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BOY!!!  Yep...another one!  I was sure I was going to have the first girl on both mine and Mike's side!  Eh well...Jack wanted a brother and apparently he does always get what he wants!  And he says the next one will be a girl, so....

I am so totally relieved.  You all know I have been a nervous wreck, even with my weekly heartbeat checks.  I guess the heartbeat just tells me the baby is there, but doesn't necessarily let me know that everything is ok.  The closer today's u/s got, the more nervous I got.  Not for any reason except that the last one wasn't such great news.  But according to today's ultrasound, everything is A-OK!  Except that I have placenta previa.  Which, in the grand scheme of things, I'll take it.  They're bringing me back in a month and there's an 80% chance it will resolve itself by then.  Even if it never moves, the worst that could happen is that I need a c-section.  I never want to have a c-section, but as long as my baby is healthy, it's the least I'll worry about!  Any prayers that it moves would be appreciated, but like I said, I'll take it over the news I got last time!

In fact, the doctor told me that the incident of "vanishing twin" happens with 32% of pregnancies, which I thought was amazingly high.  And she said that's only the percentage they know about.  Most likely many of these instances are unknown because people don't have a reason to have an early term ultrasound, so the actual percentage is probably much higher than that!

I was going to post an ultrasound pic, but I remember how those made me feel for the last 4 years.  Maybe another time.  Aaahh!!  I love this kid so much!!

**The first time I posted this, I forgot to thank Jesus and Mary for a healthy baby, and for allowing me to finally be happy and relaxed about this pregnancy!  Thank you, Lord!!!  And I totally credit Saints Gianna and Rose for this pregnancy.  Thanks to them too, for interceding on my behalf!

And apologies for not having commented on blogs in awhile.  I was out of town last week, and still need to post a bunch of pictures from our active week in Indiana!