STRESS and Emotions

I didn't get this written down when it actually happened, but I thought I would write it anyways because I think it was awesome.

Last weekend it started with a lot of pain. I couldn't figure out why in the world my hip and leg were hurting so much. At one point I tried to untie my shoe and I couldn't even bend over without really intense pain. On Monday I went to the chiropractor and he worked on me a little bit. He noticed that everything was really tight. Now, you have to remember that this Dr. has worked with me consistently for 2 years. So he knows how my body reacts really well. He decided to adjust my upper neck to see if that would make the difference. Sure enough it did.

The upper neck is the control center to emotions. After he got done adjusting me he said, "you have some emotional work to do and you better get it done so that your body can be in less pain." (or something like that) Needless to say I had dealt with some major emotional stuff earlier that week and it was also the same time in our pregnancy that we lost our last baby. So when he said that, I knew exactly what I needed to work on. The question I had was how.

I called a friend and she was able to head me in the right direction as far as the root emotion that may have been tied to all of this which was so cool. As I started to process the emotion I felt instant freedom. I could breath again, my head was clear, and my hip wasn't hurting anymore. How can you argue with that? God is amazing and the creation of our bodies is baffling.

During this process Chip and I had discussed how the pressure of not knowing how the baby was doing was playing into the stress as well. We originally had our first appointment scheduled for today. We decided that we didn't need to go through another week of stress so we decided to see if we could get the appointment moved up. They were able to move it to Tuesday of last week. We weren't going to do an ultrasound, but when we talk to the caregiver, she said that it may be the best way for us to feel at peace. So we did.

I have to say there were some really tense moments as she positions the instrument over my belly. I just saw a lot of black and white which felt really similar to the last ultrasound we had. She found the uterus and as she looked inside she began to point out the baby. Chip and I were still holding our breath. We had seen this before, but it wasn't good. As she point out the different parts of the baby, she pointed out the heart beat. Now to be quite honest...I couldn't really tell what she was talking about, but what we saw next was unmistakable. She was trying to help us see the heart beat when the baby decided to do a flip. It was so cool. I think at that point both Chip and I took the deepest breath ever. We were so excited and relieved. Our baby was moving. Now we were only 9 1/2 weeks along so the baby was really little. We didn't want to just hang out and watch because of the ultrasound exposure so we just thanked God for the confirmation and finished up the appointment.

I just praise God for guiding us to such a caring place and I thank God for the health of our family to this point.