Hello! Hope everyone is doing well and healthy. The Husband and I have at least been lucky this entire year of not catching covid. Which I am very thankful for. Though who knows if we have been asymptomatic too. As far as I know my family has been ok too. Only one person I know on my Husband’s side of the family who has had it. Thankfully they have recovered and only had mild symptoms. But I knew they would his side of the family travels and don’t social distance or wear masks around each other. Kind of why I refuse to want to get together for Thanksgiving with them.

Anyway pregnancy is going well for the most part. I’m in my 3rd trimester. Been dealing with more heartburn and achy hips and legs trying to sleep. My obgyn has diagnosed me with gestational hypertension (though I have been averaging 123/65) which means they are going to end up scheduling me to be induced or have a c-section at 37 weeks. December 14th. So I’ll have my daughter earlier than expected. Which will be our early Christmas present. ❤️ I’m excited and can’t wait to hold her. I still have to see if a c-section is a safer option for me because of my eye disease though. I would feel more comfortable about it that’s for sure. Since I have been noticing more spots and stuff while pregnant. I did have a hemorrhage in the back of my retina back in June in left eye. Thankfully it healed up and went away. I’m so glad that it didn’t leak into my eye. I really worry about getting a retinal detachment if I have a natural birth. So I have to see what my retinal specialist says when I go in soon for my follow up. 🙏🏻 I have to get a note from him to do the c-section.

Other than that I’m so hoping life can eventually go back to normal. I’m so ready to be able to go out without having to wear masks and worry about catching a bad virus. 😔 but I know that won’t be for awhile. I’m just hoping I’ll still be working from home into next year. I don’t want to have to worry about daycare during all this crap. I don’t have Parents that are retired to be able to help out nor does my Husband. I also don’t want to miss anything while she grows up with this being my first child and only child I plan on having. I don’t know what is going to happen to my vision in 10-15 years because of my eye disease. So I want more than anything to sooner or later work full time from home doing my own work. I just feel like it’s never going to happen. Hopefully my dream comes true someday 🙏🏻. It’s definitely something so important to me.

Please everyone continue to be safe during this time! Hopefully someday we will overcome it.