Comments on: Waiting…

By: Meghann Jones

Meghann Jones — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:41:42 +0000

Wow, I still feel like it was yesterday when I was thinking these same thoughts with Noble’s birth and you had just found out you were pregnant. I am still so excited to hear about your new arrival when he/she arrives!

By: botanyhead

botanyhead — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:28:08 +0000

Hang in there! Not too much longer….that baby is going to be perfectly finished. You’re a fabulous mama, hang tight!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:34:04 +0000

I am already feeling that tinge….. and I still have over 4 weeks to go! My husband and I are traveling to TN for our anniversary this weekend….. so hopefully that won’t spark the inconvenience factor that so often triggers labor…. although it would be a story.

I can’t wait to meet your little one:-) and find out the name:-)

knitting is good…. I have been crocheting up a storm… of course my little toddler has taken up insomnia as a hobby which has helped the whole crocheting factor.

Do you cook ahead? You could do the 30 meals in a day thing…. that might just do the trick:-)

By: Kim from Canada

Kim from Canada — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:04:36 +0000

My dear Mrs. P,
I am sure every mom who sees this post will understand you thoughts. At least you waiting for a beautiful baby – you could be waiting for court date or an operation. Does that help?
I will keep you in my thoughts.

By: Manda @ Lambs In His Arms

Manda @ Lambs In His Arms — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:54:57 +0000

I’m due a month after you are with my third child, and I know what you mean…it would be so much easier to plan if we knew the date for sure! Not knowing when exactly baby will arrive, I feel hesitant to make any plans in June at all. It is certainly a good opportunity to practice waiting on the Lord and His perfect timing!

By: Jena (Organizing Mommy)

Jena (Organizing Mommy) — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:48:10 +0000

Wow! I forgot how painful it is to wait for a baby. Take up knitting. It’s safe, cheap and productive and can be done while you are in labor. I’m no help since I am not patient at all, but I somehow remember being very anxious for the whole thing to be over with. Just like God can do supernatural things like put someone in labor, he’s the only one who can do something supernatural like give us peace while we wait. hugs.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:17:25 +0000

My mother likes to say that all you need to do to put yourself into labor is plan some big event or undertaking – like painting the entire downstairs. Of course it’s not enough to just decide to do it, you must go buy the paint, pull out all the furniture, cover everything in plastic and get one room half finished and presto, the baby decides to come! I used to think she was joking, but then…
Our sixteen yr. old was due June 16th. By mid-May I had dropped, completely effaced, and was begining to dialate. My doctor was sure I was going to go anytime and stated that he wasn’t all that concered with my being too early since it was a girl. Well, we began to worry a bit. Not about the baby coming, but because we were all set to move (my older brother was going back to school and we were moving into a bigger apartment so he could move in with us). Because of the predictions of the doctor we postponed our move to the end of June thinking that would give me a little time to recover before having to move. Hahahahah!!! Not only did May come and go, but so did the due date!!! Talk about anxiety. Our move was set for the very end of June and the closer I got the more worried (and tired of being pregnant) I became. I have since decided anxiety (or long walks, or spicy food, or lifting and moving heavy objects/boxes, or my husbands personal favorite – finding every bumby road in the county to drive on, or anything else) does not bring on labor. It’s just God’s timing. At any rate, after all was said and done, I went into labor at 10:00pm the night before we were set to move. Understanding that there was a good likelihood that I would be unable to be much help in the moving process as we approached the move date, I had clearly marked, with color coded lables, where every box should go, and even briefed on the outside of each box what it’s contents were in case there was any doubt. But, having men (these were family and friends) move you while you and your husband are in the hospital is a recipe for disaster despite your very best efforts!! I’m glad my husband and brother had a couple of days to try and sort through the choas before I came home! By the way, my father thought it was the most original way he’d ever heard of for anyone getting out of all the heavy lifting part of moving. I think I’d rather do the lifting.
I wish you the very best and can completely understand what you’re going through.

By: Rina

Rina — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:16:15 +0000

Mrs. P, I know EXACTLY how you feel. Most of my babies have been late, but when number four was FOUR WEEKS late, I thought I was going to go crazy. Thankfully, we have two supportive midwifes and a supportive doctor who were willing to wait it out with me (with lots of monitoring, of course!) and baby number four was eventually born right on time… God’s time, that is. Certainly not mine! Like you, I think the most difficult thing for me was that I was so READY. The clothes were freshly washed, the meals were frozen, the birthing pool was out, and the house was clean… and I wanted it to STAY clean! After that experience, I took it much more slowly with baby number five. I was completely unprepared… the house was a wreck, my birth doula was at work and couldn’t get off for a few hours, and I don’t think I’d gotten the baby clothes out of storage. But I was totally relaxed and had an amazing birth!!! I’ll be praying for you… and in the mean time you might consider putting the baby clothes back in storage.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:59:41 +0000

Thank you for this blessed word.

And might I add, sometimes… oftentimes… the waiting is not in anticipation of an upcoming event but waiting for resolution or peace regarding an unexpected past event. God uses so much of this life to draw us into resting in His arms.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:32:17 +0000

I think its harder to wait with third, fourth and fifth babies because it feels like you’re in labor All the time (or at least I do). It always feels like its on the verge of kicking off because your body knows so well what to do. My doctor says that’s why she has more false starts with later babies than with first ones. Because, of course, once it does finally kick into gear, you have less time.