Grace in childbearing

This a pregnancy update of how God is so good to me and provides grace in childbearing. With this baby I have had a rough pregnancy. From horrible morning sickness in the beginning, now with low blood platelets, and delayed fetal growth. I have been pregnant twice before and not had any complications before. This is a new thing for me to go through and it has been difficult. It could be because the baby is a girl, lol! With the boys I felt amazingly beautiful and glowing the whole pregnancy. With little baby Karissa, I have not. I know that the added hormones have a lot to do with it. I also know I could not be happier to be having a little baby girl!! :)
As I reflect on this pregnancy thus far I can't help but love this verse: "For this child I prayed, and the Lord had granted me my petition which I asked of Him." 1 Samuel 1:27. We have prayed and asked for so many prayers for her. I love that she is already keeping me in check and we have not even met her in person yet. So even if I have yet to feel physically beautiful, my heart sure does because she is allowing me the honor of loving the Lord even more and drawing me to Him in ways I never thought possible.
I know God gives mom's the ability to forget all our suffering, hardship, and labor when bearing children. I am beginning the uncomfortable body stage: when you waddle from the pressure of their head being in position, are out of breath after just small tasks, and aching hips/back/pelvis. Not to mention the whole laboring part, lol. No, really I am weary and ready to have her. The Lord spoke to my heart this past week with these verses to help calm my heart in preparation for her arrival.
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light," Matthew 11:28-30. Because I been to so many ultrasounds, blood being drawn, and just worried I am weary. I am grateful as well for the great medical care I am receiving to get healthy and have a healthy baby. Here is another verse from Isaiah 40:28-31, "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up on wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." 
Now with her head down the pressure in my pelvis to prep for birth is ever so noticeable. So now I am done and ready to have her, lol! I just have had so many scares of different complications that it makes it stressful which is truly physically and emotionally exhausting. My blood platelets dropped a bit again, so next month get them checked again before delivery. Also, another ultrasound to check on her growth. It could be worse and better but the Lord is reminding me how to wait, hope, and love.
This verse in Romans 8:18, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Also my reflection for this week is from 2 Corinthians 12:9, "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore more gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." So beautiful because the Lord gives us His grace when we are weak and for mother's when bearing children is a great time to need it, after all we carry a precious gift of life. :) <3