Pregnancy Update Continued.

When we got back to the US I did not want to start with a Dr in Montana where we were staying with my mom and then have to switch to a Dr in Idaho.    The last time I saw a Dr in China was at 16 weeks.  When we got to Idaho Falls and got settled a bit I tried looking around for a Dr here in Idaho Falls and it was just not working out with them.  So needless to say I am going to the same Dr in Rexburg that I had with both Kenya and Jasmin.  We like him a lot anyway!  So the my first appointment with him was I think at week 25.  We had an ultrasound and everything seems great.   At the ultrasound we had still not decided if we wanted to know the gender of the baby.  I really did not care and so I made Robert make the decision.  At the end of the ultrasound he told the Dr to go ahead and look.  This is the answer we got, "Well, it looks like it is a girl, but if you have a baby shower or buy anything keep the receipt."  So we took that as he really could not tell and mostly that he just did not see anything that looked like a boy.  Maybe he knew that we were unsure about finding out and so he really didn't care to take a better look.  So we are just saying we really don't know what it is going to be.   I was getting nervous because I was not feeling the baby as frequent or as consistent as I did with the other girls.  So that ultrasound really put me at lease.  And of course you would know it that within a week after that the baby would not stop moving for anything.  I have had regular check ups now with Dr Hopkin in Rexburg and a good smooth pregnancy.  Today I am 33weeks and 4 days and at my appointment everything is going good. 
Here are my other all thought about this pregnancy so far. 
Each pregnancy I have had has gotten a little bit more like a real pregnancy.  With Kenya nothing in my life changed!  Really not even my clothes size.  It was wonderful and I am so greatful! With Jasmin, I was a lot more tired in the first and last trimester than with Kenya.  Still I really did not feel pregnant, or what others talked about what being pregnant was like.  I had to wear maternity clothes but still no complications and an easy life.  Again, I am greatful for that!  With this baby I have felt "pregnant."  I was tired at first of course and still am.  I am having real pregnancy troubles.  Meaning that I have a hard time bending over sometime, I have strange aches and pains, if I lift something heavy I can feel it in my belly, I definitely had to start wearing maternity clothes, and there have been a few days where I over did it and then I paid for it for the next couple of days.  I am not complaining, just keep a record of my own pregnancy for the future.  I still consider myself extremely blessed with how easy things are for me!!  I contribute the increase of symptoms to my age.  Not that I am old, but as my body gets older it feels the strain or pregnancy more.  But I truly thank my Heavenly Father almost daily for the blessing of health and strength through pregnancy and always.  And here is to praying for just as easy as delivery and labor as the first 2. 

Our all American weekend.

Last weekend (Sept 6-7) we went and camped around Island Park and had a blast.  Our church hosted it and Friday night we had a chili cook off and a cookie bake off.  Dinner was yummy and we all had a great time.  While we were there there was a cow and calf moose hanging around the campground.  The girls and I got to see them quite well.  They walked right out into a clearing and we just stood and watched.  I was of course aware that the momma could be very dangerous because of her calf, but she seemed very comfortable so we just keep our distance and observed.  Kenya just loved been able to see something like that.  Both of the girls are animal lovers, but then again so are Robert and I.

Kenya eating her S'more.

Jasmin playing half asleep because it was way past her bedtime!

We slept uncomfortably on the ground in our tent.  The next morning we had a wonderful breakfast and then Robert and the girls got wet in the cold Buffalo Creek at the campground. 

It was beautiful to be in the trees and wilderness!

It was cold!

Robert just coming out of the water.

Then home we went.  For a late lunch we went out to a pizza buffet.  Then Saturday evening we went to a minor league baseball game in Idaho Falls.  I had won 2 tickets on facebook and so we just had to pay $5 for Kenya to get in.  While we were there the girls loved watching the Chukars mascot dance and have fun.  At one point the mascot went and hid and the first person to find him won a prize.  Robert and the girls found him and won a $10 gas card.  So really we made $5 going to the game.   It was fun spending time as a family with truly American activities to end our summer!

 

 

Catch up.

So, here is the story of this pregnancy so far with.
I found out I was pregnant in March because of the usual symptoms; I was tired and my cycle was late.  I took the test myself one day and then I wanted a fun way to tell my family.   So for Family Home Evening that night I put together these poems.

Robert's  
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Things have always been a little uneven

They soon will become more unbalanced

There will be a chance to bring some balance

Or maybe that chance for balance will tip the scale 

 Kenya's 

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A brother or sister what will it be

In mommy’s belly you will see

Jasmin's

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B-A-B-Y we will play

So of course I told Robert's his and then gave him some time to think about it.  I think he figured it out or the right answer at least had crossed his mind.  Then I read Kenya hers and the Jasmin hers.   It was fun and everyone got really excited about the new baby coming.  

A few weeks later I started to "spot" and I was not too worried because I know this can happen.  It lasted for longer than 2 weeks though.  I had heard of an American doctor in Wuhan who worked out of a Chinese hospital and I wanted to make an appointment because of the "spotting" was going on for long.  I was starting to get worried.  We went into the first appointment and whole cow it took forever!  I first met with the doctor (normal) then she wanted a urine and blood tests (normal) and an ultrasound.  So I went and did the test.  The way the system works there is the Dr orders things then you go and pay for what was order and then you go all over the hospital to different areas getting our orders filled.  You have to wait for your results and then delivery them back to the Dr yourself.  So off we went with no English speaking person.  I got the urine and blood samples done just fine.  Then went to the ultrasound.  Apparently I needed to have a full bladder to have the ultrasound and so they made me drink a bunch of water.  Then into the ultrasound I went.  They tole me that I none of the family could come into the ultrasound, but Kenya was a little upset at this and so the nurses just let her go in.  As they were preforming the ultrasound all they said in English and Chinese was "No."  What did this mean?  So I did not know if they were telling me that their was no baby that there was no, what.... So we walked the ultrasound paper back to the Dr and so said that they could not see anything because my bladder was not full enough.  A little relief came.  So they order a different way to ultrasound and I had to go back and pay for the difference of the ultrasound and then back to wait in line again for my turn in the ultrasound room.  Then I took the results back to the Dr.  Confirmed live baby 8 weeks old.  There was about 1 hour of just waiting to see what the ultrasound was going to bring.  She then calculated the conception date and the due date of the baby.  (This baby was made in Germany!  We have 3 babies all made on different continent of the world.  When Robert and I were looking into adoption we thought it would be fun to have all of children from different parts of the world.  Well, it seems this may be the case anyway.)  Due date Novemeber 3, 2013.  After our 3 hours in the hospital and 30 minute taxi ride to this specific hospital we treated ourselves to a Hawaiian/American restaurant that was not far from there.  It was so yummy and we made our way back there a few more time before we left Wuhan.  Then we had our long taxi ride home.   As long and drawn out as this may sound we were not surprised in the least bit about how long it took and such, that is just the way things are in China.  They take forever!!

So I went back to this Dr a couple of more times before returning to the States.  Our visits were much of the same, longer than they should have been and just a lot of waiting.  Everything with the baby seemed fine and we were good to go. 

More to be update at a later time.