Anything Can Happen

First I hope all of you had a Happy Thanksgiving! I know I had a lot to be thankful for this year.

Last night my hubby and I attended a baby care class on some of the basics of taking care of a newborn. It was definitely a helpful class and I’m glad we took it.

We were expecting one of the couples that were at our birthing class to be there. They were a couple we felt we connected with. Well the husband was only there. At first I thought maybe she was just in the bathroom. After talking to him we discovered that she wasn’t there because she had had the baby (she wasn’t due until Jan 22nd). My heart skipped a beat when he told us. Her water broke at 31 weeks. They were hoping to keep the baby in awhile longer but her fluids were really low so they had to do an emergency c-section. The baby was 3 pounds 3 ounces. Both baby and mom are doing fine. It’s just not quite what they had anticipated. They were hoping to have a home birth instead.

I couldn’t stop thinking about them last night as I was trying to get to sleep. It made me realize that God might have other plans for us. I would love to have a natural birth and no c-section. But that might not be in our future. Unfortunately we don’t know what will happen in the next few weeks. Peanut might come early or decide to hang in there awhile longer. It made me start to freak out a little bit of if he comes right now, are we ready? Even though I want everything to be in place, I know that if he comes now, we would be fine. I have the most loving and supportive husband along with amazing family and friends. When God is ready to bring Peanut into this world, I will be waiting with open arms, no matter when that happens and no matter what the circumstances.

I guess that is one thing that I took from our conversation with the guy last night that had the baby early. He was very calm and they seem to have handled the situation well. I hope I can have that attitude no matter what comes down our path. I know I have a lot to be thankful for. Every week that Peanut stays in me is another week of him getting stronger and stronger.