Baby Evlyn: 36 Weeks

Blood pressure: 120/49
Weight: +1 lb since my last appointment 2 weeks ago
Cravings: water - cannot get enough

It's been an interesting journey since the last baby update. The migraines, as I suspected, got me referred to a neurologist. He says they are textbook complex migraines. I guess a lot has changed since the last time I went to the doctor for migraines 7 years ago. They know so much more about them and the numbness I get as a result is not near as alarming as it was back then. He gave me a nose spray to use if I have anymore episodes. It's called "Sorin's Sauce" (ha!), and is gentle enough to use while I'm pregnant/nursing. Haven't had to use it yet :)

Besides that, last Friday, the kids and I were headed home from a trip to Sonic when a lady failed to yield her left turn to our green light. We didn't see her until she was probably 10 feet in front of us (the traffic was really congested) - and ended up t-boning her in the middle of the intersection. Giving thanks to God that our airbags did not deploy - protecting Baby Evlyn (although the other driver's bags did deploy). Jonah had some bruising on his shoulder from the seatbelt, and both kids had short spurts of panic, but besides that we are okay.

Within 5 minutes the fire department was on the scene checking us over. Jonah told them his shoulder hurt, so a fireman casually asked Jonah to hold his helmet and lift it up. Jonah was trying not to smile when he agreed to the task. He was then asked to hang on to the helmet for a few minutes while the fireman checked on the passengers in the other car. So thankful for that distraction. Gracie was totally fine until she saw a stretcher coming out of an ambulance. She started wailing and crying because she thought they were going to take Jonah away. Sweet girl :( I quickly explained that everyone in our car was okay, and no one needed to go to the hospital.

After my doctor's appointment yesterday, I was scolded for not going to the hospital myself. Apparently, in situations like that, the main concern for a pregnancy is the placenta detaching - which I was clueless about. He says, I would have known if that happened within 24 hours - so we seem to be in the clear. Continuing on with the third trimester, there are slightly more contractions (especially toward the end of the day), baby is head down but not dropping, swelling is spotty and minimal, Mama is cranky, and that is all.

Actually, that is not all. I want to take a second to say: I totally remember MY mom being pregnant with the fourth of our sisters. I remember telling my 2nd grade teacher that, "Mom was cranky because she was pregnant". Ha! So, just for the record, Mom, I get it. I really, really get it.