preggy note

Yesterday had the worse headache, muscle related. I told a couple of family members and they had different advice, but both never experienced headaches so they thought it was a bit strange.

Now if I didn't have my preggy guide book (there are tons out there) I would have started to worry and think something was wrong. No one has ever told me about having a congested (stuffy) nose either and that's one of my symptoms.

My preggy book is great for Myles because he can read it and reassure himself that his wife is not going crazy and she's just preggy. OK she's a little crazy but it's mostly being pregnant.

It amazes me what women go through. (Now I don't want to scare any men reading this who are thinking or planning to be a dad so just skip the next sentence.) It's like having a period 24/7 - being overly emotional, pain, tiredness, etc JUST minus the bleeding. The good news is that after 9 mths you have this amazing tiny little person to hold in your arms.

How did women survive in the old days? I guess they relied on personal experiences of their women relatives and friends. But what if these women didn't have the same symptoms? You would think something was wrong with you.

What about my own mum, having children on a tiny Pacific Island where it's better to be sick at home than go to the one and only hospital. She would have relied heavily on my grandmother's experience and her older sister who both had lots of children. But even they both experienced miscarriages. That's one of the realities of living in a 3rd world country.

Myles use to say that I was born in hut and he was born in Lower Hutt (a suburb in New Zealand).

Makes me feel very privileged to live in Australia. Yet living in a prosperous developed country isn't where my security lies. It's in knowing that the LORD is in control of my life and my hope is in him.

LORD

please bless our child's life. Help him/her to grow healthy and strong in me. Protect him/her from any bad choices I make about his/her welfare over the coming months. Help Myles and I to prepare to be awesome loving parents. Please fill our child with your spirit so he/she will have a heart seeking you, discernment and wisdom, and a loving nature.

thank you LORD for guiding our steps and for your protection over us as we safely progress into week 14. In Jesus name I pray.