I am bearing much patience....still......baby is moving a lot....but inside my womb.....I truly feel as though I am carrying a cross....
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| our mini-shrine in our home |
thank you all for such nice emails and notes (comments) wishing me and baby well
it really means a lot
and I can feel your prayers...........thank you.........thank you.....
to be honest, it's quite like every day is a week long....
and giving birth naturally, takes patience - a lot of patience
42 weeks was not uncommon just 10 years ago
but now, "they" think 38 weeks is the correct time
(hence why so many induced labors and c-sections in this country)
all I have to say is "FIAT"
[from Latin, literally: let it be done, from fierī to become]
it has been my 'motto' since the day after my actual due date of March 9th...
I am letting it go, and giving my all for this baby
love and hugs to you all:
xo+blessings,
I thought of you yesterday during Mass....the feast of the Annunciation.
ReplyDeleteKeeping you and the little one (ALL your little ones!) in my prayers.
XO,
Anne
P.S. Is that a reliquary on your mini-shrine?
Oh Anne Marie, I understand...I know all too well the 38 weeks...I commented last week about it...all too many c sections, in Australia too...it is the 'done' thing...for me, it was a 'had' to be thing..so you keep that magic waiting game happening...stay safe that is all that matters, that you and the baby are safe.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne, Australia...
Good luck Ann Marie.....and strength and patience when you need it most....xv
ReplyDeleteThinking of you and baby.
ReplyDeleteXO,
Jane
bless your heart. i would just be so excited to meet the little one. so hard to wait.
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling as well. I wish you the best!! Can't wait to see the baby !!
ReplyDeleteThinking and praying for you and your baby, Anne Marie. My last one (third) kept coming, and then not. Repeat. Repeat... But since I finally gave birth to her, she has long ago made up for the "long", late labour - she is a very special joy. Wishing you perserverance, patience, and then... much, much joy :)
ReplyDeleteYour right...10 years ago it was "normal" for a 42 wk pregnancy! My 1st & 2nd child both 3 weeks over their due date! Cant wait to see the little farmgirl or boy!
ReplyDeleteI have always enjoyed the interplay between organic time (first light the oven, then mix the butter and sugar, add the eggs...) and clock time. Organic time came first!
ReplyDeleteMaybe we could add another poetic expression: baby time! Thinking of you both~
God's perfect timing...not man's.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you and your precious family.
This baby will come when it is good and ready. It makes me smile you may have a life time of waiting for him or her. All my children were natural birth. I really never knew anything else unless someone was to have a c-section for a troubled baby. Good luck it will be soon.
ReplyDeleteoh the final days filled with much joy & anticipation, yet weariness to be done!
ReplyDeletei can NOT wait to see this beautiful little one!!!!!!!
blessings to you today sweet friend & blessings to baby
& your other loved ones too
Praying for you and baby! How blessed he or she is to have a mom that cares so much to let the sojurn into the world happen when he or she is ready.
ReplyDeleteGod's blessings to your family.
Dear Anne Marie,
ReplyDeleteWishing you a beautiful birth when it finally happens !! Have just had Sunday lunch with our son and daughter-in-law and she is just about ready to have their baby. Our son wasn't born after 42 weeks and I was induced, but I am sure he would have come naturally if I had waited a day or two. That was 31 years ago now and things were different then. Your baby is obviously very content at the moment and not quite ready to enter the world yet. Sending you love and best wishes for the miracle that is bringing life into the world. Much love to you and your family. XXXX
We are sending you and your family much love...FIAT!
ReplyDeleteLove,
The Boys
God Bless you, Anne Marie.
ReplyDeletexo,
Kathleen
You have crossed my mind so much this week Anne Marie. You are so right about how they are inducing so much these days. My mom has always said "Babies will come when they're ready", and God knows just when they are ready, not "them" :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your prayers. I wrote another update last night, but my mom just called a little while ago to tell me that Jordan's wife was able to talk to him a little this morning, and he made sense. Such a wonderful praise, especially when we realize all he's been through in the past few days.
Blessings,
Marcia
I'm still praying for you too :-)
ReplyDeleteThinking of you and the baby. Well wishes and prayers to you. judy
ReplyDeleteJoyous blessing to you in these days of waiting. Prayers ascending...
ReplyDeleteI know that when the baby comes it will be..."just the right time' for you both.
ReplyDeleteHave a beautiul delivery Anne Marie. I am praying for you.
sending hugs
Oh my gosh you poor thing....just take it easy o.k? Thinking of you my friend.....x0
ReplyDeleteThinking of you Anne Marie at this most sacred time. We all arrive at the time when we are meant to.
ReplyDeleteYou have the most wonderful family supporting you and don't forget all of us in blogland sending you loving energy.
We await the news!
Sending lots of Love,
xxx Coty
ah, bless your heart...waiting is so hard when you are anxious to meet someone special! hang on....
ReplyDeletei'm really thinking about you every day.......good luck...stay strong...it will be over soon!
ReplyDeletethis to shall pass...soon you will see your babie's sweet face. Hope it is very soon!
ReplyDeletehugs and prayers,gerri
Praying for you every day! I hope you are getting nice long soaks in the tub, resting, and filling up the sleep reserves (if only it really worked that way!).
ReplyDeleteGod bless you, and keep you, and help you in your waiting.
Dear Anne Marie, Babies come in their own time...It seems we spend out lives waiting, but enjoy this calm. God Bless you and your beautiful family. Love, Penny
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