Author Topic: Due date tomorrow (Read 6139 times)

MaterDominici · « **Reply #15 on:** August 05, 2011, 09:06:05 PM »

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Being sweaty and uncomfortable doesn't help. I would have gone and hung out at my parents' house today, (temperature being 66 over there in the house, and approaching 90 when the sun blazes in at MY house) but that would have added an extra 15 minutes of travel time to the hospital, and my labors are relatively short, since I'm "old hat" at it.

You poor thing. Summer is not a fun time to be pregnant. I remember with my August baby basically sitting in front of a fan all day toward the end. Have you considered hanging out at a library or mall near the hospital during the hottest part of the day?

As an aside, your parents keep their house at 66!?! Burr!!

Sigismund · « **Reply #16 on:** August 05, 2011, 09:47:33 PM »

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #17 on:** August 05, 2011, 11:23:24 PM »

Please be assured of my prayers for you and your dear daughter! May she be given the fullness of of every heavenly grace and blessing, particularly Holy Baptism and a very healthy and blessed life!

Ruth Agnes: what a beautiful name!

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #18 on:** August 06, 2011, 08:34:53 PM »

Quote from: MaterDominici

Quote from: parentsfortruth
Being sweaty and uncomfortable doesn't help. I would have gone and hung out at my parents' house today, (temperature being 66 over there in the house, and approaching 90 when the sun blazes in at MY house) but that would have added an extra 15 minutes of travel time to the hospital, and my labors are relatively short, since I'm "old hat" at it.

You poor thing. Summer is not a fun time to be pregnant. I remember with my August baby basically sitting in front of a fan all day toward the end. Have you considered hanging out at a library or mall near the hospital during the hottest part of the day?

As an aside, your parents keep their house at 66!?! Burr!!

My dad has breathing problems, which cause him to have to have the house cold all year long. I see my mother wearing a sweater even in the summer more often than not.

I'd thought about going to the library to hang out over there, but I'd have to bring all the children with me, and they'd make a mess of the place.

Hopefully something'll happen tonight, or tomorrow, AFTER MASS of course, but you know how predictable these things are: Not at all.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2011, 12:25:25 AM »

In the Rituale Romanum (Tit. VIII, cap. v.) there is a blessing for expectant mothers. Attached is the text and translation from Rev. Fr. Philip T. Weller's book The Roman Ritual, In Latin and English with Rubrics and Plainchant Notation, Volume III - Blessings (Milwaukee, WI: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1952).

Be assured once again of my prayers for you at Mass tomorrow

[Ed. Sorry for the scans being so large. I tried to do something about it, but I could not.]