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Well we have been really busy.

Jason has a new job as a Taxi Driver making great money and learning heaps. You know I can actually now trust him to know the direction of things in our local area amazing. He is doing so well and I am so proud of him. He actually has been talking to a guy about a part time job on his two days off as a cook so we will see how that goes. I am so proud of him and totally respect how he handles himself with this job.  Honestly it is very full on long hours but he is handling it so well.

James is now 5yrs. I shouldn’t say trial but very full on. Totally testing boundaries and making me feel like a bad parent 90% of the time lately but I seem to be making head way with him. It is just hard when I am trying to do a million things and he is pushing the boundaries. But he is learning loads and loads of stuff at this point and the more I challenge him with school work he seems to calm down. Boredom is probably part of the issue. But he is growing and loves swimming and eating.

Letise is now 4 yrs and is doing really well. She is very cute with Sasha just loves her actually. Sam and her fight a bit and James and her fight a lot. But they all play so well together. She loves her barbies and her dolls and is totally cute as she tells her stories with her dolls and ponies. A real live girl.

Sam is now 2yrs and wakes at 3.30am to say hi and have a cuddle. I dont really know how to break that cycle but I am now not letting him fall asleep with me in the bed. I am giving him a cuddle and sending him on his way. Works some mornings and not others. He is so full of energy I mean he can run all day and than some. so by 5am he has woken up all the kids unfortunately but the last few mornings I have been all over him to stay in bed and be queit and it seems to be working. We will see. He has a great sense of humor.

Sasha is now 9 months and so damn cute. She is crawling everywhere and standing up on furniture and walking along it so not too long before she will be walking. I am amazed at how quick she is growing. Very determined little thing to get her own way. Smiles and laughs at just about anything and she is beautiful. Loves her dad heaps and says dad dad all the time I have had a couple of mums but she smiles when I ask her to say it and says dad. Cheeky.

The unborn bubs I am now 6 months along of 24.5 weeks. Is going really well. I totally forget I am pregnant half the time because bubs just does it thing and this pregnancy I haven’t had to go on the high risk register as I have no pains and it has been straight forward. I am so happy. The 20 weeks scan was fantastic no issues baby was livly and constantly moving and kicking. My placenta is accross the front so I cant actually feel a lot of kicks but bubs seems to be getting stronger because I feeling more.

Me last but not least. I am doing well. Things seem to be working out well. I am trying to get more organized and not get so overwhelmed. I do well I think but at times I think I am failing.  I suppose parenting is working things out slowly but surly.

Anyway thanks to all those that are commenting I love it. Sorry been so long I will get some more stuff on here soon.

Hi, this is Jason chiming in with our little bundle of joy that was born yesterday. “Princess” Falk (soon to be named) was born at 3:30pm on Wednesday the 19th of September. At 2.95kg (6.8 pounds) she was just 36 weeks old and beautiful healthy looking baby.

The Birth was very different than what I have been used to. As you know this is our forth child and having them so close together it was very routine for us, so much so in fact that Bree was so in control it was amazing. Never have I seen her so relaxed and at peace than with this birth. For those that don’t know we had complications with Sam our third child who is now 17 months old. Not wanting to go down that path again there should have been MUCH anxiety and stress leading up to and during this birth. Praise be to God however that through prayer we were able to find peace and Bree was able to find something that she has never had before, that is complete calm during the labor.

Bree was hooked up to the drip about midday and was breathing through all the contractions easily up to about 2pm when she requested the gas. From about 2pm she was really in pain but able to breath through all contractions remaining very focused. I was shocked at how “in control” she was and indeed the midwife was also impressed. Around 2:30pm she was wanting to push and this is when the pain was getting a bit much and she let out a couple of loudish moans. After trying to push on and offer for about 30 minutes Bree settled down again and it seemed the contractions were easing, at this point I thought we may be in for the long haul remembering our 3rd child Sam took about 7 hours to birth.

It was about 3pm and the contractions were seemingly getting stronger again, Bree was wanting to push all the time at this stage and although the baby was head down and getting closer and closer it was not showing itself yet. I was starting to get concerned at this stage because with Sam this exact thing happened and his heart rate started to drop, rapidly which is very dangerous for the life of the child. Because the birthing process is so strenuous on the baby it can actually die if the heart rate drops too much, and Sam (our third) was at the very dangerous level with the heart rate down to 70 beats. Optimal heart rate is 130+.

At 3:20 Bree was starting to yell “I’m ready”, “this is it”, I’m 10cm” etc. The midwife who had been on & off with her gloves & face mask was replying with “just breath through them Bree”, “You not quite there yet” etc. Bree was not having that however and She gave some big pushes and really started getting into it. After about another minute Bree gave a huge push and the head popped out! No time to get the gloves on the midwife frantically called for assistance and yelling to Bree don’t push while trying to get the cord from around the baby’s neck. But no sooner had she said “don’t push” that Bree pushed and POP out she came like a wet bar of soap squeezed out of your hand!

After much excitement, a trainee midwife’s frantic push of the “emergency” button and a room full of nurses and midwives all thinking that the worst had happened (the trainee pushed the wrong button!) the relief of our baby being born hit! It was so amazing. We were all a bit shocked at how fast the baby came out and Bree & I were glad she was laying on the bed at this stage and not hovering over the floor!!!

Baby let out a little squeak straight away which was a good sign, Bree & I didn’t even know if it was a boy or girl as everything happened so fast but after a quick lift of the leg we were elated to see she was a girl, not that it would have mattered!

Going a purple color rather quickly the midwives were starting to rush through the process to get oxygen to the buba, I was asked to cut the cord (which I really wanted to do) but I said “you cut it” as I could see things needed to happen quickly to get baby breathing properly. After the cord was cut they got here to the table and rubbing her back while blowing oxygen onto her she started to pink up real fast which was GREAT! I knew right then that everything was perfect and we had ourselves the most perfect gift, thank you GOD!

As I write this Bree is in hospital and should be back home today sometime, Lord knows she would love to come home and indeed wanted to come home last night but they needed her to stay 24 hours to monitor the progress understandably!

Thanks for reading this I hope to add some more, Bree will likely add some bits with a new post in the next couple of days when everything is back to normal

I feel totally vulnerable, these last few weeks of pregnancy really do take it out of you. The thoughts of labour the incredible pain the incredible joy I go between these two emotions a lot.

I am starting to have these thoughts of all the things that could go wrong in the labour ward I know that I shouldn’t have fear because God has not given me a Spirit of Fear I keep telling myself this so as to take those moments of panic away. I know that God is with me and that this birth is going to be beautiful but these thoughts still appear.

I am envisioning a really quick really nice peaceful birth. I would love to have the baby at home in my bathtub, but I would think it safer to have it in hospital with the doctor there in case. I am focusing on and praying for a lovely birth that my husband and I will both enjoy.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 AMP

I will keep focusing on this and I know that God will honor it.