All Systems: Go

This morning Ryan and I went to my 11 week check up. I haven't been too nervous, but I have been anxious to hear the heartbeat again. At first she had trouble finding it, which made me worry. But then, there it was! Yeah, I cried. It was a relief and now I have no worries. I'm near the end of the first trimester and everything looks great. And now I'm ready to start shopping! lol

During the exam she also felt around and didn't find any signs of the cyst! So we aren't going to do the ultrasound this month like we originally planned. The next one will be around 20 weeks.

I received a Priesthood blessing a week ago. I had just spent two days in bed with a horrible migraine which came at the end of my most difficult week yet. I was so sick and miserable! But during that blessing I felt a change and I immediatly felt better. This past week has been much easier. I am still sick in the mornings but the rest of the day is pretty good and most evenings I do alright too. I still have some cramps, headaches, fatigue, and tenderness - but the sick feeling is the worst part so I'm glad that's down to mornings only. I don't doubt that the blessing is what made the difference. Even my headaches are better - I have had a couple of little headaches, but they never grew to be migraines and that is awesome.

I am so grateful for that blessing! I believe the blessing somehow chased away that cyst. It didn't burst (which would have been extremely painful for a couple of days) but the severe symptoms did seem to just drop dramatically overnight.

I still have had a hard time believing that this is real this time. But hearing the heartbeat now, near the end of the first trimester, it is actually sinking in. This one has stuck and it's actually going to make it!

They say that every baby is a miracle. But I don't think that most people realize just how true that is. When you've gone through the problems of trying to have children, you start to see just what a miracle it is everytime a baby is born. I know that I took for granted how blessed we were to have Acadia with no major problems. But now that we've experienced our own trials, I realize that once this baby is born, I will have had two miracle babies.

I had accepted that Acadia would probably be an only child. I was okay with it, I felt peaceful about it. I knew that the Lord was in control and I trusted Him. But I can't tell you how good it feels to find out I was wrong! That yes, the Lord IS in control but Cadi won't be the only one, He is sending us one more. Who knows if this will be the last or if there are more surprises for us in the future. Right now, I don't care. I feel like we just won the Wild Card and are getting more than we deserve already. lol