Things seem to have calmed down with the cramping I was having, praise the Lord. Yesterday I had almost no cramping, and today I haven’t had any so far. I’m going to continue being careful with my activity levels (and use my timer whenever I’m doing anything standing up/moving around!) today, but I’m optimistic that I’m over the trouble spot.

I’m putting more details here of this whole thing, just to be sure I’m tracking stuff well.

Mental/Emotional Notes:
The hardest part for me of this experience was feeling like it was my fault. See… I ran out of my progesterone cream about a week before I started cramping. I’m supposed to be using it until I’m at least 15 weeks, which is when the placenta is really supposed to kick in with extra progesterone production. So I kept telling myself I’d run to the herb store (we have a Terrific herb store here in our tiny town – it’s called Root Diggin’ Nation – isn’t that a hoot?!). But I kept not getting it done.

To my guilty sobs Friday night of “How will either of us every forgive me if we lose this baby because I was too lazy to get more Prog. cream?,” my wonderful husband assured me that if the Lord took this baby home, it would not be my fault. All life is in His hands, and if He chooses to take this little one home to praise His name for eternity, we can trust Him with that.

I found myself repeating Ps. 131 over and over to myself:
Oh LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;
Nor do I involve myself in great matters,
Or in things too difficult for me.
Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.
O Israel, hope in the LORD
From this time forth and forever.

What a wonderful thing to know that we have a loving and sovereign God.

“Treatment” notes:
~~I’ve been drinking Tons of water (dehydratiion can cause cramping, and Thursday was not a well-hydrated day) and focusing on taking it easy and trusting the Lord (read: accept His peace and Stay Calm).
~~Mom Smith picked up some Cramp Bark extract for me Friday afternoon, and that seems to help a lot. I haven’t needed to use it since Saturday late afternoon, though, praise Him!
~~She also picked up some Prog. Cream, but it had Evening Primrose Oil in it, which is a phyto-estrogen – Not Good! So Jonathan picked up some simple Prog. Cream on his way home that evening, and I’ve been doubling up on that since Friday.
~~I remembered to take Vit E on Friday, but have forgotten it since unitl just now. I need to take some today, probably.

That’s the scoop!