It's May Already?

 Again I must start this blog in sheer amazement of how fast time is going! I am now two days from baby Sarah's due date....and I am getting anxious.
Who am I kidding? I have been anxious over the last 4 weeks haha :).
Up until about 4 weeks ago I have had a really calm pregnancy...once week 36 hit it has been CRAZY.

On Easter I started having contractions about 15 minutes apart ( I was 36 weeks + 3 days) and they quickly moved to 5 minutes apart. They were fairly intense and lasting 45 seconds. This lasted from 1pm until about 6 pm that night and they moved to 2 minutes apart lasting 60 seconds and pretty intense. My midwife came and sat with me and monitored the baby...and around the 14 hour mark we headed to the hospital since I was still considered preterm. We got to the hospital and BAM! the contractions stopped.

Two days later it happened again around 4:30pm! I didn't call my midwife as quickly, but once the contractions hit 2 minutes apart and more intense than before.  This time around lasted 27 hours and then stopped.

Two days after that, again the pre labor contractions returned and this time for 36 hours.

That is a long time with no baby as the end result! But apparently my body just wasn't ready. At least I know all is great in the contraction area haha.

Then at 38 weeks Sarah's heart rate dropped fairly low and I was admitted to the hopsital to monitor her, thankfully all is well. When they did an U/S on her she had her umbilical cord in her little fist and she was very obviously playing with it.  My midwife made the commentary for Sarah " Oooh what is this? *squeeze*  OH I CAN'T BREATH" hehe

So now here we are 39 weeks and 5 days....Sarah has officially gotten her eviction notice :) She officially has a little over 2 weeks to be out :) Pray that I keep my sanity til she comes, and God gives me the strength (and Sam too!) to make it through delivery..as we are still going to do a home birth as long as all is well.

On another note, thank you for all of your prayers about us getting a car! The BMW we got worked out for a month in which we desperately needed a vehicle (with all the hospital trips) but finally gave up the ghost TWO DAYS after the Lord provided us a new vehicle.
New to us, but Harrell ( as we endearingly call him) is an used Ford Explorer Sports track....and he passed inspection and is good for 2 years. Praise the Lord, I will not have to worry about anything but minor maintenance until Sam is home after deployment.

Sam's parents and sister will be here in a few weeks for a visit, we look forward to it! It will be fun. Pray for travelling mercies for them... the first time flying internationally can be nerve wracking.

Next time I update hopefully I will be doing so while baby Sarah is napping and Sam is swiffering the floor for me hehe :)

We love you all!

Sam, Amber and Baby Sarah.