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shrinky9 has 49 days to go and is now in week 33
	Age: 42 Country: Private Province/region: Private City: Private Partner: Husband Ewan Children: Yes, 8 Pregnant: Yes Due date: 30 Jun ,2008 Occupation: Full time Mum
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Hello everyone, my name is Dani and I am married to Ewan. We have 8 healthy children and are blessed with another one on the way.

Our eldest 2 children are married and our 3rd eldest is also out working in the big wide world. I homeschool our remaining 5 children that are still at home. I am currently expecting our 9th wee blessing.

We are living in a double garage with a few sleepout huts for bedrooms while we build our new house so our lifestyle is interesting to say the least. We live on 6.5acres in the South Island of New Zealand.

My husband had a vasectomy after Toby was born, 4 1/2 yrs ago and then we had a change of heart and had a reversal done in May this year. Praise God it worked!!!

I look forward to chatting with heaps of you. Please don't be shy. Leave me a message and I will endeavour to answer asap.

Tuesday, 4 Dec

10wks yesterday. I weighed myself and I've lost 1.5kg of the 2kg that I gained the week before so only a small weight gain so far this time. Most unusual for me, especially considering how much i'm eating. I have 1 breakfast, 2 morning snacks, lunch, 2 afternoon snacks, a big dinner and an evening snack. Dont know where its all going.

Wednesday, 5 Dec

M/s vanished on Tuesday, but came back with a vengeance on Wednesday afternoon/evening. I feel very definite flutters and have been for a week now. Impossible or not. . .I know what I'm feeling.

Thursday, 6 Dec

I'm so tired today, and thats after a good nights sleep. (meaning I only had to get up once to pee)
M/s is hovering in the distance today. Not bothering me but every now and then I get that yucky metalic taste in my mouth and feel seedy at the same time. All in all I think its improving. Busting to get to week 11 but won't let myself jump ahead and start reading comments from there yet. Roll on Monday.

Thursday, 13 Dec

Yay I had my scan today. I have 1 very active wee baby. Seems to be the right size for my dates. It was so lovely to see him/her moving and waving little arms around. Will have another scan at 20wks.

Saturday, 15 Dec

Hooray!!! This is my 3rd day in a row with no morning sickness. I feel the baby move quite regularly thru the day too. Its so exciting.

Sunday, 16 Dec

Yay 12wks today. I get to meet my midwife today. Shes coming for the first time so I'll get to hear the baby's heartbeat.
And my m/s is definitely gone. HOORAY!! Today is my 5th day without any sign of it. Praise God!

Check out the following site. Just copy and paste it into the address bar. Amazing in utero photos.

http://flickr.com/photos/96164044@N00/sets/72157594291081375/show/

Monday, 31 Dec

YAHOOOOOOO!!! 14wks. I made it to the 2nd trimester. No more morning sickness, not as much tiredness. In fact I hardly feel pregnant at all. I feel the odd wee movements. But not really showing much yet which is really unusual for me. I guess its because I completely changed my eating habits 4mths ago. So this pregnancy I `m only gaining baby weight instead of fat. Usually I gain so much fat when I `m pregnant. I was 96kg just b4 I had my last baby. NEVER AGAIN!!!

Sunday, 6 Jan

Woohoo!! 15weeks. I can hardly believe its only 5 more weeks and I `ll be halfway. The silly thing is that now that morning sickness has gone, I don `t even feel pregnant anymore. Not that I `m complaining, but I am looking forward to feeling much stronger movements. I still only feel the occasional little flutter. Still, its good to be healthy and thankfully not gaining too much weight.

Tuesday, 22 Jan

17 WEEKS. Glad to be here too. Lots of all day headaches lately but other than that I have loads of energy and feel great in between times. Looking forward to halfway.

Wednesday, 30 Jan

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9th April........... 28 WEEKS..........Finally an update...

I have just completed a good morning of schooling 4 of my children. I always feel much happier when I have accomplished something worthwhile.

Anyway on with my update...................I am 28 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I haven't updated in ages because I always seem to be busy with other things and when I do get the time I just can't be bothered. Lazy or what????

I had my glucose test yesterday but have not had the results yet. This doesn't bother me because I've never had this test before and gestational diabetes has not been a problem with my past pregnancies so I'm not expecting any trouble.

My lovely wee baby is very active at times, particularly when I lie down to rest. I am just starting to get feet up near my ribs and bigger sweeping movements across the wall of the uterus.

Baby's head is down and I am now starting to get discomfort as he/she moves against my cervix. I know this can get extremely uncomfortable nearer the end so not looking forward to that part but hey......its all part and parcel of the blessing of pregnancy.

Well I think thats me up to date again.

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StillinHisCare - Wednesday, 7 May
Dear Dani ~
Hello down there! Believe it or not, this will be short! Really! :) I have been running like a chicken this week and my to-do list today is off the charts! We leave for TX tomorrow morning to see my BEN ~ YEAH!!!!! He will grad from military basic training. I'm very proud of him and will feel so much better after getting a good look and listen at him! :)

Real quick: Ollie is 17. He graduated last November and has been working fulltime at my brother's automotive repair shop. He began several years ago parttime with a natural ability to fix and make things, but has decided that to be always dirty, too hot or too cold is not what he wants to do the rest of his life. So he has taken on more of the business aspect of the shop. He keeps books and works with customers, etc... He is very good with people and I feel this is a good fit for him. I keep trying to encourage him to get to college, but he is not as zealous about it as I am!

How is Ewan?? I have had knee surgery (twice) and have empathy for him. I'm sure he is feeling better by now. And I know exactly what you mean! Tom is a difficult patient ~ he knows it!! :) I think taking time off school work and hanging out as a fam, helping Dad, helping Mom help Dad, is perfect!! That Real Life flexability I have always treasured as one of homeschooling's greatest attributes!

speaking of, I can't imagine being told to put my child back in school by a government! We Americans are way too independent for that kind of stuff, even if we have become more bold in our sinning as well. Certain legislators keep trying to hem in homeschooling and they find themselves stirring up unwanted hornets nests!!! California just recently had a "scare" and people from every state swamped phones and emails!!! If our government ever really did push it, it would NOT be pretty. But, God gives us the grace!! Not man!! He takes care of ALL of His children in whatever state He has divinely placed them, doesn't He?! :) I love the fact that He sent a reviewer to you who felt as your did!!! That is SO like Him!!! :)

Your Kara is in a wheelchair? I'm so sorry. I'm sure that was a big adjustment for your Mother's heart. You have been through some pretty major stuff!! No wonder you are so familiar with God's graces... I pray that he would grant the desire of her heart and bring them children... I have borne three sons, but I have known disappointment too... it is hard to take. So many of our feminine feelings (and masculine for her dear husband!) are attached to being able to bear fruit! More than I ever realized until I waited and heard no so often!!

So, you too are a grandmother AND a new mother!! Do tell me ANY advice or wisdom or counsel you have about the situation!!!!

Okay dear sister, I must go... I think of you often and I pray that you are having a wonderful, loving day and keeping warm! LOL!
Love and hugs, SueAnn

kandacemorris - Wednesday, 30 April
Thank you!!! I really appreciate when someone else is doing the same, and yes, that is what I feel too. After all that hard work, and then a WONderful surprise at the end!!

StillinHisCare - Monday, 28 April
Good Morning Sister-Across-the-World! :)

How was your Sabbath yesterday? We had a wonderful sermon. Our Pastor, Andrew Sandlin, is a unique and wonderful man. He married me and Tom and he, with his equally wonderful wife, is also a true friend. Our church meets in the chapel of Bethany College and often many of us will go together to lunch at the cafeteria on campus (all of this is pretty rustic and simple - certainly not a fancy-shmancy place at all, but the food is quite good and reasonably priced!) but yesterday it seemed everyone else had different plans and places to go... so we betook ourselves to this upscale American restaurant named Wendys! LOL!!! (Have you heard of it??)

Now on Sundays, my eldest son, Coleman, with his darling little wife Angie, come from Monterey to our Church. It is such a blessing that we have had this Sabbath visit for about a year! He is in the Air Force (did you know that already?) and will very soon be graduating his Russian Language school there and they will move on... just about the time that my granddaughter is to be born! I think this will be harder on my heart than I have allowed myself to imagine... but yesterday they were having some car trouble, which distresses me. They are so young and so poor! We did what we could for them and then watched them limp away home... they are coming down next weekend and we will get the problem fixed then. Everyone assures me it is "safe" to drive, just not convenient. Sigh... Prayer is one of God's greatest gifts to us, is it not? We are never left without His ear and His aide when He deems it Time. That "Time" is usually not my OWN ~ but it always does seem to work out better in the end than my own feeble, short-sighted plans!! :)

Okay, I have to edit what I said about being warm again! We have had a miniature heat wave and I have been nigh faint!! I guess I'm sensitive to TEMPERATURE period!! With this glimpse into the misery of summer, I am exceedingly grateful for the blessing of air conditioning!! How DID those pioneer women DO it all anyway???!!! I'm such a WIMP!

Thank you so much for sharing your well-written, honest, insightful letter to your education people! I feel honored! How often are you "reviewed"? Do you get any response from them? Very interesting. And I am pretty familiar with ATI. The families that I have known who have used this curriculum all have children that excell in knowledge and in character! I don't know if I will have the energy for that. I hate to sound like a broken record, but I really was prepared for retirement! I think of dear Sister Corrie tenBoom -- do you know that she led a very active, ministering Christian life BEFORE all the Hiding Place story and that THAT story didn't take begin until she was 50?!?!?! That has always amazed and stunned me! Here was this older woman, riding a bicyle at night along cobbled alleyways delivering clandestine messages!! Hiding Jews, going to prison... THEN still having a whole worldwide ministry set before her to do before finally dying quietly in California! Things get totally unbelievable when God gets moving!!! :) So, right now, I content myself with knowing that God knows how frail and unprepared I feel myself to be; that HE knows what He is calling me for and that He will make me ready to DO it as it comes! Right now, I plan on just doing the basics - following a simple curriculum all laid out for me and spending time with this son...
(Interestingly enough, the woman that I mentioned to you who lives an hour away to my regret, uses that curriculum. I think you are very much like her in other ways too... :)

Boy, do I understand what you say about asking family to FORGIVE you!!! I am (in the words of Emma) "so mistaken in my makeup" that I am constantly needing to be forgiven!! I always think it is good practice for them too - for forgiving is a necessary quality to live well in this world of people!! Some of the most miserable people I know have never learned to forgive. So seeking forgiveness from my offspring is just part of their "curriculum"!! LOL!!

Getting to Eileen sounds like an ordeal... perhaps one day Ewan will give you a trip to her for a Mother's Day present or something!! I'm sorry for your loss, I really am. I have always thought it would be nice for a faraway friend and me to meet somewhere in the middle for a weekend: stay at a hotel, stay up late, talk,talk,talk ... how about that??

An average day in the life of SueAnn right now is pretty pathetic! I am determined to use the only retirement I may ever know!! I get up with Tom briefly to get his oatmeal & hot tea breakfast (which he likes To-Go) then I go back to bed for a nap. When I wake up an hour later, I read in bed (I always keep stacks of books bedside and read most of them together!) till hunger drives me to the kitchen! :) I have my oatmeal but can't stomach my beloved hot tea while pregnant, so usually water. I need to do so many things! I'm working on sewing Oliver's quilt. I have the top almost done. I need to cut and piece an outer sashing. I have my newly-built raised garden beds that I need to plan and plant! I have a strawberry bed that I need to weed and mulch and parsley to thin! My wildflower bed is also needing attention, but I don't have the outdoor fortitude right now that I usually have... I go weekly to my Mother. I used to take her to Dr appointments and shopping, but we visit mostly now and I work on my crochet. I get some light cleaning done and sigh at my windows that need to be washed! I need to get to the fabric store this week and pick out Ty's curtain fabric and get them going. This will allow me to choose a paint color, which is the next step. We have Ben's room now empty that we are making Ty's. It will be modest (we, as most one-income families, are not rich!), but I do want to do a few things to prepare for the little guy. My Ollie comes and goes with his work and social committments. I try to be here for him and take good care of my husband. I am back to preparing dinners several days a week. Not full-time yet, but Ollie is not home every night and with the two of us, I can still fudge a bit... :) I enjoy cooking when I'm not pregnant. Basically, with this pregnancy, I am really focused on this baby... I know I am spoiled that way!!! I remember having the others close together and being soooo busy all the time... but this one is a lot of quiet time and being still. I am enjoying this little gifted aspect... knowing it will END all too soon!! :) Every morning that I read in bed and feel Ty bumping around I think, "yes, little one. Soon you will be the center of all my activity, but for today, you are safe and I get to read in the quiet!" :)

Yes, Tom loves the Lord!! I need to post our meeting story in a blog!! The Lord brought us together and it is truly a blessing -- not to say it is always EASY!! LOL!!

I have NO idea how long this is! But I feel that I should go. I need to at least water the strawberries and scrub my bathroom... :)
Blessings and hugs to you Dani! I look forward to your next letter and pray you are strong and well!
xo, SueAnn

StillinHisCare - Monday, 21 April
Good Morning Dani!

It is so funny to hear you say "this Autumn" cuz as you know WE are attempting to have Spring here! And today has been our coldest day of the season too! Brrr... I just want to be warm again... I don't usually say that but this pg has made me particularly sensitive to cold. Weird!

Thank you for sharing some of your testimony of God's work in your life. When I look back and see who I was without His grace I truly can get sick! I was a selfish, broken woman who did really bad things. Not because I .wanted. to be bad, I just couldn't .help. it! Praise God for His faithfulness. I started my day by reading the beginning of Martyn Lloyd-Jones writing on Eph. 2. ~~ now THAT is a GREAT way to start a day!! :) [About him -- http://www.mlj.org.uk/]

In some ways we do seem to be "legalistic" and yet, oddly enough, I walk in TRUE freedom with Christ! The old, DEAD SueAnn was the one truly in bondage! I was so miserable and so desparate to not be miserable anymore... I tried everything to make it go away - to find a peaceful, happy me! Everything I did just turned to ash!! It was so awful. Then I heard the voice of Christ... "Come unto me and I will give you rest..." Believe it or not, I fought Him! Hard!! I wanted rest but I wanted to get it MY way! Yah! THAT was a smart plan!!!! You may call me slow, it's alright! (sheepish laughter!) He kept calling and kept staying! I could feel His presence. Finally I surrendered. What else could I do??? Silly me!! I have not been the same person since. I still get things so wrong and so mixed up. I still try way too hard too much of the time. But He is always there -- calling me, loving me, instructing me, calling me to repentance.

I appreciate your posts and don't care a flip how long they are! :) (From me, the Queen on verbosity!!) You are right! Each child, no matter the sex, is so different. My Oliver (#3) is truly the Poet of the family. Much more sensitive than the others -- but not that the others are INsensitive. You know what I mean! And I do think this son has a whole different life to live: I am in a good marriage with a good man. My dear other boys had to deal with a Mom who was almost constantly at war with her abusive husband. (I stayed so long b/c it was aimed at me NOT them!!)

That being "softer" now scares me a little. Firstly (and probably pridefully) I have a reputation for being a strict disciplinarian. It has served me well. My boys all respect me and love me -- but then again, my own words chastise me! Was it b/c of MY many "talents" or GOD'S GRACE?!?!?! I hope that I am certainly more a woman/mother of FAITH now than I was in my youth... but I honestly can't stand unruly children! There has to be a balance -- God's grace and I must put my hand to the plow. And my beloved Tom is a TRUE softy!!! I don't think there is a disciplining bone in his body -- not for children. He is very hard on himself and can be demanding of me. It will be intersting to watch it all unfold...

I know just how you feel. I don't know how long it takes to get to the N. Island, but my best friend is in Colorado and it takes WAAAAY too long to get there!!! I miss her virtually everyday. I actually pray for a friend close by - someone I can visit with and sew with and even raise a child with --- at my age that gets to be a tall order! LOL! I have one one woman that I totally love and respect, but she lives over an hour away and as much as we talk about getting together, it just doesn't happen! Our wonderful church family is an hour the other direction! Such is our mobile society... I have a dear sister who lives in town but she works full-time.

Yes, I am very blessed to have you as well! I can imagine your days and I pray that God will give you strength and courage and creativity for this one!! :)
Hugs and love,
SueAnn

StillinHisCare - Saturday, 19 April
Greetings Dani!

How did the treehut sleep-over go? :) Too cute!!

Oh dear. You sound like one of those weird Christian Radicals who keep their children trapped under their control! LOL!!! ME TOO!!!! But isn't it just marvelous how the Lord grows us all together?? I would not trade out homeschooling years for ANYTHING - even though I didn't do everything perfectly! I'm reading a collection of sermons right now on Good Works and they are really hitting home in just that! God prepares the work for us then equips us to follow Him into them THEN, by his amazing GRACE, something good may actually come out of our putting our hands to the plow!! :) I think my biggest downfall (that lead to other sins) was not having enough faith. Like that is really new! You have had steady, on-going practice... it will be interesting to see how I do after such a significant break.

But we sound like kindred spirits. I love reading your words -- they take me back to some precious times...

I'm dying of curiosity! Which curriculum do you use?? I think of several that sound like that...

I was so looking forward to possibly being given a girl this go around. I had visions of doing all the home arts with her -- finally someone to "play" with!! :) My boys were always good company for me, but they also were all boy! A very good thing! So I'm glad I know before the little chap arrives. I cried Dani at the ultrasound. I felt really horribly guilty about that, but I couldn't help it. I wasn't bawling or anything, just quietly crying... and I did off and on all day. Tom was very sweet to me. He wanted a girl for my sake. He has one of each, who are now grown.

But now I love this little guy with all my heart. I get more attached to him day by day. Are you feeling your Baby move around all the time? Isn't it amazing?? :)

I have my niece and little nephews today. I must run along. God bless you and all your household!!
Much Love, SueAnn

ttcno5 - Friday, 18 April
your kids are beautiful xx

ttcno5 - Friday, 18 April
hiya hun my symtoms were heartburn constipation and flu like symtoms early on i had a positive pregnancy test 9 days post ovulation and got my hcg levels checked and they were very high my first scan at 5 weeks showed only a sack and ylk sack boy was i shocked when i went in for a scan at 6 weeks 2 days and there were 2 little heartbeats identical by the looks of it im totally exsausted everyday and am very sick and alot of headaches but nothing i cant handle twins run in both sides of our families so do you think this baby is your last or will you go again hun xxx

ttcno5 - Friday, 18 April
hiya hun congrats on your pregnancy i also am going to have my hands full i have 5 kids and am expecting twin how are you xx

stillinhiscare - Wednesday, 16 April
Hello Dani ~
I so enjoyed your letter! Thanks for taking time out of your very busy schedule to "pen" it! :) And I love checking my email in my nightie! :) I find it very convivial indeed. :)

I am so blesed to read of Shayna's recovery in progress!!! I just heard of a young man, now in his early 20s, who had Leukemia when he was 5 and went through pretty much what you say Shayna did. I had no idea it was "curable" but rejoice in that fact!!! God is merciful and I am so thankful!!!

I understand needing time to DO HS and not TALK about it!!! No worries!! Just if you ever do have time, I have a willing and eager ear, okay? :)

We just arrived back home shortly from a romantic weekend in Carmel that my Tom planned for us in honor of my birthday!! I guess I need to update my profile... I'm now 44!!

And Ty is growing... I just am so amazed...

Do you know the sex of your new one? Do you want to? Do you have names picked out? I love the names you have already... your kids are so cute!!! :)

God bless you dear. I must get back to my wonderful hubby! :)
hugs to you from afar,
SueAnn

StillinHisCare - Friday, 11 April
Oh dear! When I read about little Shayna, my heart just dropped!! How horrible that must have been. Yes indeed, Praise God for His mercy and comforting presence!! Is she in "remission" or can Leukemia "go away"? It reminds us that everyday is a gift of life. I love that hymn line, "while all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care, and everywhere that man can be Thou God art present there!"

I wish I could say I'm "loving this pregnancy" and am glad that you can. For me it continues to be such an adjustment. Each day gets better. Now that the sickness is for the most part gone, I certainly am out of the perpetual physical misery -- such a relief!! Now tiredness is a problem early in the evenings! And I don't work NEARLY as hard as you do, still having little ones to attend to and teach! God obviously wants me alone and quiet during this time - something I was NOT planning on! But His ways are higher than my puny ways, His thoughts greater than my little dribbles! :)

Your spasms for HOURS sound NO fun at all! I'm sorry!! I've had more leg/upper thigh cramps with this one than usual but I find (as silly as it may sound) that as long as I eat bananas regularly, I do much better! I figure I'm short on potassium. But perhaps that is not the same thing at all as what you are experiencing.

You will have a midwife? Will you deliver at home?

And I would love to hear more of your homeschooling avenues. That whole subject has been brought back to me after I thought I was retiring! I sometimes can't get over that!! (surprised laugh/sigh and a shake of the head!) I took more the "casual school" approach when they were little. Minimum bookwork - mostly play, read, and LOTS of field trips! So many happy years... ... of course things got more serious as they grew. Now they are gone - or almost so.

Well, believe it or not, I do have a lot of things to do today, so I must away now. :) God bless you and all your little chickies!!
Love, SueAnn

StillinHisCare - Thursday, 10 April
Ahhh, Yes. "Practice contentment"!! That is a worldwide phenomena!!! LOL!! It has been the subject of countless women's bible studies. I praise the Lord that He has grown me but very slowly - probably the best way to grow! :) Do you know John Piper? His book on Future Grace? It is certainly Father's PAST faithfulness that gives us confidence for His future graces. And yes, He has allowed us amazing new beginnings in that grace. I am constantly overwhelmed by His goodness and care... ...

I understand waiting for decisions (decisions that I can be very passionate about!) to come from my husband. He is a good man! I know I can trust him. And I know he loves me. These are gifts. But he is human - a sinner, just as I am!! So that makes things very interesting sometimes! LOL!

So, you and Ewan have three children and this will be number 4? :) Are you offered all the genetic testing etc in NZ as we are here at our ages?? It is pretty stressful. We have rejected most of it.

I am glad to read that you feel so well. I am definitely not my perky self, though I feel so much better than I did the first three months! I do take Zophran occasionally when I feel that old nausea start to creep back, but mostly I do okay if I eat regularly and get my rest. Yesterday I was able to scrub the bathroom for the first time since December! That felt real good!! Tom has been doing it, bless his heart!!! (I told you he was a good man!! :)

God bless you too Dani! It has been a real blessing to communicate with a kindred spirit/sister out there! :) I am planning to update tomorrow. Today I am preparing to go to my Mother who lives 5 minutes away.
Love to you,
SueAnn

StillinHisCare - Wednesday, 9 April
Hello Dani,
It was lovely to hear from you. I also see that you have updated and am so glad to learn that all is well!

You asked whether I had other children. Yes, I do. In fact, I will be a grandmother shortly before becoming a Mother again!! :) My eldest son (21) is married to a lovely young lady and they are expecting a granddaughter for me around June 1. Then I have two other sons - 19 and 17. What I mean by starting all over again is that I was just preparing for "retirement"! :) My youngest had just graduated from his homeschool career and I was looking to see what my "next life" was going to hold! Perhaps acting and waiting tables and traveling with my husband! After a very painful divorce several years ago, I am now happily and gratefully married to a good man who loves me and God! His two children (from his previous marriage which ended over 20 years ago) are ages 30 and 28! We had a miscarriage a year and a half ago and then nothing for a long time. We were shocked when this little one came along and have had some emotional & physical adjustments to make! But we are so grateful to God Who gives us just what we need. We trust Him to know what is best and are beginning to truly rejoice in this new life!

My remark about my womb being closed relates to the fact that my first (and only other - LOL) husband had a reversal shortly after the birth of our youngest. I grieved every month for several years as it became apparent that no baby was on the way. Later, I saw the providence of God in that when my marriage (always on the verge of trouble) crashed down around me!

And here I am! A whole new life -- and starting all over again! :)

I like the creative living spaces you all are using right now. It reminds of me of old dear friends of mine. Unfortunately they never got their dream "off the ground" so to speak... I pray that your new home is coming along beautifully! Are you building it yourself?

God bless your day and all of your household.
SueAnn

StillinHisCare - Monday, 7 April
Hello,
I was searching around, looking for women of about my age and found you! :) You haven't posted in awhile; I pray all is well! I'm sure you don't have much else to do but sit at the computer with only 8 children! LOL! I have many fellow homeschool friends (mostly in the midwest) who enjoy large families. The Lord shut my womb for many years - but it all has proved to be part of His marvelous providence! And now I am adjusting to the fact - the glorious fact! - of starting all over again!!

Blessings to you today from California,
SueAnn

kathleen - Thursday, 3 April
congrats on your 9th pregnancy, hope everything is going well x

magali - Tuesday, 25 Mar
just stoping by to see how you doing?

magali - Saturday, 22 Mar
i stop breastfeeding when the baby was 4 weeks old i wasnt producin enough for my baby and it was a little hard for me so i swith to formula how are you feeling today?

momof16 - Friday, 21 Mar
Thanks for writing and congratulations! Your children are beautiful. We just found out last night that our oldest daughter (24) is pregnant. So we will be pregnant together!

magali - Thursday, 20 Mar
wow 9 kids how amazing!!! i have 5 kids and looking foward to have more i just need to wait a couple of year lol cause they are closed in age and they are driving me nuts do you know what are you having???

my7thbabyduemay20th2008 - Friday, 14 Mar
Hi hun,
It has been awhile since I spoke to you, how have you been?
I had a bad fall a couple of weeks ago, and with having placenta previa, and contractions, they admitted me into hospital and gave me meds to stop the contractions, and a scan to make sure the placenta wasn't peeling from the wall of the uterus. Everything was fine, in fact there was no bleeding, and baby was fine, but the coolest thing is, that we found out what we were having, after so many boys, God has blessed us with a little Girl!!! we are so over the moon, and we are calling her, Eden Amber-Rose.

babybackwoods - Saturday, 8 Mar
CONGRATS ON BABY #9! WOW... DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE HAVING?

systolie - Thursday, 6 Mar
Shrinky9, Thank you for the best wishes. I'm starting to feel Penelope move more now too. It's so exciting. Hope you're feeling well. I read your story and felt inspired by the strength you seem to possess. Good luck!

JoJoUK - Wednesday, 5 Mar
congratulations on your latest pregnancy and large family, i'm having my first baby at 36, so much to learn and so excited! x

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