Baby Knight and Mommy: 15 Weeks

Peace of Mind...

This past week I've been working long hours prepraring for the first day of school. Our teachers returned on Monday for professional development and I was responsible for a lot of the training, meetings, and presentations. Needless to say, my stress level has been higher than it really should be.

On Thursday and Friday, I was experiencing some weird feelings in my belly. Nothing painful just different. I honestly don't even know how to describe it...maybe a stretching feeling? Just uncomfortable. I was concerned that I had gotten overstressed and was really mad at myself for letting the stress get to me and feared that I had hurt the baby :(

I walked into my co-workers office on Friday and told her how I was feeling. She tried to reassure me and tell me that the baby is growing and I would be feeling all sorts of different and strange things throughout the pregnancy. Although she was trying to comfort me, I still felt bad and could hardly believe that I had to wait another 8 days until we have our next ultrasound. I was literally considering just going to the doctor and asking for an ultrasound to just have peace of mind.

On my way home from work, I called David and shared how I was feeling. He too tried to reassure me, told me to hurry and get home so I could just lay down and relax. AND he got onto me a little and told me that there are "plenty of people at work that need to share the work load" and I needed to stop pushing myself too hard.

I came home, EXHAUSTED, and got ready to lay down on the couch. David shared that he had two surprises for me and told me to follow him into the nursery. This is what my surprises were...

Belly Buds are little headphones that you can place on your belly and play music for the baby. So my plan today is to download diffrerent types of songs for Baby Knight. His/her ears have formed and our doctor says that he/she can hear my voice and other sounds.

But my eyes immediately filled with HAPPY tears when I saw this gift...

This is a heartbeat doppler!!! Our doctor uses an instrument similar to this one to listen to Baby Knight's heartbeat. You just apply the gel and place the wand on your belly until you can find the baby's heartbeat. The monitor also shows the heart rate. I was SOOOO thankful for this gift because I was so worried about the baby and just wanted reassurance that he/she was doing okay.

So I got on the couch, applied the gel, and let David find the heartbeat...what an AMAZING peace of mind. Baby Knight's heartbeat sounded fabulous and was between 140-150.

I guess I might ought to admit that I listened to the heartbeat again later that evening...who am I kidding, I listened to the heartbeat about FOUR more times. AND as soon as I hit "publish" for this post, I'm listening again. I might need to stock up on more gel :)

Baby Knight and Mommy: 14 Weeks

Baby Blog...

We are so glad you chose to visit our new baby blog, We Love You More Than the World. This blog will journal the pregnancy, birth, and life of our sweet little miracle baby. We can't wait to continue our journey to parenthood and thank God every day for this experience.

If you'd like to quickly jump to the beginning of this blog, click HERE to start reading.

Gender Reveal Party...

We are happy to announce that we scheduled our Gender Scan appointment for August 27!!! Our OB originally scheduled our Gender Scan for our 18 week appointment, but because we are SO impatient we just couldn't wait that long :)

Our doctor offers parents the opportunity to see the gender of the baby, after 15 weeks, for an extra fee. And we could NOT resist!!

We already have our Gender Reveal Party planning underway and we are having SO much fun with all the special details.

I found this adorable Gender Reveal invite on Etsy that I saved and prayed that I would be able to order one day. I literally cried tears of joy when I saw that OUR baby's name was on it...

It is SO perfect and just how I had hoped it would turn out!

I also ordered a cute banner to hang on our mantel from my favorite banner store, Blue Moon Studios...

She has created banners for almost ALL of my parties and holidays...LOVE! She actually does custom banners too...I literally emailed her my idea and she immediately emailed me back with all her fabric choices and let me choose how I wanted our banner to look. I plan on putting our "We're Expecting" sign on our mantel and adding this sweet banner to it.

I have a few other ideas in the works, but I'll save those for our actual party.

I'm thrilled that Jilly and Pops are going to be able to make it to the party and I'm hoping a few of my other family and friends will be able to join us that weekend too.

I'm DYING to start buying some gender specific items for Baby Knight...only three more weeks to go!

Baby Knight and Mommy: 13 Weeks

13 Week Ultrasound...

We had a big ultrasound and appointment today with the High Risk doctor. They had a long conversation with us about all the potential risks involved with having a baby at my age, with our infertility history, miscarriages, Crohn's Disease, etc. BUT...I truly believe that God brought us through this journey for a reason, hand-made this perfect baby just for us, and is going to continue to protect this miracle through pregnancy, birth, and for a lifetime!

After our  conversation (and lots and lots of prayer), we had our ultrasound. It was a long ultrasound...thank goodness, because it seemed like FOREVER since the last time we saw our baby. They were looking for any indication that the baby might have Downs Syndrome or any other genetic disease. Two of the indicators that they look for are the bone in the nose and the tissue behind the neck. Praise the Lord that both of these looked fabulous today. As a matter of fact, the doctor said we had a textbook ultrasound and the baby looked great!

We might be a little biased, but we think he/she looks pretty perfect (if we do say so ourselves)...

Just look at that sweet profile!!!

We are head over heels in love!!

Love you Baby Knight...more than the world :)