Iron infusions

Pregnancy Diary: The Third Trimester (so far!)

January 2025

It’s hard to believe we’re in the third trimester! It feels like just yesterday I was at a local creek with the kids when I had a weird taste in my mouth and Sadie threw pieces of a leaf into the water and said one was each of our family members and one was her baby sister without any of us having a clue I was expecting!

So much has happened between then and now: morning sickness, life, homeschooling, holidays, work, and more. Through it all–every up and down–God has sustained this sweet baby growing inside me. I cannot give Him enough thanks. It has been nothing but a blessing, a gift from the Lord, and a privilege to carry our daughter since June. I still can’t believe God has entrusted three children to Jimmy and I. What a calling and responsibility to love and raise them for Him.

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Pregnancy Diary: Failing the Glucose Test (again) and IV Iron Infusions

When I was pregnant with Sadie, I failed my glucose test. I went down the winding path of gestational diabetes with all of its carb counting, blood sugar checks, and lots of walking after meals. During Mordecai’s pregnancy, I passed the glucose test by just five points. It was a relief! And then I had a big baby boy who had shoulder dystocia. I always wondered if I had diabetes during his pregnancy and didn’t know it and ate as normal and then he got big? I don’t know. Anyways, as the title of this post hints at… I failed my glucose test with baby number three.

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