High Risk and Sustaining Grace...

Today I went to Denver with my mom to my monthly OB appointment. I had an ultrasound to check the location of the placenta. Apparently the placenta has not moved. My doctor (who is awesome, by the way!) described it as covering the cervix and sorta wrapped around it. At this point the likelihood that the placenta will move is "highly unlikely." Good thing our God specializes in the "highly unlikely!" ...And He also specializes in those who are "high risk"...which is what my pregnancy has become. So either way, I think I'm well covered!

From here on out I will have appointments every 2 weeks. I joked with my doctor and said, "Oh good! Would you like to see me on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?" We laughed...and then scheduled me for the 23rd. :) She is also referring me to a high-risk doctor who I will also see on the same day. Here is the cool part: When she named the high risk doctor she works with...my brain started spinning. When I was in labor with Luke, he was in distress, my midwife was kinda acting like a deer caught in the headlights, and all the nurses around me started prepping for a c-section. One nurse stepped out into the hallway and called for help. This same doctor came in and helped me deliver Luke safely and naturally in 10 minutes! He was such a huge blessing to me! It really just feels like God has carefully lined all this up ahead of time. I feel very calm at this point.

Okay, so back to whats ahead for me. There is a wide variety of things that could potentially happen. Basically the danger is that I will start bleeding. If I don't bleed, I will go through the rest of the pregnancy feeling fine. We will do an amniocentesis to check the maturity of the baby around 35 weeks...if all looks good then we'll do a c-section that week. If I start bleeding then things could get dangerous very quickly for me and the baby. As a result, my doctor is asking if there is any way for me to be closer to the hospital starting in a month's time. Yep, that means living in Denver until delivery. Also, if on the 23rd they discover there is a blood vessel crossing the cervix then she said (her words), "We'll have to park your butt in Labor and Delivery for the duration." Yikes! My orders are to "take it easy." Bleeding could start at any time...provoked or not. That seems tougher than it should...I feel totally fine and that makes it hard to make myself rest and not do some of my normal everyday things.

Well, I think that is about it. I hope this makes sense...my head is still kinda spinning trying to take in all the info. This past Sunday I watched Charles Stanley preach on TV...the topic was God's Sustaining Grace! He talked about how God sustains us when He chooses not to take away our trials. I know that He will sustain the baby and I through the next few months...I just prefer my bed to the hospital's! But whatever He has for me, it has already been SO obvious that He is working on our behalf, caring for us, and even going before us. Thank you all for your prayers! I will keep you posted!