National Blog Month

Here we are in November again! I can 100% guarantee that I won't be blogging every day this month. I'll make an effort though up until James comes!

Speaking of the little guy, my C-Section is officially set for Monday, November 17th! After my ultrasound the other day, they weren't even able to see all of my placenta because James' head was so low and he wouldn't move. What they could see though showed that it hasn't moved enough still.
Unfortunately, by 37 weeks chances of it moving become far less. It's still possible, but she wanted to at least get the c-section date set at the hospital. If by some miracle it does move, I'll still be able to get induced that day as long as I'm at least 2cm dilated. I'm well on my way to that though.
My surgery is scheduled for 7:30am...which means we have to be at the hospital at 5:30am! Looks like we'll be leaving by around 4:45. Eek!

I'm coming to terms with it, but I think I'll always kind of feel that sadness too. There's a group I'm in online with a small group of moms, and they really helped to ease some of my fears the other day when I was feeling kind of overwhelmed and panicked. Of course, I'm still nervous but at least I know a little more of what to expect and I'll have a list of questions to go over with my doctor at my appointment this coming week.

For a long time I prayed that God would make the placenta move. I finally decided I was praying wrong. Now I just pray that He has me deliver whichever way will keep James and I the safest. Jacob is going to take a bunch of time off work since he has a ton of days stored up. Plus I know my in-laws and my family will help out however they can too.

I still don't feel like reality has fully sunk in yet. In about just over 16 days now, I'll be holding him in my arms. I'm excited, but I think Daniel keeps me grounded too. Hopefully I don't panic before he's born. I remember sobbing a few days before Daniel came because the reality finally hit, that our lives would never be the same again. Totally silly, because I was SO excited to become a Mommy, but a kiddo is a big change!

This last week I was able to wash more, and set the swing, bouncy seat and bassinet back up. I also got the car seat base installed in the van. All the big things are ready. This next week will be more cleaning and wrapping birthday presents for Daniel! If I'm really motivated I'll start wrapping his Christmas gifts too. I tried to get as much done for him as possible since he's kind of the big priority for Christmas. I have a couple of things for James, just like I did for Daniel, but he'll only be about 5 weeks old, so I'm pretty sure he won't care. :)

I'm just thankful that I made it to November. When I ended up in the hospital in August it was a little scary thinking how far away November was. Now it's here, and as long as there are no other complications or I don't go into labor early, I'm feeling pretty good about making it to the 17th!