Pray! Head Down! Weight Up!

On the Monday after Thanksgiving, we visited the midwife. I had eaten a TON of the traditional Thanksgiving dishes over the week, so I was curious to see if I had gained a TON of weight considering (mmmm... pumpkin pie!)

Well, it ends up that I had dropped a half a pound over the two weeks prior. The baby, however, was growing just fine and had put on weight. That meant that I needed to be careful for my own health!

We also found out that the baby was breech (feet down.) For those who don't know, this is not a safe delivery position, and most breech babies are taken out by C-Section. Our midwife said he would have enough room to turn himself for about 2-4 more weeks, depending. Otherwise, we'd have to do another ultrasound and try to manually turn him (painful.)

So, what did we do? We prayed long and hard for the baby to go head down and for my weight to go up. We asked our parents, friends, and our church to pray for us. We surrendered this to the Lord, asking for His will and praising Him for all He's done, is doing, and will do! It was kinda funny, though, cuz Luke and I were constantly speaking to our Joshua about going head down. "Listen to God and let Him guide you head down," we'd say.

Well, today we had another appointment, and our prayers have been answered! Praise God! Joshua is head down (good boy!) and my weight raised back up. I even gained a pound! Yay! Our midwife says it's a good thing, cuz he's run out of room to turn himself now. God is such a good Father! This past year, He gave us each other (marriage), a baby boy, released us to ministry, and he's turned Joshua head down just in time! Not to mention providing for all our needs, knitting Joshua together, and growing us spiritually and in relationship with Him! I just want to profess the GREATNESS of our Father! Praise God!