This can be an easy question or a difficult one.\u00a0 Some desire to have another child but that desire remains unfulfilled.\u00a0 Some don’t even want to consider another child because life is just too hectic at present.\u00a0 Some are just not sure if this is the “right” time.<\/p>\n
Wherever you are on the question, maybe none of the above.\u00a0 I would like to share our present situation with you.<\/p>\n
In February, my husband and I knew that partaking in the marital embrace could result in a pregnancy.\u00a0 Our little one was about to turn 9 months old.\u00a0 He was crawling everywhere and getting into everything and bringing a smile to everyone’s face as he did it.<\/p>\n
March came and my temperatures were up (we use natural family planning<\/a>) and we were pretty sure I might be pregnant.\u00a0 We did have some possible doubts because my cycles were also behaving in a premenopausal way.\u00a0 We confirmed our pregnancy and told the kids on my daughter’s 7th birthday at the end of March.<\/p>\n Once in a while I would think about how I would do a task with a nursing baby and 17 month old running around.\u00a0 I wouldn’t spend much time pondering and just answer myself like I always did.\u00a0 “God will help me and it will all work out.”\u00a0 This wasn’t new\u00a0because I always before had a new baby and and an older baby to care for together.\u00a0 I told my now 10 month old that he was going to be a big brother.\u00a0 I was hoping for a boy so they would be close in age and the same sex.<\/p>\n All the kids knew the routine.\u00a0 Mom is having a baby for us.\u00a0 I always presented a new sibling as a gift to my children.\u00a0 I think this helps avoid any negative feelings by the children because they know from the beginning it is more their baby than mine.\u00a0 I am the one growing their gift.\u00a0 Little ones would latch onto this excitement and hug or kiss my belly and say to me, “When are you going to get my baby out?”<\/p>\n Outsiders\u00a0and unfortunately family members\u00a0can look at an expecting mom with small children and think and say unkind discouraging words.\u00a0 How are you going to take care of them all?\u00a0 How are you going to watch a newborn and a toddler at the same time?\u00a0 You should have waited longer before coming out pregnant again.<\/p>\n April came around and my baby turned 11 months old.\u00a0 The one in my womb was around 10 weeks.\u00a0 All was going well.\u00a0 Everyone was growing, healthy, learning, loving, and enjoying life.<\/p>\n On April 23, my happy, healthy, beautiful 11 month old stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating.\u00a0 Totally unexpected and unexplainable.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On April 24, my 11 month old entered into eternal rest.<\/p>\n Currently I am still pregnant, a little over 3 months.\u00a0 I pray that I will carry this baby to term and have my arms filled once again.\u00a0 This baby is by no means a replacement for our dear departed son, but amid my pain and sorrow, this baby represents a hope within me.\u00a0 A hope to nurse again, a hope to hold a baby of my own again, a hope to kiss little feet again, and all the things that mommies love to do.<\/p>\n I present this story to you because the question of another child can seem clear cut at times or so we think.\u00a0 We don’t know the future and perspective can change overnight.\u00a0 When we conceived our current pregnancy we had no idea, our baby son was going to die in a few months.\u00a0 Don’t be afraid to be open to life.\u00a0 God will not give you anything that you can’t handle.\u00a0 If things are hard and it brings you to your knees and you’re praying more- isn’t that a good thing?\u00a0 Don’t misinterpret my thoughts; I am not saying, “Just have as many kids as you can and it will all work out.”<\/p>\n I just want you to prayerfully consider if another child is a question for you.\u00a0 If you are expecting a baby now and wondering how you are going to accomplish it all; know that God is ready to take your efforts and bless them if you allow Him to do so.<\/p>\n Happy Mother’s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another Child? 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