Update and intermission

Well, it's a new year, and I was asleep when the clock ticked over. However, I was awake 10 seconds in because suddenly my little suburb became a warzone, the sky filled with bangs and pops and flashes. Stayed that way for an hour, so I gave up on sleep, prayed for a bit and read a book chapter on how reverence in worship affects our whole Christian walk.

It was a good way to start the year. Now, I want to give you fair warning. I haven't been posting much because I have mostly been in bed over Christmas, and there is a good possibility that this will be a quiet place for next few months. The baby is due officially in the first week of March, but it's very unlikely to go that far for all sorts of good reasons.

For a start, this is baby number 4, and for another, it's quite likely they will want to induce me as soon as it's safe to do so, so that I can be properly treated for the SPD. It's a case of waiting for the tipping point at which my pain and the baby's safety in my womb are no longer in balance.

We've had a great Christmas, full of real joy, but it's become increasingly apparent that I'm not really coping as well as I was, and no wonder, I'm 7 months pregnant, so very much in the final phase of this particular adventure. I share this with you so you can pray, but also to let you know that this may well be my last post until around March time. It's entirely possible from now on that I may be hospitalized at any point, either through consensus with the medics, or Lord forbid, because of an accident or fall, like last time.

This is quite a scary time, really, because of the very insecure nature of it, and obviously, I'm at home with three little ones most of the time alone, so your prayers are appreciated for their safety as well as mine. We're hoping that my husband's work situation will allow for him to be very flexible too, perhaps working from home in these last few weeks.

So, this will essentially be a sleeping blog for a few weeks. If anything untoward happens, I'll get my husband to update in the comment section, and I hope to see you in March with some very good news. Until then, have a good new year!