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Oct. 9, 2008 - New Diet and a Miracle

I had my 35 weeks prenatal appointment on Tuesday. It didn't go as I expected. I found out that my iron is starting to go up slowly BUT my platelets have drop almost 30 points over the past several weeks. I am not sure what caused that. I also got on the scale and discovered that I have put on 6 lbs in water. I was already weighing much more than I usually do in a pregnancy. Talk about discouraged. I looked so big. In fact, most people are surprised to find out that I am not due for another month because I look like I am ready to pop. She suspects that my sluggish liver is causing the excess amniotic fluid. Now I am in a position where I MUST flush my liver and get it moving again AND I MUST bring up my platelet count.

I was feeling so overwhelmed on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. This is pretty much how I felt when I am pg with K-Head. And my MW told me that if this is what I did with my other pregnancies then it's no wander I always hit 36 weeks and want it to be over. There is so much of God's grace involved when people have compassion on you and validate how you are feeling. I suspect I had some of the same problems with previous pregnancies but my midwife was so crazy and uninvolved that she just didn't care. I found myself thanking God this morning, even after 20 months, for K-head's safe arrival in this world. I am even more thankful for just how hands on my new midwife is and I regret not having switch last time.

So I am on a new diet. I can only eat fruit in the morning. I have to eat fruit when I am hungry (which is alot when you're eating only fruit) for at least 4 hours. After that I can only have proteins (mostly in the form of meats), nuts, more fruits, and mostly vegetables. I am on a NO CARB diet. Now you have to understand, that is a very hard switch for me. I really do not like the low/no carb diets. I don't think they are healthy in the least. We need the fiber that WHOLE grains give us. But with the way my pregnancy has been going I have gone back to eating easy and I wasn't getting alot of whole grains. So I started all this yesterday. I thought it would be hard. But, by God's great grace, I was able to get through my day without thinking about it much. I did have a few instances where I went in to find a snack and didn't know what to do with myself. But I found alternatives and survived a day without my carbs.

I ended up waking up about 3am this morning when a child with a bad dream needed comfort. When that happens I rarely go back to sleep. So I didn't. I went downstairs and played on the computer. After my battery ran down on the computer, I journaled and prayed for while. But I started to notice that I wasn't having as many problems moving around. I felt. . .light. I went back to bed at 5am and slept in for a while. I love my kids. They play quietly when I am sleeping in (which is rare.) I asked my oldest if she thought I looked, well, smaller. She said maybe a bit. I was moving well and breathing well. I just felt good. I decided to step on the scale when I got downstairs. I LOST10 lbs. The excess amniotic fluid was gone!!!!!!!! No wander I felt so crumby before. I was partically carrying around another baby in there.

I put the word "Miracle" in my title. I don't like to use that word often. I think it's a word that is misused in many ways. But I think I witnessed a small one in my own life. The only thing different I did yesterday was stop eating bad carbs and increased my fruit. God blessed that for some reason. I feel so unworthy that His blessing.

I am still resting on the verse in Isaiah 26:3-4.

You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

This has become my life line in a time where I felt so weary and discouraged. And as my 5 and 7 yod are learning in children's ministry, God ALWAYS keeps His promises. I am living out that perfect peace when my mind is stayed on Him and I am trusting him. He's so awesome. Not because He allowed the water to go down and make my baby a little safer in the womb. He's awesome because He is a Holy God who doesn't have to bless us. . .but He does because He loves us. He is a rock and we can always trust Him no matter the outcome.

Oct. 9, 2008 - Miracle!

Posted by Anonymous

I'm so happy to hear that you lost that water weight...you must feel so much better!!!

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Nov. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by fruitbuns

When I was expecting no.9 I had low iron. So I took a very low dose of liquid iron. I also developed high blood sugar, so I banned sugar and white flours e.t.c.The change was amazing. At 36 weeks I had urges to go water ski-ing!

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Posted by midwifemom

I am sorry to hear that things weren't going well for you. I got away from blogging for awhile. I have been back, but not checking up on my bloggy friends. Are things going better and has that little one made an appearance yet or are you still anxiously waiting?

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I love having a place on the web to simply write out my thoughts. I am a wife and mother to 5 very special blessings ages 19 months to 9 yod and our "Finale" due in November '08. As I am growing through this season of my life, I hope to share how the Lord is teaching me to live by His daily grace and not by my own strength.

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