No Worries as of now...

Last Friday when I went to my regular check up I asked my midwife to check me because I felt like something was going on "down there". When she did, she noticed that my cervix was open and dilated about a cm. So we set up a special ultrasound to make sure that it wasn't thinning or "shortening". All weekend I have been nervous and sad. Once we told everyone we were having a boy and announced it with our name it became so real and I was worried. Part of me was worried about Weston and part of me was worried about missing out on a couple months of Addison.

My ultrasound was yesterday morning. After a very long weight in the hospital in Albany, I had it and a physical. My cervix is open, but it is 4inches long which is exactly what they wanted it to be! Thank goodness! So I don't have any more visits scheduled with that doctor. My midwife called me in the afternoon to talk about it and she was so relieved. Rita said she had been thinking about me all weekend praying it was ok to wait a few days before the ultrasound. She said she knows it was a pain to go all the way out there but she is really glad we have this now. I may begin all regular activity including walking a couple times a week to get my appetite up. Best of all, no bed rest!! I'm still on two week visits because my weight didn't go up last time, it actually was down a little. (My belly is very noticeably getting bigger so it still surprises me each time I get on the scale expecting to see a big jump!) She wasn't concerned about my weight too much because of the ultrasound a few days before and the baby was was in the 48% for size. He is getting everything he needs from me. I might be the one suffering at the moment. But I'm upping my proteins and have been trying to eat healthy when possible!

Thank you all for your prayers! Overall they said we can rest at ease. I do have to be careful and stay in tune with my body because you never know when things can change. Because I've had a baby they said this could be my body just remembering what to do and it is normal. That more woman probably have the same thing, but I'm more sensitive and can feel it.

I can't tell you how happy I am about not having to worry about bed rest!! I have so many cute and fun things planned for Addison this summer, along with our trip to Orlando for Nathan's work and family trip to San Antonio! I don't want to miss out on raising her these last few months she is my only child.