{Thursday: update on baby}

I don't really like to write about sad or scray things on here, but i know that you like to be updated as well.

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Last week we took a trip to Colorado to visit my grandparents. While we were there i had a couple of moments where i had extremely sharp pains in my lower abdomen, right in the pelvic region on the left side. They were so bad that i had to bend over and put my hands on my knees in order to breathe. We didn't really think much of it though. 

Then this last thursday, I was getting ready for work & those awful pains came back, 10 fold!  I could barely stand up. I was crying like crazy & didnt really know what to do. William was very worried. I still went into work & tried to start my shift like i normally would, but it was impossible to hide what i was feeling. My boss sent me home & told me to go to urgent care immediately. William was in the middle of a class & was not able to leave so i called my mama & she went with me. Urgent care turned me away & told me to go to the Emergency room.. this really scared me. I have never prayed so much in my life as we rushed to the emergency room. I was even more scared when i had to tell the lady at the front desk what was going on, that i needed help, & i that didnt have maternal insurance. {we're still trying to find some sort of insurance} She could tell i was panicked, & was very kind & they immediately put me in a wheel chair & took me up to the OB section of the hospital. They hooked me up to a fetal monitoring machine, that would check the babies heart rate & a few other things. I cried & cried because i didnt know what to think or what was going on.. 

long story short, we found out that i had somehow torn the round ligament on my left side. This round ligament is what holds your uterus in place during pregnancy. We also found out that the pains i was having were Contractions, very early contractions. & the reason i was feeling them so intensely was because of that torn ligament! They are kind of worried about the fact that i am already having contractions big enough to be sensed on a fetal monitoring system.. but they told me i will b ok & i just need to be careful not to injure the ligament any further.. It was a relief to hear that, for the most part, everything was ok. I had the scariest thoughts running through my head! But our sweet little girl is going to be ok. our prayers were answered & our Amazing God helped me find comfort in a time of panic. When we were leaving the hospital I asked the nurse how much we owed them since we dont have insurance, & she just smiled & said "you owe nothing, we're just glad to see that you & your baby are ok"  I started to cry again.. what a blessing.

Please continue to keep our little family in your prayers. I'm hoping we don't have any more scary situations like this any time soon. but if we do, I know that our God is a mighty God, & with his help, we will always get through even the scariest & most difficult situations.

"For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.." Phillipians 4:13