It's Gettin' Down To The Wire...

I can't believe I only have a little over a month to go before the new baby's here. Craziness.

Am I ready? Not really. Is anyone ever really ready to add to their brood and deal with all the many challenges that come with having a newborn? I think sometimes we think we're ready, and certainly a lot of women get really, really tired of being pregnant in the third trimester, myself included. But I also think that even if we're not at all ready, Heavenly Father helps us rise to the occasion and be able to do everything we need to. I firmly believe that we aren't given any trials that we can't overcome, even though it may seem like we're about to drown at the time we're going through them. I look back at how difficult my postpartum recovery was after having Jenna and quite honestly, there is no way that I would ever want to go through that again. I really do think that a C-section would have been preferable compared to the extreme pain I suffered for between 2 and 3 months (or more) after the birth. However, I did get through it, painful as it was. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, but I did it, and was able to take care of Jenna, too (thank goodness for my mother helping out for 2 1/2 weeks, though). It can be done! :)

That said, I certainly hope that this time around, labor and delivery will be easier and smoother. Not to go into too much detail, here, but my midwife told me that she had a mother who went through the same ordeal I did with her first, who just had her second with no problems. That made me feel a lot better, even though there's no guarantee with mine, but just knowing that it's possible is great! My midwife said that this mother shared a lot of my anxiety about having the same kind of complications with her second, but luckily, it went really smoothly for her and her baby. I'm crossing my fingers!