Hurry Up and Wait. Things are getting REAL!

Well, here we are in August. The baby girl I am carrying is “fully baked”, and we are just waiting on her arrival. Please pray she comes on her own, quickly, and completely healthy. Let’s just say I am feeling it. I really think it could happen any day, or any moment! Of course, never having done this before, I have no clue what I am talking about:) But my body is feeling it.

It has been so wonderful having both of our moms here. They have been such huge helps with Genevieve and we have all enjoyed the one-on-one time we are getting with her. She is eating it up! And I can tell you I am even more than she is, and that is saying so much, because this girl adores her grandmothers.

Meanwhile, the baby the birth mother is carrying is almost ready, and things are starting to get really interesting! For the last couple of weeks, things have been fairly uneventful, as we have been resting and enjoying not too much happening, but as the impending births are becoming more near, let’s just say resting is hard to do when you know at any moment you could have a baby, possibly two babies at the drop of a hat!

I really love the doctor’s office I was transferred to here. We were really disappointed that my doctor back home was not going to be able to deliver the baby I am carrying. It was nerve-wracking coming to a new doctor and new office at 36 weeks pregnant, but they have been fantastic.

Everyone always assumes I am “high-risk” or that I have certain things that need to be addressed with this pregnancy. The miracle just continues to be proven. My pregnancy has been completely normal and I am being treated as any normal person who just happened to become pregnant.

For me, normalcy is so refreshing, as I have felt anything but normal over the last 5 years.

To go somewhere unnoticed–no staring because of my lack of hair, or pale face, or radiation markers, flat chest, or seemingly disfigured body—it is so refreshing.

I love just seeming normal, and although I know this pregnancy is nothing but normal, it seems that way to anyone who doesn’t know the miracle that is this little girl.

The only thing abnormal about this pregnancy is my lack of ability to breastfeed. Because of my radical mastectomy, there is no breast tissue, milk ducts, anything available for the baby. This was a big part for me to grieve in having my mastectomy. To some, it may not be a big deal, and in the grand scheme of things, it isn’t, but it still was something I had to grieve and let go of.

But other than my lack of ability to breast feed, this pregnancy is completely normal!

Yesterday we got a call that the birth mother was in a lot of pain and could be in labor. We rushed to the hospital to check on her. Although she was having a lot of pain and contractions, she was not in active labor, so she was sent back home. It is always so difficult to see her in pain, and this go around, I have a feeling of what she is feeling. Wow- labor pains are no joke, and I haven’t been in active labor yet!

Josh and I both just wanted her pain to go away. All we could do was hug her, pray for her, and sympathize with her.

But, yesterday was crazy because we knew there was a possibility that one of our girls could be born.

I remember feeling like this somewhat last time with Genevieve. You prepare so much for moving, adoption paperwork, doctor’s appointments, housing, financing, etc… and then you realize that at the end of this, you come home with two sweet little souls and bodies.

I.CAN’T.WAIT!

We will update as much as we can. To keep things as private as possible (yes, insert laughter because what is privacy on email and internet???), we will be sending several updates via the Aly’s fight email that we won’t post directly to the blog. So, if you haven’t yet signed up for our email list, please do so. Click Here To Receive Our Updates.

I will try and update every other day from here on out now that we are less than a week until my official due date and just a few weeks away from our birth mother’s due date.

We count on and covet your prayers. We love you all so very much. Thank you for your kind responses to our last post. It is amazing what God can do through our pain. Thank you for always hearing our hearts and joining us in prayer.

Stay tuned as we wait on these Taylor babies,

Aly