39 Weeks...and counting...

Y'all! Still no Baby Girl. I have had several nights of contractions that were either 5 minutes or 10 minutes apart and then after 2 hours or so they completely stop. I am thankful for making it this far, for sure, but I'm so afraid of going overdue for several reasons. If I were in the states I would feel better about not being on time. That's all I will say about that. I've heard too many terrible stories from overdue pregnant ladies in this country.

If you would pray for us this week we would appreciate it. It was a rough week last week in several ways and being a million weeks pregnant on top of it all just was not a good combination. We would also ask for prayer for our visa situation- which allows to stay in this country. I can't go into details here, but we are still waiting for ours to be renewed and it's been 14 weeks since we submitted all our paperwork. Not a good sign. It's not good timing, especially with the baby being due any time. We need our paperwork back in order to apply for a birth certificate, which allows us to get her a passport, etc. Please just pray that the necessary paperwork would be done soon so we can proceed. I know that is kind of vague, but sorry. And pray for us to be patient about all of this right now. There's a bit of stress in our house at the moment.

I was reflecting back on Bailey's birth this weekend and how I was still nervous, but confident in the hospital and my doctor. I had friends and family surrounding us and I just had a peace that everything would work out even though I was nervous. I trusted God to get us through it and He did. And it was a wonderful experience.

This time around, we are back here and even though our situation is different in some ways, I feel as if all those "props" are gone. I could easily distract myself with a trip to Target, or get out the house and walk around the mall, etc. This time around I feel totally, completely, utterly in the hands of the Lord...and that's a good thing. Just a very hard thing for me to release all control and trust in Him more than I trust in our situation. I don't have much confidence in the hospital right now. I don't have much confidence in myself right now either. But I do pray daily that the Lord would help me continually place my trust in Him and nothing else.

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