Bump Update in The REAL Baby Journey!

A few days to process everything, some good debriefings with my husband and my mom and my sister and my closest friends and I'm feeling a lot calmer about everything. The statistics are daunting but Dr. Google is no match to my real life awesome, talented and compassionate doctors who have called me at home to follow up and answered all of my questions and been so patient with me.

I know, in the grand scheme of things, the results I got don't even mean anything hugely different and that delivering at 36 weeks (hopefully!) will result in a perfectly healthy baby but the news rocked my world and I don't think I need to apologize for feeling upset or anxious about it. A few people have tried to calm me (I think?) by saying pregnancy is always scary (true) and that at least the baby doesn't have some sort of serious medical condition (true) but I'm going to own my feelings on this and accept that because I can no longer run or jump or do anything high impact and that I need to alter my life is minor but multiple ways, that it's okay to feel a little disappointed, scared, frustrated, sad and unsure.

All of that aside, I'm moving forward with drinking tons of water, putting my feet up more, asking for help more and staying active in ways that keep me and baby strong and safe. Walks with the dog, weight lifting, treadmill incline workouts, circuit training with low impact, water aerobics and swimming laps...it will all be okay.

And even though it's only been a few days, I've gotten so much support here, from my parents, from my husband, from my close friends who I've shared the results with and especially from my sister. After all, we're going through this together. :)

Taken yesterday while out boating on the river. I burst a little inside when I think about how lucky I am to have such a strong and wonderful family all right here within a few minutes of one another. Love, love, love makes anything possible :)