Counting My Blessings with a Heart Full of Praise!
My heart is so full of thanksgiving and praise right now . . . I don’t really know how to express it . . . I have been able to take the time to enjoy and revel in the thrill of a new baby this time. God had granted me the desire of my heart to be able to “stop and smell the roses” and I am deeply awed at His way of working things out!
I don’t know if you all remember or not but last time before Jaden was born I was fearful of the anticipated after pains and they were BAD! This time I was determined that some medication or something HAD to be done . . .I desperately didn’t want to go through those two first weeks after baby again.
So all along I was thinking that I would see that I get something to help me out. One of my friends had that kind of help and right from the get go I let my doter know that this is I wanted. Well, I didn’t see her for a long time (while using our midwife) so a few weeks before our due date we petitioned my request. Much to my dismay, she denied wishes!!! I couldn’t take it, I bawled and wept bitter tears into my pillow! Oh, why? Oh, God how am I going to handle this again, I can’t!!! And then I released it and let go . . . I just decided that I guess this is the way things are going to be and I can’t change them as much as I would like to! So I just tried not to think about them or dread it anymore but just take it one day at a time and somehow with the Lord’s help I’d make it through.
. . . And this is how He answered me.
I was able to have my baby at home again . . . but early on in my pregnancy I kept thinking that something might just be different this time. After all, after several healthy births one still cannot take it for granted that everytime will go smooth and safe. God does bless His children, but he sends ” rain on the just and the unjust” . . . and every time we’d drive by the hospital I’d think “One of these times, I just might not be so “lucky” to not have to come here.”
And so it was . . . I ended up there . . . on the hospital bed thanking the Lord that it wasn’t worse.
After pumping me up with several ivies, they got my blood pressure from 73 over 38 up to 110 over 60 (I think) and left me alone till the morning and then checked my hemoglobin. It was pretty good they said at 8.8 so I didn’t have to have any blood. But this is what I find interesting . . . I wasn’t in there long before I let them know how I was feeling with the after pains and guess what, God provided relief for me there!!! . . . And to clinch it even more toward morning they put me on pitosun(sp?) and got my uterus to get to work an clamp down and shrink a bit to make sure the bleeding was going to stop for sure I guess and all this was done WHILE I was on pain meds! Praise the Lord, Hallelujah!!!
. . . And so now I can enjoy my newborn baby . . . and enjoy nursing. Which last time took me at least two weeks before I was somewhat pain free with. I am counting my blessings every day!!!! Praise be to the Lord!
November 20th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
So glad to hear you are feeling good! I was waiting with a lot of anticipation about your whole story and then I never got to post any comments….Rejoicing with you for the safety you had through the birth and for your pleasant recovery! I do know that it seems with each baby the afterbirth pains seem to get worse. Your little girl is precious.
November 20th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
So glad God worked that detail out for you!
November 20th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Aimee, I had tears in my eyes ’til I was done reading. It gives me so much joy to see others finding praise in the difficulties of life, and looking for God in the details. Bless You! Keep enjoying your baby!
November 21st, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Hello. I am Rose Yoder. I am sure you don’t know me, cause I don’t know you. I just happened to come upon your weblog a while back, and have enjoyed stopping by ever since. I live in Texas, and am from Grace Mennonite Fellowship in Bastrop, Texas. One reason you have stood out to me was because I saw you got married the same year as we did (at least if I remember right). We got married November 11, 2000. And we just recently had our fourth child, our first son. Beyond a doubt, we were very excited, and still are. I also had complications which ended up in the hospital. We also had a midwife, and were planning our third home birth delivery. But, I won’t have to go into all that here. I would love to hear more from you personally. Where you live, how old you are, etc. But of course that is if you are interested. Your posts are so interesting, and uplifting!! May God bless you. Thankyou. Rose
November 25th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
What a blessing to have a safe delivery to add to thankgiving time! Blessings as you anticipate raising little Lynne for Jesus!
November 29th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I am glad to hear it was better this time; I hadn’t heard that part of the story before. And now, a week later after you wrote this post…I beg God to make the part of your story right now “work together for good” as well. He’s promised, so we shouldn’t fear, right?!!
I love ya and look forward to seeing you, Lord-willing in three weeks (I have a ticket!)
December 15th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Rose . . . I did reply to you via email . . . Did you get them? No, problem, just checking as I haven’t heard from you . . . so if you see this, you can email me . . . Thanks for introducing yourself to me!!!! -Aimee