that comforted me. He told us that he had just delivered twins, about 7 weeks early I believe. They had to be born early because the mother had developed acute preeclampsia. But they were able to be delivered naturally and were doing well, considering the complications! I also asked him about episiotomies and he said he had performed TWO last year...out of an average of 360 deliveries a year! One had shoulder dystocia and the other was a difficult breech birth. I feel very comfortable having the delivery of my child in his capable hands. Here is an article about him: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/august-14-2009/dr-t/3115/
And a short one about his VBAC delivery of triplets!
http://www.natural-pregnancy-mentor.com/vbac-of-triplets.html

Tomorrow Brett and I are planning to tour the hospital! All of these little things are exciting because they are making Evelyn's arrival more real in my mind.

When we ask Nate, "Where is Evelyn?", he pats my belly. So cute!
 ...And then he will lift up his shirt and pat his belly! So he will be very confused when we bring Evelyn home, though I try to show him babies and tell him that "Evelyn is our baby!". He is so precious!