39 and waiting!

38 weeks

When I started out creating this post, life was calm with many thoughts of "when are we having this baby!" Then Eliza started crying (big time) in her room and we went in to find out she had thrown up all over her bed. Let the games begin. The poor sweet girl had a stomach virus and repeatedly got sick and then had a high fever for the next 24 hours.

My heart was torn in two as I tried to comfort her but soon began to panic about getting sick myself while being 39 weeks pregnant. What if Lucas got sick too AND I went into labor and he couldn't be with me. Hmmm. What to do? Hide out at my mom's house? Go get a mask? The thing about the stomach virus is you never know when it might get you and it comes on fast and hard. Not that any time is a great time to get it but come on...being this pregnant is REALLY bad timing.

I realized what was done was done. I kissed Eliza goodnight less than an hour before she got sick so I was already exposed. Let's get into battle mode and do what we have to do. I notified the grandmas and my doula to be on standby and we did our best to work as a team to take care of Eliza. We are now out of the woods as far as Eliza is concerned and it is up to Lucas and I to stay healthy. Bless the person who created bleach.

We are back to waiting for a baby, but now I am in the mindset that it will happen when it is meant to happen. I need to trust my body. This trust has been hard to come by since I was diagnosed with MS. A year and a half ago I truly thought my young body had failed me. Now is the time to make it as strong as possible and believe it can do anything I put my mind to.

Today I went on a walk with my family, took a nap, planted more flowers for our yard, took care of an almost 3 year old, soaked up the sun, helped to cook dinner and indulged in a milk shake. We are going to be experiencing a major change in our life soon, but I am also living life in the now and enjoying every minute of it.