This kid is gonna owe me lots of cuddles and kisses when he gets here!

What a couple of weeks its been! I began having some major lower back pain around the first of the month and we figured it was just a normal pregnancy symptom due to my growing tummy. A few days later the pain moved from my back to my abdomen. After a few visits to the hospital and an MRI, we discovered I have a fibroid tumor in my uterus. It is completely beign and has actually been there since before I even got pregnant. The pain is more than likely caused by the fibroid growing more than 4Xs larger than it started (about the size of an orange now!), another fun aspect of pregnancy hormones! So of course before we really knew what the cause of all my pain was and the fear of me needing surgery looming we were WORRIED! But my doctor put me on some pain meds and sent me home and said all we can do is monitor the fibroid and the growth and development of the baby. So I've been on bedrest for about 2 weeks now I feel like I'll be able to go back to work next week probably. There is still a concern that this thing could cause me to go into early labor or could affect the baby's development. I am still on edge a bit as I am no where near far enough along for the baby to be okay if he were born anytime soon. I am trying to stay positive and have a feeling everything will be okay. It is just very hard to feel okay when so much is out of our control. 

In all of this I have to really really give some major credit to Mike. He is my rock, he is my calm in the storm. I could not have made it through the whole thing so well without him by my side. He waited on me when I was in too much pain to even get out of bed, he goes to every doctors appointment with me and sat by my side bored out of his mind in the hospital. He held me and encouraged me when I was in tears because of the pain or the fear for the baby. He really really is an amazing and wonderful man and I am SO extremely lucky to have him. 

Honorable mention must also go to my mom. She came and laid in bed with me all day when Mike had to work and also waited on me and consoled me when I cried(I feel like I did a lot of crying during this whole thing) She came to the hospital when I was admitted and waited for hours until the doctor came and let us know surgery was not needed and has kept tabs on me since I've been home. Sometimes your mommy is really the best thing for you when you don't feel good.

I've been given so much support from friends and family during all of this and I really felt loved and comforted by it. I'm still praying things will be just fine and the baby will come when he's strong enough and not before then.