its lily's birthday!!
we went to the doctor yesterday intent on waiting as much as another week and a half past my due date for her to come out on her own and were completely shocked by the news that lily had a surprise for us.
instead of looking like this:
like a good girl should...she looks like this:
already doing things her own way...finding out she is breech was not easy for either of us and with all of our expectations of a perfect natural birth headed out the window (and several hours of tears) we have accepted the fact that due to her size and the fact that i am already past my due date by 5 days that it would be best to plan a cesarean birth sooner rather than later.
as cheesy as it may sound, in a lot of ways letting go of the natural birth i was so excited about has been a mourning process, questioning if i did something wrong or why this would be happening, but at this point we are just trying to focus on the positive - we get to meet lily today!
so if the world feels slightly different around 5pm today, its because lillian margaret has joined us - i know nothing will ever be the same again!
as cheesy as it may sound, in a lot of ways letting go of the natural birth i was so excited about has been a mourning process, questioning if i did something wrong or why this would be happening, but at this point we are just trying to focus on the positive - we get to meet lily today!
so if the world feels slightly different around 5pm today, its because lillian margaret has joined us - i know nothing will ever be the same again!
be strong and courageous.
do not be terrified, do not be discouraged.
for the lord your God will be with you,
wherever you go.
joshua 1:9
do not be terrified, do not be discouraged.
for the lord your God will be with you,
wherever you go.
joshua 1:9
2 comments:
Mollie,
You have a ton of prayers coming from me. I am so happy for you. I know that I will be a c-section as well. You're going to be great, and your baby girl will be beautiful (not all squishy, lol). Best wishes hon and many prayers for you :)
Cindy
I saw your post on the Nest so I checked out your blog over here. I LOVE that you used your last belly shot to show how Lily is facing. So clever. Congratulations.
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