At my appointment, the doctor confirmed what I already suspected to be true: probably no baby this week. I’m at the exact same place I was at this point in my last preganancy – dilated 2cm and 50% effaced. The doctor thinks it’ll be about another week before baby comes, and I tend to agree. The average lateness of our three babies is seven days overdue, so it’s no big shock to me.
Can I confess something? People will often now say to me, “Hang in there,” or “Oh, you poor thing, hopefully he’ll come soon,” or “You look like you’re ready to have that baby!” or something like that.
But for the first time, I’m in no rush to have the baby.
I love Jaden with all my heart, and I know it’ll be exciting to have him join our family outside the womb.
But I’m also slightly terrified of being Chief Diaper-changer, Owwie-kisser, Fight-breaker-upper, Entertainer, Bather, Discipline-administrator, Safety Guard, Godly Example, (i.e. MOMMY) to FOUR kids ages 4-1/2 and under. Oh, and I’m also first-and-foremost WIFE (which has its own job description). Is there enough of me to go around?
In my tired humanness, I think “no.” But I do know that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
I’m just okay with waiting a while to see that verse in action.
Right now Jaden is warm, cozy, and fed. And I’m okay with that.
Lacey – It’s good to know you are human! You seem like super-mom to me! I think it’s a-ok that you are content with Jaden staying in his cuddly home for now! (In my expert opinion, of course!)
In response to Mom’s comment on the last post, Dan must have read that book for at least a half hour, maybe longer. He would point to the step by step pictures as he read, explaining what the people were doing. Grace and Caleb would response accordingly, “oh..”, “uh-huh”,”yeah, is see”, etc. Hilarious. Lacey and I were laughing in the kitchen listening to it!
Seriously. I thought you wore red tights when I wasn’t looking. You are super dee duper.
Amen! I have to say, I was never in a hurry for Dominik to come out, either! I love him more than I ever could have imagined, and I couldn’t stand life without him, but I wasn’t about to rush him! Like you said, he was warm, cozy, and fed….and quiet!
Jaden will come when he’s ready – and he’ll have perfect timing.
You are doing a great job because you have submitted your life to Christ. It’s awesome to see your family grow and you and your husband continually give glory to God! It’s encouraging to those of us who don’t have kidos yet… I’ll be watching for baby arrival… and praying it happens at the right moment… which it will.