About 15 years ago we began to pray for a girl as we already had two boys at the time and we had dreamed of 2 boys and two girls ;-) And then we had 3 more boys and in between these boys Jennifer had 5 other failed pregnancies. We had pretty much given up on the idea of ever having a little girl of our own.
But God's grace. The last year has been a roll coaster of emotions as we did not want to get our hopes up in case Jennifer again lost this baby. As she got further along in the pregnancy the emotions built and our hearts were a little more tender. And then in July we found out that not only was Jennifer having a healthy pregnancy but also that she was pregnant with a girl! We could not believe it and some days as I look at her I have to pinch myself.
As Jennifer continued in the pregnancy we were growing in expectation and a little bit of fear. Jennifer was high risk for her age and other failed pregnancies. We found a midwife and decided to go the natural route. Jennifer did amazing throughout the pregnancy. She did have some challenges with her legs and especially her veins.
By God's grace, Grace was born on December 18th, 2018. 12/18/18. Jennifer went into labor sometime in the morning and it began to intensify throughout the day. We left for the birth clinic which is about an hour drive from our home about 4:30pm. Guatemala has some major traffic issues at time especially about this time of day. We made it in about an hour and a half by 6pm.
Jennifer did amazing in the labor. Keep in mind she is 40 years young and has given birth every other time with a lot of drugs ;-) She was amazing and the midwife said she had never seen some give birth so peacefully. God's grace and many prayers! About 3 and half hours after we arrived she gave birth to Grace. Jennifer was grateful to have her mom there.
1 month pictures.
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