24 Weeks.. Yay for viability!!!

Wow, I am so happy to finally be 24 weeks pregnant! This is such a huge milestone for us! Of course, their are “miracles” who survive before this point, but it’s just exactly that, A MIRACLE.

Obviously, we want our little sweetheart to stay put for much longer. But it sure does help me get through each day knowing that she now has a chance of survival.

I have been holding up pretty well. The past few days have me feeling a little bit nervous. I had my injection on Wednesday (the one to keep contractions away). But I am still having some. They are not really intense, but they are enough to make me nervous. My dr. said that if the “nature of the contractions change, go to the hospital”. I am trying to stay off of my feet and hope that it helps. So please keep us in your prayers.

Walter has been working really hard in her nursery… it’s really hard on him because of his back. But he’s just as anxious as I am to be able to get it set up for her! I am dying to be able to get in there and start “nesting”… her room is going to be so pretty!

Well, I will try to keep everyone posted about the contractions.
~Amber

Quick Picture Update!

Well, thank God week 22 is over. As of today, I’m 23 weeks… which is a MUCH better place to be as far as viabililty is concerned. Today has been kinda sucky… I’m having LOTS of contractions Of course, my weekly progesterone injection is tomorrow, so that should solve the problem.

Change of subject… I am friends with one of the coolest people on the planet! Long story short, my life outside of ttc has been pretty messy… I am currently not speaking with my parents (or not allowed to, as my husband says) because they are freakin horrible people and they stress me out way to bad. What really sucks, is they live literally 5 minutes away. I have been so upset lately because my mom has been making up false charges about my husband and calling the cops on him. So the cops were coming over, interrogating me, then interrogating my husband AT HIS JOB. The cops ended up laughing off the whole thing, they apparently see this type of thing alot.

Anyways, because of the family drama, I had pretty much written off having a baby shower this time around. I was so depressed about it, because I am SO old fashioned and love little get-togethers like that. For me, it’s not about the gifts, I just really wanted to celebrate this baby. Anyways, my awesome friend got together with my husband and planned me the most adorable surprise baby shower EVER!

I was in total shock, I thought we were just going to her house so that our kids could play lol! I got there and there were tons of people and my best friends! It was so sweet It meant the world to me, I guess you could say it kinda restored my faith in humanity. I can’t wait to post pictures… one of the girls took tons for me and she’s gonna mail me a cd of them.

In fact, the main reason I’m writing this is post is to give everyone a quick picture update! I feel so bad, because I had the most amazing ultrasound a couple weeks ago, but I never got around to posting the images because of all the insanity that started right after that.

These were taken at 21 weeks. She is so beautiful, I can’t get over it. She is starting to look a little more like Nathan, but her features are still mostly like mine The ultrasound tech said she is measuring a little bit ahead as far as weight… I guess she’s gonna be short & fat lol!