I had to laugh when I read the last sentence of my last post about trying to do better at keeping y'all updated. Here it is nealy 3 months later. Wow! So much has happened between now and then. It somehow seems like too much for one post. However, there is no way to catch than to just do it, so, here goes.... Our first big news:

ITS A BOY!!!!!!!

Yep, after 3 precious girls, the Marr house will be blessed with a little boy, Andrew Lansdon Marr. My girls are so excited about having a brother.

I have been on bedrest over 13 weeks now. , and have nearly that much time left to go. Sometime I wonder how I will survive, but Nathan reminds me, “once say at a time.” Yes, I think that I can make it one more day.

My preterm labor has been under control. This time I have done more prevention, which has given me less risk of have Little Andy at any moment. If I follow my rules to the letter, he is safe where he belongs, which is a good thing, considering that is is not much more than a pound, yet. I have to stay completely down. I can not do much of anything. No bending over or turning at my waist, even while laying down. Those things will put me into labor.

I also have my list of natural remedies that help prevent labor. So far, every time the contractions start to build up, I increase my natural remedies, and have been able to stop it. We have had a few scares, but have always been able to get it under control before I needed an emergency trip to the hospital. Praise the Lord for that, and that I have not yet had to begin any medications besides the progesterone shot.

We are grateful that we are able to have a nurse come to our home for the progesterone shot. The shot is giving me some bad side effects, but not as bad as the medications I took last time. I do have to deal with daily headaches from the shot. But it is hard to determine if the rest of the symptoms are from the shot or simply from having been on bedrest for so long. But fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, foggy brain, and a general “blah” feeling, come and go on a regular basis.

However, God continues to bless us and provide for all we need. For nearly 12 weeks, not a day has passed without someone here to help me. For about 6 weeks, the ladies of my church took turns staying with me. I am completely unable to stay alone with the children, now. Michelle, my friend who stayed with me a while during Lizzie’s pregnancy is with us again. She has completely taken over caring for my house, and all of the work that a mother would normally do daily. She has been a huge blessing, and she will be with us until after Andy is born.

Yes, there still is so much more to say, but it will have to wait until next time.