I Think I Can...

Just last night we were having a family movie night watching The Little Engine That Could. As I continued to watch this little engine and how he just wanted to overcome the fact that he was small...I began to realize how similar this was to my life right now. As you have probably noticed it's been over a month since I've blogged, not so typical of me and my normal one post a week.

We found out that I was pregnant when I was about four weeks along. At six weeks the nausea began. There was no throwing up, but nausea, bad nausea, all day and all night long. I thought I was dying. I couldn't hardly eat or drink without feeling any worse. I had lost six pounds at my nine week check-up. As some of you already know, this sickness had me down. It had me down emotionally, physically, and spiritually. I couldn't be a good wife, I couldn't cook because of the smells, I couldn't clean without being exhausted, I didn't even have the energy to be a mom. I'm not sure if this was as bad for me as it was for my amazing husband who helped out so much. I kept trying to be positive, but it was so tough. Then, when I was eleven weeks it seemed to be a little better and we were headed to Michigan. I was hopeful that the nausea was coming to an end. I am giving God the credit for the decrease in nausea for those two and half weeks because the day after we got back home to the DR I began feeling worse and throwing up now. Ugh! I was convinced, at this point, that it was NEVER going to end. This went on for this whole past week. I went to see the doctor who will deliver the baby for the first time this past Thursday and he told me I had acid reflux and it was making my nausea worse. PRAISE THE LORD! Maybe this was the answer. After watching an amazing video of our sweet baby and seeing him/her moving all over inside, I got the new medicine, and two days later started to feel better. Today, I can say, I have hardly any nausea, I can eat, drink, and smile. No smells have even bothered me today, not even coffee. *sigh*

It has been a long, tough past eight weeks for all of us. I am praying, and I hope you will too, that this is the end of the nausea and I can begin to enjoy this pregnancy. As the little engine always said, "I think I can, I think I can..." and he did, and I did...with the strength of my God who has help me to overcome this and the joy and love of my family. Thank you to all of you who have prayed for me and us. :)

Here, I am 14 weeks pregnant and finally growing. :)

Sorry for the lack in blogging. We are back working and busy so I will be updating every week with our family and our ministry and what God is doing in both.