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.