Today marks the 19th week of my pregnancy. I haven’t written much about it anywhere, but figured I should write something down somewhere before this baby gets here. The weeks are going by fast and I have a growing belly and aching back to prove it. This pregnancy has been very similar to when I was pregnant with my son and my daughter. My husband would say I’m more tired than the other pregnancies and I couldn’t agree more. I spend a lot of time chasing after the kids, settling tantrums, cleaning the house, filing fingernails and listening to women tell me lots of exciting and frustrating life events. By the end of the day I am pretty tired and by the time I fall asleep, it’s as if I enter some crazy movie and start living all over again. I’m having the wildest dreams when I sleep and seem to wake up more exhausted than when I went to bed in the first place. I’ve read it’s pretty normal to have crazy dreams when your pregnant, but it sure is exhausting.
Other than being tired I feel great and thankful as each week passes. I’ve decided that being pregnant again is fabulously nerve-racking. I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to bring another life into this crazy world, yet if I’m honest with myself I stay on the brink of being nervous as well. I think things like, will the baby be healthy, will I stay healthy, how will this baby change my already chaotic life and will I ever get a full night of sleep again? I find it amazing how someone so little who I don’t even know it’s name or gender can have such a profound affect on my entire life. I do know however, this is one child who is prayed for, wanted and Lord willing will fulfill the purpose God already has planned for it’s life.
I heard the preacher Joel Osteen say in a message today, that you have to first imagine things being the way you want them to be, before they will ever come to pass. In other words, if you can’t imagine ________ then you probably will never have or experience _____________. So I’m going to imagine that I will sleep all night again, that I will have a healthy baby and pregnancy and that I will fit back into my regular clothes again:)
That’s all for now, I’m off to get some much needed rest and hopefully come back in the next day or so to report something more interesting. Thanks for taking the time to read this and sharing in this pregnancy.
Sincerely,
Paige
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Ah, sweet friend! I will be praying for you and that beautiful blessing too. You will sleep again. Maybe not for a couple of years, but it will come!
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Congratulations Paige! I didn’t know until I saw this. How exciting to have another blessing coming. I too will pray for your health and for less crazy dreams. God bless.