Bed Rest, Day 3

I thought that completing the nursery would get me back into blogging again, but apparently that was not enough. Lying in my bed for three days however, seems to have done it!

Sunday, I stayed overnight at the hospital where they discovered a "marginal sinus tear" (in the placenta) the next morning. This is not the same as a partial placenta abruption, which can be much worse. Hopefully a week of bed rest will do it. And I plan to follow that up with a leisurely schedule which focuses primarily on my physical and spiritual well-being. Something I should have begun months ago!

One more thing on this little "scare" we had. I had asked earlier on for a spiritual pregnancy, thinking of sunshine and butterflies. And I have had some of that. But this has been the most spiritual moment of the pregnancy by far.

I never expected to be bleeding at 33 weeks. But the amazing thing is that I did not feel fear (Romans 4:6-9.) For a moment, I felt regret, wishing I had rested more and not sweated the small stuff so much. But I immediately thought of Christ on the cross and these feelings vanished.

Chris and I have been reading a book "The Jesus I Never Knew." If anyone wants to really understand Jesus, this is a powerful book. After changing into my hospital gown, as we were waiting for the nurse to come in, we prayed. For things that at the moment seemed impossible - for this to be a false alarm, for the baby to go to full term. But then Chris prayed and recognized how Christ was stern and abrupt with his disciples when their faith wavered. And at that point everything was in his hands.