30 Weeks

The girls reached 30 weeks today! What a miraculous event – I never thought I’d see the “thirty-something” stage of this pregnancy. Several nurses popped into my room to offer their congratulations on achieving this gestational milestone. I was flattered by their kind attention (I wasn’t even one of their cases today), and was a bit embarrassed by their praise. They commented on doing “such a good job of hanging in there and keeping those babies inside!” Of course, I thanked them for their thoughtfulness and said it was all just a blessing from the Lord, and inside I was thinking… “I didn’t do squat – I just laid here for six weeks!” Too bad not more of life’s problems could be addressed by laying in bed all day! 🙂

I mentioned to several people recently that I’ve actually worried less about the pregnancy in recent weeks than I would have, had I been home. I would have been analyzing every ache and pain for significance, whereas now I can just ask to be hooked up to any one of several monitors and I can receive instant reassurance. The real trick is going to be giving over my anxieties and fears to the Lord once the girls are home and I am the one who has to monitor their every ache and pain. Being a mom – both before and after birth – comes with a lot more responsibility than I ever expected! I’m so glad that the Lord is willing to bear all those burdens for me. He is an attentive and loving Father, who is ultimately in charge of my whole family.