Our Home Birth Prayer List
I started having Braxton-Hicks contractions about a week ago… 31 weeks. Wow. This baby girl will be here before I know it. I am excited and a little nervous, all in the same breath.
Please pray for this home birth. I know it will be wonderful and I have so much peace about it all turning out wonderfully. I do want Alicia to be there, but she’ll have to drive at least 2 hours to get here, since she’s at TCC now. She’ll love being able to see how the human body works during labor. I’m keeping her away from a camera though, so she won’t be able to show her friends. ;) Please pray that God’s will would be done regarding her presence there. I’d also love to have a water birth, but only the Lord knows how I’m going to want to labor.
And pray for Kevin. He is pretty much powerless but the most powerful in this scenario, because as the coach, he can help my emotions or he can detain them. But he’s also never been through this before, and I feel for him because he can’t take any of my pains away and I’ve seen in his eyes that he so badly wants to. So please pray for him to know the right words to say during labor, or if he should say anything at all. I know for a fact I couldn’t have delivered our other two babies without him being right by my side.
Of course, pray for our kiddos who will be welcoming their baby sister into their home a lot sooner than “usual” for someone who stays at the hospital. (I forgot to list in my reasons for having a homebirth that Colby had such a hard time adjusting to a new schedule while we were in the hospital. And it was hard for him to leave the hospital without us.) Please pray for us to all adjust to a new baby in the house.
I have no idea when this baby will be here (do we ever have any idea?). If it’s during the day, our kids will go stay with my parents for awhile, until everyone can see the baby. If it’s at night, we won’t wake up the kids to go to my parents’ house. But, my parents are planning a trip the week before the baby is due. Please pray that God’s timing will be perfect (as it always is).
This winter is supposed to be a few degrees cooler than usual, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. I don’t know why, but I get a little skiddish when it’s cold outside, like I am totally locked into my house and can’t go anywhere when it’s cold. I’ve never had to dress a newborn in layers, since Colby and Kennedy were born with Texas summers right on our heels. And, last year we really didn’t have any sort of winter… Please pray that I am able to get out and about whenever I need.
Most of all, please pray for a speedy recovery for me and for the baby. I am so excited and I can’t believe there’s less than 9 weeks until she gets here… and we have so many things to do before then (pray for that too). But I also know that I will be so tired for awhile, and with Christmas coming up, I may be an emotional wreck. Luckily, the shopping is done (minus the gift-certificate buying!) and I am just going to plan on spending time with immediate and extended family and the new baby too.
Thanks so much for lifting us up. The Grubbs Party-of-Five appreciates it.
4 comments September 18th, 2008