Pregnancy update {Baby #5}

This is a hard post for me to write. I have wanted to post updates on our sweet little baby, but my heart has been so heavy for weeks. Many of you probably remember me sharing about my sister-in-law losing her first baby at 21 weeks gestation last September. Well, she found out she was pregnant with her second baby about two weeks before I found out I was pregnant with our Baby #5! She and I were so excited to be pregnant together! We loved chatting all things pregnancy related. 

Back at the beginning of May, her precious little Isaac was stillborn at 22 weeks gestation. The grief has been indescribable. Seeing my sister-in-law and brother-in-law go through this again has been heart wrenching. I cannot imagine the sorrow of losing two little ones.

I have struggled with many questions in my own heart. It's been so hard to be the one still pregnant - the one who already has four healthy beautiful children while my sister-in-law just longs to have a baby of her own to snuggle. Trusting God's promises and believing in His perfect will is the only way to get through a trial like this, and I am thankful for the truth of His Word feeding my soul every day.

19 weeks.

I am doing well pregnancy wise. This has definitely been a different pregnancy than normal for me. I have had a lot of cramping and spotting, but thankfully it's not anything to be worried about. I have been making an effort to get my feet up each afternoon while the kids rest/nap - doesn't always happen, but at least I make the effort. :) I've had my occasional only-while-pregnant upper digestive discomfort (in my other pregnancies it's come after eating spicy foods or chocolate, but this time it doesn't seem related to certain foods). Thankfully the discomfort is taken away with a little lemon and peppermint essential oils.

21 weeks.

The 20 week ultrasound went well and everything with Baby is perfect. We are grateful! We did not find out the gender this time! Ever since we found out I was pregnant, we thought it would be fun to wait until birth to find out. The only downside to not finding out is that it means we need to have both a boy and girl name picked out (or at least some ideas of names). So far we have none. Every time I bring up to Jacob about names he starts goofing off and suggesting hilariously crazy names. Haha!

23 weeks.

I'm actually 25 weeks along right now, due September 18th, but I haven't gotten a new picture taken yet. We are thankful for our 5th little blessing!