Patiently Waiting: Sick and tired of being sick!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Sick and tired of being sick!

Why is it that someone with a relatively great immune system has been sick for a good portion of this pregnancy?! And I'm not talking about morning sickness...Started off the pregancy with bronchitis and now am trying to get over my second cold...this is crazy! Isn't this the time in one's pregnancy they should be getting the most sleep? I am waking up almost every hour and I know it will only get worse (my ability to sleep that is) do to being uncomfortable and then having a new baby. I just want to sleep now!

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Keith and MeghanFebruary 19, 2010 at 6:26 PM
My dr. told me being sick more often and for longer might have to do with your body putting all it's energy toward making a baby and not getting you healthy. I had a cold, then strep and then flu for about 2 months! the bummer was not being able to really take anything...then i had morning sickness on top of it. Talk about fun! I hope you get better soon, so you can enjoy your 2nd trimester to the fullest!
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Patience

When I was growing up, God always seemed to find ways in which He was trying to teach me patience. Just when I think I had mastered the virtue I toppled down hill back to wondering, "I thought I'd figured out patience a long time ago." I guess not, because patience is something that I long to have, yet always seem to be striving for. I think it's His way of making sure I don't forget Him, pretty good strategy if you ask me.

Patience continues to be a virture I strive towards, ultimately knowing I will never fully attain it, but that I will be exposed to pieces of it. My patience continues to be tested, more specifically over the past year or so, wondering, praying, when is it my turn, will it ever be my turn to be a parent. Most recently I struggled with this question. On October 21, 2009 I was flying to Spokane to spend time with my family when I journaled about my wanting to be a parent and trying to avoid the idea that my time is not always His timing. After just over a year of trying to conceive, patience seems to become blinded by frustration, saddness and even a little anger. I expressed these feeling in my journal, yet still found the voice inside of me to be patient. The next morning after dropping my nephew off at daycare, my patience was rewarded. Not just one, but two pregnancy tests came back with a + sign. I was ellated, and thosands of miles and an entire week away from my husband.

I like to express myself through writing and words so I've decided to write my thoughts down and share them with other. This blog is primarily for me, to share my journey through pregnancy, that I ohh so patiently waited and prayed for.