Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Trusting the Lord
I have been wrestling lately with how much I should try to intervene and "make" this baby come. There are a few medical and several natural ways that can induce labor. However, I feel in some ways that it is an issue of me trusting the Lord. God can make this baby come at any second. His timing is perfect. I need to remind myself of that and know that God knows more than I do. He knows that the baby needs to develop another day or that the right doctor will be on call on the right day. I don't know those things and I have to trust that He is orchestrating those events ahead of me. I am pretty sure my doctor (whom I trust a great deal) will want to do another c-section when I reach 42 weeks overdue, which would be on or around Tuesday May 27th next week. So, my prayer has been and continues to be that this baby will come on his own before that time. God know this and so whatever happens, I will trust that that was God's answer to my prayer. I had to release these exact thoughts when I was pregnant with Abigail, who was 15 days overdue and delivered via c-section. (By the way, I shouldn't be induced with medicine like pitocin because I have had 2 previous cesareans.) So, I have been down this path before, but it is a reminder again of my faith and trust in God.
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Anna, your are such an inspirtion to me:) You did an amazing job wait
ing on the Lord for HIS timing for
little (H.L.'s) birth. And you remained positive and calm as you
waited. You did an amazing job in the face of uncertainty during your
labor. You trusted the Lord to labor long and hard and then deliv-
er C-section as his little heart rate dropped. This little one is so blessed to have you and Lane as
his parents. love, helen
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