My body knows.
My baby’s body knows.
God made my body for this; I can do this.
My body will go into labor, I will not stay pregnant forever.
Though I am “really low”, pendulous even, my baby will come out just fine.
He will not get stuck.
I will not die.
He will not die.
My husband will be my strength, my peace, my calm, my confidence.
My children will be fine, even if they are running around crazy while I’m trying to give birth.
It may not be “glamorous”, it will be what it is. It will be beautiful.
I will surrender.
I will accept.
Everything will be just fine.
I will remember to breathe.
I will dance and sway and rock as needed.
I will cry, laugh, scream, moan…quack, moo, or whinny if needed.
Soon, I’ll hold my baby; my son.
I’ll kiss him.
I’ll smell him.
We’ll nurse each other.
I’ll love him, as I already do.
I will not panic with the after-pains.
My placenta will come out, I will let go.
I can do this…I We can do this.
The quack/moo/whinny part made me smile 🙂
The thing I repeated over and over was “George is strong, I am strong.”
Yep, quack/moo/whinny was quite amusing to me as well.
Good post. Very good.
Prayers and blessings.
🙂 Yes I had to throw that in for fun. 🙂
Aw, “we’ll nurse each other.” So true and beautiful.
So needed to hear this!!! Our “due date” is Saturday. Our first child, so I’m nervous, excited, emotional, etc. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Kristen–I’m glad this helped! I hope you are doing well! I’ve been praying for you this past week and this weekend. Surrender and give yourself and your baby to God. 🙂
Good job mama! Prayers!
One other thought I had after I pushed “post”: “pain or joy, God is blessing me.”
Thanks, Patty, I like that. 🙂
I’ll pray that things go well for you.
This was so beautiful, Erika. If God blesses us with another baby, I will certainly pull up this post again.
can i “like” everyone else’s comments. i wish i had some encouraging morsel for you. tonight my prayers are with you and for you.