Ramblings of a Christian Mom
The birth story for any men who might be reading: Gabriel Peter was born at 2:26 am on January 6th after a quick labour. He was born at home. I'm tired but doing well, and Gabriel is doing well, too. The detailed birth story: He's here! With all of my other pregnancies only going until 38 weeks, I never expected to reach my due date this [More...]
Let me start this off by saying, I am not writing this post in order to change your mind about birth control. I have shared before how the Lord has convicted us about trusting Him with our family size, but I realize that not everyone has the same convictions, and that the Lord will work in different people in different ways. I do, however, [More...]
I keep meaning to do a few pregnancy update posts, but I never seem to get around to it. This is probably in part because I don't like having my picture taken so I don't have any belly shots yet this pregnancy. It's also just been so busy! So far, everything is going great! I'm feeling well, I felt baby move for the first time on my [More...]
image source Yes, I'm going to put myself out there and state that I believe overpopulation in the world is a myth. With only 3 children and 1 on the way I wouldn't consider my family to be very large, but it is definitely larger than the norm in North America. Of course, with "the norm" being less than 2 children per household, that's not [More...]
I know that it is normal to get bigger a bit earlier with each pregnancy, but since I'm a twin and therefore have a higher chance of having twins, I was wondering if I could possible by carrying twins this time. I never had a period after Josiah was born so I had no real way of knowing how far along I was when I found out I was pregnant [More...]
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. Psalm 127:3-4 NKJV [More...]
I've talked before about how I struggle with fear and how I was attempting to conquer it. I must confess that I didn't keep up with that attitude for very long. I quickly forgot that I was even attempting to conquer fear and my thought life became, well, fearful again. I think lately I've had fear on my mind more than usual because I've been [More...]
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