Hoping to stay thankful for much longer
Seeing and hearing about babies born at a tiny 24 week gestation kind of freaks me out a little. I mean, on one hand it’s good to know that this baby could have a fighting chance outside the womb. But still. I have been giving her very stern admonishments to stay safely inside until she is a fat 8lb newborn.
Part of knowing about all of the scary things that go wrong in pregnancy is, yes, fear. But part of it is also a big dose of gratitude. I know it could easily be me with placenta previa, gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, preterm labor. But for the time being I have a very healthy body and a very healthy child within, and I feel damnwell blessed that I can say that. Especially after having such bad nausea for the first trimester, and bleeding for almost as long. I am just so relieved to have moved past those two things and to now just be enjoying my pregnancy.
This hits home for me so much! I am so grateful right now too. For all I know I still have Placenta Previa…but no bleeding *knock on wood* and I hope it stays that way. I hope my BP stays in control too, because of course I had to have issues with that early on too.
Working on L&D as a nurse is a huge dose of reality. I have delivered preemies for the last 2 weeks, one of them due just 2.5 weeks ahead of me. It reminds me daily how fragile things can be…and how lucky I am right now to still be pregnant…and I hope I can say that for another 11-12 weeks at the least!
Its something special to be able to appreciate just being pregnant! you have been there and know things can be so different!
Hey Natalie. I don’t know if you remember me, but we used to be in a buddy group on ff together. Emily Powell was there too. I don’t even remember what it was for, lol, haven’t been on ff in ages. Anyway, I just happened to stumble on your blog through another ff girl’s blog. So sorry about Devin. But so happy about this new girl! Anyway, just wanted to write to say hi!