Number 12!

Well I am very relieved because I did a tooth check today, and the tooth that we thought might be missing, has broken through the gums (5 months later than the others). Yay! Not much of it is showing yet, but she now has 12 teeth. I am just relieved she's not missing a tooth. When I was pregnant I kept praying she'd have Paul's teeth. He never needed braces or any orthodontic work and has had only ever had one cavity. In contrast, I saw an orthodontist regularly for seven years, and yet dentists still always say I need more work done (my bite is still way off). Time will tell whether our kids' teeth are more like their Mommy's or Daddy's, but I'm still hoping they take after Daddy when it comes to their teeth!

Yesterday Nadia's morning nap was almost 2 hours long. Today she wouldn't take one at all. Go figure! Yesterday she had a messy diaper at about 9:30am. I was planning to put her down at 10am since she had gotten up at 7am. After I changed her diaper, she was playing with the stuffed animals in her room, and about 5 minutes later started fussing and pointing to her crib. I asked her if she wanted to take a nap, and she said "yes" while nodding her head. So I put her in her bed and after playing for maybe 25 minutes, she took a long nap. It's been a couple of weeks since she had a morning nap that was even 1 hour long, let alone almost 2 hours long! In light of the fact she didn't wake up until almost noon, she took her afternoon nap (1 hour) at Sarah's. This morning she woke up at 6:30; so I put her down around 9am for her morning nap. She played in her crib for a little over an hour before I went and got her. She wasn't fussing, but I was certain she wasn't going to sleep. I hope she takes a nice long afternoon nap as although I'd love a nap myself (I slept for one hour of her morning nap yesterday), what I really need to do is grade midterm exams.

I haven't had any bleeding or contractions for almost 3 weeks now. The one troubling symptom which has returned though is the REALLY low kicks. They actually are rather painful, but more than that they scare me. It feels like he's about to come out of my body. The whole debate on whether to attempt VBAC might be a moot point if he stays in a breech position. Sometimes he is transverse, but most of the time he's in a breech position. Nadia was always head down so she kicked me much higher. He never has kicked me where Nadia kicked me. I didn't like it when Nadia kicked my ribs, but I'd pick that over feeling like he's about to exit the womb. He hadn't kicked down there for 3 weeks, but since Sunday he's been kicking super low. On Monday he was doing it during class, and I was scared that my water would break while teaching. Sunday I tried everything to get him to move, I even was practically standing on my head for awhile in the hopes he'd move farther up. Maybe my fears are unfounded? The perinatologist said that many women get kicked that low, but that if it was persistent and strong, I should go in to be checked. That made me think there was cause for concern.

Speaking of going into labor early, please pray for Regina's babies. She did IVF right around the same time I did (her transfer was a couple of days after mine). They transferred two blastocysts, and that resulted in a boy/girl twin pregnancy. She gave birth last week (at 26 weeks). Wyatt weighed 2 lbs, and Bailey weighed 1 lb 7 oz. Because Wyatt needed to have surgery, he was taken to a different hospital. Please pray for these two sweet little babies and also for their parents (the two hospitals are 85 miles apart from each other) as well as their siblings (Tyler, who is in 1st grade and Brianne, who is 3 years old). I remember how stressful it was to have Nadia in the NICU for one week. I imagine these two little ones are probably looking at 3 months in the NICU. Please pray that their stay will be as smooth and short as possible as I am sure Regina can't wait to be home with all four of her children!