Parent Moments: Planning for the Big Day
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Parent Moments: Planning for the Big Day
After three baby girls in that many years, all of them high risk and c-sections...I'm convinced that no pregnancy goes as "planned" but that children come into the world how and when THEY are ready! In other words, we can plan all we want but we just "think" we're making the decisions...they are left to a higher power...the baby! Kudo's to you for your planning efforts...you're very lucky to have such a great team of backups!
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With my daughter I was so excited until she was 5 days late. My due date was Dec 20, and she just wasn't ready yet. Around 6 AM Christmas morning I woke up with my lower back hurting. My husband was set on calling the doctor while I didn't want to bother him first thing Christmas morning. The doctor insisted that we meet him at the hospital NOW. At 10:20 while everyone was at their homes opening presents I received the greatest gift ever, my daughter.
I did feel bad about pulling the doctor away from his family, but he assured me that his joy was in bringing new lives into the world.
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Murphy's Law strikes again! Blessings to your family and your wonderful mother-in-law!!!
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What a great story, it's a perfect example of how planning ahead can help you be prepared but it does not put you in control!
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What a blessing you had to have your mother inlaw with you during those tough times. God works in mysterious ways. He had it all planned. My son in law is very proud of me too. He told my daughter that if anything ever happened to her he would not get married again. He would just keep me. I am blessed to be able to take care of my grandchildren. Raising my kids was a wonderful experience, but grandchildren are the icing on the cake.
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My husband and I planned to have 2 children and were blessed with a beautiful daughter and handsome son. They are now 20 and 16 - they grew up making Family Fun crafts and visiting sites suggested by readers. Our plan for a perfect family was complete...or so we thought. 27 months ago I found out I was pregnant at the age of 41! Our plan was retirement not a baby! Trusting God we planned for our new arrival - knowing this baby had a special purpose. What we didn't know was that our 6lb 2 oz little girl would save my life. During delivery I developed a blood clot that went from my abdomen to just above my ankle - I learned I had a vascular condition and that over time my body was destroying a vein in my abdomen. Had I not gotten pregnant and delivered in a very good hospital I would have slowly developed a blood clot that would have claimed my leg and possibly life. Our baby was part of God's life plan for us. She is beautiful and being a mom at 40 + is wonderful!
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There are no accidents, only God's divine plan. Although we fret, plan and prepare for plan B, etc., inevitably we err, as in Daddy's homecoming date. Thankfully, even when we're late, He isn't. God's timing is perfect. He did good, didn't He?
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Unless you schedule cesarian surgery birth,of course you can't control time and day of your children to come,that's what I hard learn after 3 natural birth,my older daughter born like 1 week before the due date,the second like 5 days before, ahhh! but my youngest make his mark he came 8 days after his due, of course the doctor don't let me go back home after that day check up, because I was so ready to deliver but my boy have others plans, so the lesson, unless surgery scheduled don't bother plan to much with child births
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You have to expect the unexpected as my husband says. As a huge planner this was hard for me to grasp but you have to go with the flow especially with more than one!
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Just goes to show, when it comes to birthing babies, the best laid plans go out the window! As far as the human race has come, there's only so much planning you can do. Then, Mother Nature steps in.
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