Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Us at 28 weeks!

A few weeks ago, I had a friend on Facebook forward me one of her friend's blogs. This friend of hers was getting ready to welcome a new baby into the family and she thought I'd like a recent post she had written.

This third pregnancy has been so different from my other two. I've felt better, had more energy-- I've truly enjoyed this one the most. I often find myself remembering when I was pregnant with Caroline and getting ready to have my life change forever. I was SO excited. By this time (28 weeks), I had her nursery just about done, clothes were washed and hung. I would go in her closet every day and go through them all, imagining her in them. I had begun to stockpile the diapers and wipes, birthing classes were booked. I was SO on the ball. First babies are very different!! With RoyBoy, I was more relaxed but I had begun to buy things because we knew we were having a boy and the planning was a lot easier.

This pregnancy is different. First of all, its flying by. I can't believe in 9 weeks we could have our baby here! I guess it's a little strange because I don't know the sex. With the other two, they seemed to be individuals from the time we found out what they were. We called them by their names, began dreaming about what they would be like and do, and the planning was easier. With this one, it's like s/he and I are just one big thing--not individuals. It's just "us". We call it "the baby" or "he", "she" and of course, "Poopie Baby". It's just different.

So, back to my friend's friend's blog. Long story short, she saw a new doctor at her clinic and he asked them where they went to church, etc. They are Christians but they were still taken back that a doctor would be so bold in asking them about their faith. He then wrote on a prescription pad "Psalm 139" and instructed the couple to read it out loud to each other. He then wrote the word "Laminin" and told them to google it. Then he told them to read Colossians 1:16-17 and focus on where it says "He holds ALL things together...". She said they wanted to pick their jaws off of the floor when they left! (Side note: this doctor is Roy's 2nd cousin through marriage...a wonderful, Christian doctor at the same practice I go to. He prays with all of his patients. When we were in labor with RoyBoy, he came in our room and prayed with us before my C-section and asked God to guide my doctor's hands and give us a safe delivery! He's great! I'd go to him if I didn't love my own doctor!!). Anyway, this is what they found when the googled "laminin":




Laminin: a cell adhesive molecule. It's the foundation that holds the membranes in our bodies together. Read more about it here, if you want. Isn't this so cool? I don't think it's a coincidence that it's in the shape of a cross! When I first read this, I got chills and I instantly was reminded that although we may not know this sweet child in my belly and his/her sex may be a mystery, God knows! He has from the start and it is in His perfect will--whatever it is--that this child be in our family! When we hold this sweet blessing for the first time, it will be straight from God's hands into our arms, and we cannot wait!

Colossians 1: 16-17

"For by Him all things were created in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things and in Him all things are held together."