My Love, Peace, Joy Babies

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 My children are alike in many ways - and different in many ways.  Right down to when they were still in utero - they were different and I felt different.  I call them my Love, Peace, Joy Babies.  There were aspects of each “feeling” with all three pregnancy and newborn times, but I like to categorize them as follows:

For my Firstborn, my son, I picked the feeling “Love.”  I wanted to be pregnant, I prayed to be pregnant, I was ecstatic to be pregnant, I LOVED being pregnant.  Even though his was the worst pregnancy and worst delivery [10 and a half pound baby a week late - delivered naturally]  I still loved it.  I didn’t realize it was so bad at the time - I had nothing to compare it to.  With him I felt the incredible mother/child bond of love for the first time.  I can still pinpoint the exact time in my mind when we “connected” and I was bowled over with love.

For my Second born, my first daughter, I picked “Peace.”  It was an easy pregnancy and delivery.  I was at peace, my immediate world was peaceful, I felt I was in God’s will, and life was fine.  As a small baby she was easy to take care of; peaceful and content. 

For my Third born, my second daughter, I picked “Joy”.  Now this needs a BIG clarification.  I was NOT happy to be pregnant the third time.  I struggled emotionally the whole 9 months.  I prayed and gave it to the Lord and came to terms with it; but I was not joyful during the pregnancy.  However, as soon as she was born and I was not pregnant any more I was joyful.  She was a happy baby and I was not pregnant any more!  My third newborn was much easier to take care of - probably because she was the third.  We had a joyful household when she was little.

Now, of course, I can’t categorize them at this stage in their life; it seems to change every day.  So we will take it one day at at time, and pray for the Lord to help us raise them as would please Him.

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