Thank you, thank you to all of you who have sent well-wishes, prayers and have thrown your hat into this ring of ours, rallying for an on-time arrival. I've felt your desire on our behalf. For those of you saying "huh?" I'll back up a little. The big news of last month: Mark got a job with Jetblue! His years of dedication, steadiness through upheaval and multiple "you've got to be kidding me" twists-and-turns have finally paid off. Out of literally thousands of wanna-be Jetblue pilots, Mark and one other guy will be starting training soon. You've made it babe. Now how could such great news, combined with other great news (a second baby!) be anything but great news? One word: timing. Our due date is today. No baby. Mark leaves for 6 weeks of training tomorrow. No turning back on either.
We've spent the last week similarly to how we spent the week before Jude's due date: attempting to manipulate our unborn child. Amazing how we've started out parenthood with each boy trying to control him, coerce him, plead and beg for cooperation with our plan. For Jude it was flipping head-down, for this one it's simply to come meet us. If bribery was an option, we'd be out a trip to Disneyworld about now. Or a lot more than that if he happens to have Jude's negotiation skills. (or, ehem, Mark's). We have resorted to the usual witchcraft: herbs, teas, oils, you know. And I am apparently making a little bit of progress (2cm dilated, 75% effaced for any numbers people out there). Some medical options are off the table due to a hoped for vbac, but we do have an end date if it doesn't happen sooner: induction scheduled for March 23rd.
So that's my sorta, kinda update on the situation. Understanding God's timing doesn't appear be part of my spiritual gifting. So I'll work on trust. And gratitude. For Mark's work and that in one way or another we will be meeting this child soon. And thankfulness for all of you who are standing behind us in this.
We've spent the last week similarly to how we spent the week before Jude's due date: attempting to manipulate our unborn child. Amazing how we've started out parenthood with each boy trying to control him, coerce him, plead and beg for cooperation with our plan. For Jude it was flipping head-down, for this one it's simply to come meet us. If bribery was an option, we'd be out a trip to Disneyworld about now. Or a lot more than that if he happens to have Jude's negotiation skills. (or, ehem, Mark's). We have resorted to the usual witchcraft: herbs, teas, oils, you know. And I am apparently making a little bit of progress (2cm dilated, 75% effaced for any numbers people out there). Some medical options are off the table due to a hoped for vbac, but we do have an end date if it doesn't happen sooner: induction scheduled for March 23rd.
So that's my sorta, kinda update on the situation. Understanding God's timing doesn't appear be part of my spiritual gifting. So I'll work on trust. And gratitude. For Mark's work and that in one way or another we will be meeting this child soon. And thankfulness for all of you who are standing behind us in this.
4 comments:
March 12th wasn't a good birthday anyway...3/13 will be much better =) Praying for you guys!
Can't wait to meet the little guy though...I'll be there this summer!!
Oh goodness--what an exciting and all together stressful situation you guys are in! Congratulations to Mark. I know he's been working hard for such a long time; this is a fantastic accomplishment. For everyone's sake, though, I hope that somehow your new little guy arrives tonight. I'll keep my fingers crossed!
So happy for Mark, so incredibly bummed for your family. Heart. Break. You're making lots of progress...add me to that "I'm in labor" email list :-) We're looking forward to (virtually) meeting this little one.
My offer still stands. Let me know. I'm going to go have some stern words with God now.
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