Month: July 2010

Well ladies…because I assume most of you reading are ladies…I am super excited about having finally lined up prenatal/labor & delivery care in Colorado.  A lot of the places I called were not taking new patients, so I was getting pretty stressed. Yesterday, the last practice I called had an opening, and they were able to get me an appointment for 2 days after I arrive. The practice has an OBGYN and 3 midwives, and since the doctor was not taking new patients, I am now a patient of midwives.

I have never used a midwife, mostly because it’s just not very common (or even LEGAL) down here in Alabama! However, from what I understand from my visit to Colorado and speaking to people who live there, about half of pregnant women use midwives there. And the midwives practice under an OBGYN and deliver in hospitals, where you can have all your usual medications (I specifically asked about epidurals!) and where a doctor is available if you need any type of emergency surgery.  And the midwife stays with you during your entire labor! I love Alabama dearly, but I have to say that on the pro/con list I am putting “birth options” on Colorado’s “pro” side.

So…I am wondering if any of you have ever used a midwife, and, if so, how did it go? And if you haven’t used one, have you ever considered it?

I have not posted in a long time, not because I didn’t have anything I wanted to write about, but because I was waiting for the right time (as in, the time approved by my darling hubby) to make our big news publicly known–We are moving to Ault, CO!!

Tim has accepted a job as the pastor of two small rural churches in a beautiful area of Colorado. We are leaving in two phases–Tim is leaving with the U-haul, cats, and fish at the end of July, and the kids and I are flying up to meet him Aug. 3. Yes, this is 4 weeks and 1 day before baby Sarah is due. Let’s all pray she gives her mama at least a few weeks to set up the house before she decides she wants to see everything for herself.

We have been praying and discussing this job possibility for months and feel it is the right place for our family to go. However, that doesn’t mean that there are many questions bouncing around in my head!

1. How will the kids adjust to such a different culture and being so far away from family?

2. Will Sarah ever have a Southern accent? Will Naomi & Rachel lose theirs? (I am refusing to lose mine.)

3. Can I drive in snow???

4. What is it like being a pastor’s wife?

5. What’s it like in a culture where there is only one evangelical church in town, instead of one or two on every corner?

6. Do Alabama’s football games get broadcasted in Colorado?

7. Who is going to send me a box of Krispy Kreme every month? 🙂

I am going to miss all of our friends and family here in Alabama so very much.  God has truly blessed me with a great group of friends, neighbors, and fellow moms. I am very thankful for modern technology that lets us all stay in touch, but it still will not be the same as just walking across the backyard for a playdate.

I think about families who moved across the country, or across the ocean, before there were cars or even trains. Women who would leave with their husbands and children, knowing they would probably never see their extended families again. And missionaries, who give up their own comfort to pursue unreached people groups across the globe, maybe staying in the same area, but maybe moving from continent to continent, bringing the Gospel.  In light of these comparisons, moving to Ault (a 22-hour drive) doesn’t seem so huge. But I know it will still be probably the biggest adjustment in my life so far, and definitely in my children’s lives!

I am very excited about starting this new adventure, and I expect I will have much on my heart and mind in the coming weeks and months to fill this blog…if I also have the time to write it all down!