Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper…
of the 21 people that voted.....18 said a girl 
and 3 said a boy!!! 
And the survey says.............
IT'S A BOY
Thomas Isaiah Donovan
7 lbs. 10 oz.
Born Monday morning 12:06am August 22nd
20 1/4" long 
GO HERE to see pictures http://www.blessedbirths.com/index.php?p=gallery-newborns-album&accordion_index=17&dir=images/galleries/newborns/thomas_isaiah
August 16th 37ish weeks
Went to the midwife this morning. Blood pressure was up somewhat 105 over 75...I'm normally 90-95 over 60. I haven't gained any weight in the last month..for some reason I have plateaued. We did a check to see how I was progressing...I am 2-3cm dilated but could easily be stretched to 4cm...So she didn't want to start me on any herbs today as the Nurse is out of town until Thursday....she said if I go on my own all the better but next Tuesday at 9am Tim and I will go back and check to see if there has been progress. If there has, then we go to the health food store, purchase the herbs come back and take them with the addition of walking and pumping and see if we can get everything going consistently...if we do we just stay and have the baby later that day....if not then we come home and see if it starts up on its own.... So Tuesday is the target date!!!
36 Weeks 2 days Aug. 4th
I, and all the children were up bright and early AGAIN this morning to be at the midwife by 9am..even earlier than yesterday...I'll take it though, I am a morning person and can nap later if needed and there are less people at the MW's office and more likely to be running on schedule.
We did the weight, blood pressure, measure, heart rate thingy's... all is fine....Huge PRAISE REPORT here.......I get to use the Midwife's facility!!! Praise the Lord, this is just a wonderful answer to prayer.... the conditions were that the Dr. and the Midwife agreed that as soon as I get there she would put in an IV to help prevent or ward off hemorrhaging...I have no problem with this at all and that this nurse Laura would be there for the birth as well...The nurse has been working with my MW for almost two months and has 25 years experience as a labor and delivery nurse at the local hospital....no problem with her being there either!!
So we go through all that and my MW is still looking over my paper work and says she is considering inducing my labor...which I am always interested to hear her thought processes so I asked what was behind this...was it the fact that I was 40 weeks last time and all the hemorrhaging? She replied that was part of it, but the other part was my labor itself...My labor was many hours long but never got regular until right before it was time to give birth and then went somewhat quickly which would have also contributed to the hemorrhaging....
I mentioned that I could not remember how early Matthew was, how long I was there before the birth and many details of that birth and she said that was due to the extreme amount of blood loss, it is just something that will never come back. So she looked up for me, Matthew was a week early and it took two hours to deliver and we knew even in those two hours that something was not right...
So we are looking at going back in 2 weeks...that would make me 37 weeks...at that time she is going to see if there has been any change in my cervix...since we can deliver with the midwife at 37 weeks we would then be able to start possibly doing things to induce...so I would come back at 38 and then we would start herbs and see how things go....if it is the Lord's will to happen the herbs would work and if not, then we just end up waiting until the Lord decides to bring forth this baby....so the only hiccup was having someone to watch the children which in the big scheme of things is not, I am sure we could always find someone but my parents are arriving Aug. 27th as our baby sitters :-) so this whole plan actually falls into place within a few days of their arrival and it might all just work out perfectly...if not we call up the neighbor to watch until we can get someone to stay at the house while we are gone.....
My husband was in favor of this and I am comfortable with this...I am not in favor of some of the medical interventions that happen at the hospital but taking some herbs is the low end of intervention for me and not upsetting. So we'll see...I may end up having this baby before the end of August....it's all in the Lord's hands anyhow!!! Keep Praying!!!
36 Weeks 1 day Aug. 3rd
Well this morning the whole family awakened bright and early and we drove to "The City" for us that is Greenville, SC and had professional Maternity photographs taken...... oh how fun that was....pregnancy has always been so good to me, the Lord has blessed me with such relatively easy pregnancies and to be my age and to be pampered and feel like a million dollars and to memorialize this season of my life was wonderful. We go back next week to see the picture presentation and then we will have a book made and most likely have one printed to be framed. We did both black and white and color with the children all in beige pants with white shirts and then for the black and white we did the beige pants with navy blue shirts... I had on a white multi-tiered skirt and white shirt and then switched to a black button down shirt and one of my denim maternity skirts and then we did some where they wrap your body in chiffon and gauze, it was really neat.
My hip has been out of alignment for the last day but that is kind of normal at this stage...in out, in out...it goes hardly worth the chiropractor sometimes because he will fix it and then a few days later it is out again....
I am working through the breathlessness as it comes....but just getting super excited for this birth to arrive....I have a whole list of things to work on prior to the baby arriving...HA....but the two main ones.. get the suitcase packed and get my travel trailer cleaned out for my parents to stay in...it just needs to be dusted and fresh sheets put on the bed other than that...we will be good to go if nothing else gets done!! We have an appointment tomorrow morning with the midwife, but I am sure it will be one of those 5 minute visits, weight, heart rate and blood pressure and that's it...lol
