Jan 19, 2010
So, if you haven’t heard…
I came to my computer relatively late in the day, after dealing with a sick kid this morning and going to a doctor’s appointment. But when I got there, I saw messages on Twitter alluding to the following:
So you’ve probably figured it out. We’re expecting our fourth child.
I’m not angry at all for my father-in-law’s Tweet. He knew we were telling people, and with an excited 5-year-old on the scene, secrets are no longer. There were a couple thoughts that went through my mind in rapid-fire succession though:
- “I haven’t told Danielle. I haven’t told Danielle. I haven’t told Danielle.” Danielle is my best friend in the entire world, but we live 900 miles apart, and I’ve been too tired to call her. First trimester has been kinda brutal with my energy level. So, publicly, I love, love, LOVE you, Danielle. And you’re gonna be an aunt again. Forgive me for being so lame.
- My book club girls are gonna kill me! I was with them last night (before the vomiting 5-year-old episodes) and had a couple opportunities to just say something, but every time my mouth went kinda dumb.
So…
I am currently 10 weeks pregnant. I feel pretty horrible most of the time. I survive on Bisquick biscuits and sometimes some chicken soup. I have the sleeping patterns of an infant. I am experiencing gestational gastritis, which basically means my stomach hates me.
I’m 10 weeks pregnant. Baby will arrive in August. This will be our third pregnancy in a row to end in late summer. I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, endlessly repeating the same cycle. We’re working on trusting that this is the right time for us. “Are you sure, God?!?!” has gone through my head more than once.
And…I’m 10 weeks pregnant. I held my friend Dorothy’s infant son the other day and just about died in half at how wonderful he felt. Life is a miracle.
So whether I have 10 weeks, 10 months, or 10+ years with this baby, today I heard the little heartbeat and know that it is indeed a blessing and a miracle.
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I have some posts that I wrote during my last pregnancy about why I didn’t blog about it, and I’m working on editing those to publish here. It might help some of you understand why I don’t usually share very much about my pregnancies on my blog. Stay tuned.
Congrats! Very excited for you. Hope your stomach cooperates soon:)
congrats molly! my husband and i have 4 in heaven, 2 on earth, and one in the womb as well. morrow and my daughter amelia are only a few weeks apart, and so are your and my womb babies. :) again, congrats. and i’ll be thinking of you when i empty my stomach into the toilet once again. i just wrote a really short blog about that not long ago. http://www.eggers-neveradullmoment.com/2010/01/sometimes.html
i will add your family and you new little one to my prayers. keep your head up, sister!
Contrats my friend! Do we have a Going away or coming home from El Salvador baby on our hands? :)
LOVE IT! H
Glad H asked first!
Congratulations Molly, Abraham, Orison and Morrow! Praying that the first trimester sickness subsides early.
I wondered the same thing. ha ha ha! This baby seems to have been conceived EERILY close to the trip! :-)
SO happy for you!
Congratulations! Praying for your heart to continue to be at peace!
Hi Molly – just finding your blog from your father-in-law’s tweet. It was passed on to me so I thought I’d stop by and say hello! It’s always nice to find another Mom who can relate to this sort of situation.
We are coming up on our Evie’s 2nd birthday, though she passed away just before she was born. I am currently 32 weeks pregnant with baby Hazel, the farthest we have been in a pregnancy since we said goodbye to our sweet Evie Grace.
I am glad to find your blog. I understand the sweet sovereignty of our Lord as he has numbered each of our days. But, even in that, there are days of fear and uncertainty. We praise him that his grace is sufficient to cover our doubt and anxiety.
Blessings on you and your sweet babe,
Raechel
Congratulations! :)
Congratulations.
I saw that tweet – so exciting! Congratulations!! Looking forward to those future posts – always informative and encouraging!
Ha Ha! I saw it on facebook and though– Molly’s going to kill him! So I clicked over here and read your post! LOL! Excited for you!
~Leslie
Wow~congratulations!!
I remember being so surprised, close to Morrow’s birth, when you announced you would be going to the hospital. I am looking forward to the posts you mentioned, as to why you do not blog much about your pregnancies.
As always, I look forward to each and every one of your posts….
What exciting news! Hope the sickness goes away soon.
My husband and I are expecting our first in April. I’m constantly amazed by the little miracle growing inside of me.
oh, yay Molly! Give your baby a little pat for me!
Awe, Congratulations, Molly! Praying for you, your family and this new little one.
What a blessing! Congratulations to you and all your family.
A very heartfelt congratulations to you and your family! I have been reading your blog for a while, and have prayed for you as you have shared so much of your life. I will continue to pray as the Lord brings you to mind.
rejoicing with tears of joy for abraham and you!
Congratulations! I hope the end of the first trimester and the end of morning sickness come quickly!
Whatever your reasons, I think it’s perfectly fine (and maybe a great thing) that you don’t share much about pregnancies on your blog. I think when you live a open public life on the internet, it’s important to have special parts of your life that you don’t share with the whole world. May you and your family have many joyful times during this pregnancy that you retain as private family memories!
Yayayay! I can’t believe how excited I got when I saw the Tweet this morning. I wanted to tell people but……..I don’t *really* know you and neither do they. But I’m super excited none-the-less! Congratulations, to all of you!
Oh, Molly! I’m so happy for you. I completely missed his tweet. This is such a blessing.
That’s fantastic, Molly…So happy for you. Praying for God’s gentle grace to guide you through delivery and beyond!
UHMMMMM!!!! HOLY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY! Congratulations! So, you’re due right around Morrow’s birthday again? Our DD is July 29th.
Cute cute cute. I’m so happy for you guys! And I will definitely add another Piper baby to our prayers. (((HUGS)))
Congratulations, Molly! I saw the tweet too and was excited for you, while simultaneously wondering if someone had let the cat out of the bag a little too soon! :) I added you to my list of pregnant mamas to be thinking of, though. I feel for you in your morning/all-day sickness – I had it horribly, too. (I’m due with my first in 2 weeks.) Looking forward to reading those blog posts you mentioned!
HUGE CONGRATS!!! Praying for you. I understand how hard it is to blog about pregnancy. With my rainbow baby Blythe, I didn’t even tell anyone til I was 17 weeks pregnant. (((hugs)))
xoxo,
erika
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All women so far, so here’s a male Congratulations! for you. We care too, it’s just less comfortable to talk about.
Thanks Scott! I hadn’t even noticed that it had been all women. lol!
Glad I saw this comment from another male. I was beginning to feel self-conscious… like that time I “accidentally” went into Jo-anne Fabrics.
Dear Molly,
I’ve just found your blog today and it is my “happy” for today. You see, it was a week ago today that I last held/touched/smelled/saw my precious baby boy, Caleb Enoch. Caleb died at 17 weeks gestation due to a tragic and incredibly rare second trimester cord accident. He was my 9th pregnancy (8 singleton and 1 twin), only 3 of which I’ve delivered a live baby. My other 5 losses were first trimester miscarriages. One of the hardest parts of losing Caleb is that even though his death was a stillbirth situation, he is not acknowledged as such because it happened before 20 weeks.
Having lost so many babies to Heaven I know how tedious the dance of trusting God that His ways are perfect and all that He does is good. I know that no matter how much you purpose in your heart to be joyful and excited there are moments of doubt that creep in. Satan doesn’t just delight in attacking Christian marriages, he also finds great joy in planting seeds of doubt and guilt into the mind of Christian mothers. While we are emotionally stronger than our husbands, we are definately the weeker sex in this area. I have come to see it as an area of pride and elevating myself above God. But still, despite reason and faith the doubts still come.
As I grieve the death of my son I will pray with rejoicing for protection of your little one, and of your mommy-heart. Thank you so much for your blog…
~ Melodie
Mommy to 5 living children (2 by choice, 3 by birth) and 7 worshiping in Heaven
congratulations! also, I have a dear, dear father in law who can’t help himself in these matters as well. he nearly always spills the beans. love his heart. hope you’re feeling not so pukey and in the very near future….
Oh, Molly….my heart rejoices with yours over your 4th precious child.
Hey! My pregnant brain just thought of something…we’re both pregnant with our fourth babies!
As I stumble my way through the vast emotions of a sub pregnancy, I offer my hand out to you. May God hold you (and I) as you see his love for you in ways you’ve never dreamed.
love and many prayers,
ebe
congraaaaaaaaats Molly & Abraham!!
Congratulations, Molly!! And the rest of your sweet fam too! SO HAPPY for you guys!!
And I’m with Heather–do tell if this baby was a going-away present or a welcome-home one. ;)
Congratulations!!! That is AWESOME!!!!!
Congratulations Molly! What an exciting announcement. My prayer is that the little one inside of you will continue to grow strong and in God’s grace — and that your first trimester will fly by. I hate that part of pregnancy. It’s just hard, especially when you’re trying to keep track of little ones at the same time.
Congratulations!!! It was such a pleasant surprise to hear of Morrow’s arrival, and now the anticipation of a new life… It’s so exciting. I can totally understand why you wouldn’t blog about pregnancy so much. I felt so guilty with my last pregnancy because we didn’t tell anybody for a long time. I just wasn’t ready for all the questions. I’ve been feeling a bit of baby fever, myself, lately.
But, anyway, I just can’t express how happy I am for you guys! I know Orison is so excited.
oh molly, i’m so excited for you…..and i’m not at all surprised for some reason. i had a brief feeling at some point during the course of the evening (at book club) that you might be pregnant. not sure why or what triggered it. i just thought to myself “hmmm, i wonder if she’s pregnant.” congratulations. so happy!!
Congratulations Molly–this is wonderful news! I was catching the same “I think Molly might be pregnant” vibe at book club. So happy it’s true!!
Count me in the Clueless at Book Club Club! But congratulations!!! I am just so, so happy for you.
I’m another clueless member, despite notice the lack of wine drinking, the disappointment on your face when you discovered the chai was caffeinated, and the fact I noticed how exhausted you were. Clearly, a detective I am not. But I am SO happy for you and Abraham! I hope you are feeling better soon and have much happiness and little fear in the months ahead. Glad I’ll be along to share in the journey of another book club baby!
Praise the Lord! I’m so happy for yall!!!! Praying for a wonderful pregnancy and for the gestational gastritis to subside.
Congratulations! :)
Congratulations on your newest blessing!
Congratulations, Molly. It’s been a blessing to read your stories of life and see your precious kiddos. You will be in my prayers!
Congratulations, Molly!! I am so happy for you guys!
What GREAT news, Molly & Abraham! I’ll be praying for you and this little one — and for your peace.
Congratulations and blessings, Molly.. this is such wonderful news. And I love that means you were pregnant last time I saw you! Did you know then?
I’m so sorry you are having that gastritis again. I know it was so rough on you before. I hope it passes quickly.
Love you.
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I’m about two weeks behind you. And I have a friend who I’m going to send your link to as she has experienced the loss – very similar to your situation. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
congrats MOLLY :)
yaya!! praying for you guys.
happy miracle! good providence! xo
Yeah!!! We’re excited for you guys! Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Oh Molly,
I am so happy for you and Abraham! Congratulations!
It’s such a bummer that pregnancies make everyone so sick…….I know I was, ALL 6 times!
Hang in there, my friend!
Much love,
Jane
Yay!!!!! More Piper kids to play with!! :o) Congratulations!!
Praying the Lord heals whatever’s making Orison sick – and that he doesn’t pass it on to anybody else in your family.
So happy for you! Congratulations and blessings!
Oh I am so happy for you Molly! This is such wonderful news. You are pregnant, and Nick and I are in the process of adopting! Maybe I’ll finally have my 1st baby when you have your 4th! congrats to you and Abraham :) Let me know if you ever need anything at all. Or even just a break. I will come right over! Hope you start feeling better soon…
My dad has quite a hard time keeping it a secret when we’re pregnant. I guess the excitement is just too much to contain. Big difference though, my dad doesn’t tweet OR have thousands of followers on…well, on anything
Either way, I’m rejoicing with you guys for this new little life! Hope you start feeling better soon!
Well, hopefully me not returning your call and voicemail was pay back. ;-) I will forgive your lame-ness if you forgive mine.
Love you! I’m super excited! I want to know everything about everything, as usual! Wow. Mother of four. Crazy. AWESOME!
congrats you guys! beautiful awesome so exciting!
Congrats! I’ll be praying for the yucky tummy stuff to go away…and for more energy!
Congrats guys! Very excited for you! (I used bold text to indicate my excitement.)
Congratulations Molly!!! I’ll be praying for endurance and for your heart.
Congrats! I am so excited for you guys!!! I am praying for you.
Molly that’s fantastic news to shout to the world (as it sort of has been)! We will be praying for your family and this amazing journey.
Blessings!
Jen
Mama to Quadruplets
Congratulations! That’s wonderful! I’m in my 8th week with my 3rd child!
Congratulations, Molly! Blessings to you and your sweet family.
Congratulations, Molly! That’s so exciting.
I hadn’t heard! And I am so thrilled with you, and echo the sentiments of your last paragraph. Congratulations!
So happy for you! I was due Aug 22 last year (he came on the 16th) so Jan and Feb of 09 were a big morning sickness blur! YUCK! I also have four kids…one in heaven and three boys here!
Congratulations! May God keep you and your baby strong and safe.
I’m looking forward to those posts you mentioned at the end of this one :)
God bless you!
I like your website. It’s very pretty. I go to BB and found out about your website through John Piper. Great stuff you got here. I have never suffered baby loss, but I lost my dad to lung cancer and my triplet brother to suicide. I think the message of loss is one that carries to so many people and is much needed in such a hurting world. I for one have trouble at times knowing how to deal with pain, but I’m growing. Thanks for sharing your heart. Praying for your blessed baby. (BTW, I think your son is in the classroom next to the one I help in. I help in the 4 year old class at BB!)
Congrats!!!
Hi Molly. I love reading your blog! I wanted to say “Congrats!” and let you know that I share your pain on the gestional gastritis. I had my gallbladder taken out after my third son and they believe that triggered it. I am pregnant with our 5th now and I still have trouble with it. I have had 2 or 3 E.R. trips this pregnancy. They always throw it off to morning sickness or heartburn, but I finally had one doc tag it gastritis. I hope it eases up for you soon. Mine seems to alleviate a bit in the second and third tri! Prayers the same happens for you.
P.S. I met your friend, Jenna, when I was pregnant with my 4th son and she made me a nursing cover and we have become friends on Facebook since and she is such a great gal and friend! So thanks for the introduction LOL!
The Lord bless you and keep you,
the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you,
the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26
Go well.
Love Meredith
Wow Molly! The Lord is so good! How richly he has blessed you! I will pray for the safety of you and your baby and peace. Can’t wait to see what you and Abraham will name this one (I love how thoughtfully you guys name your children).
FYI, I found that smelling/drinking fresh citrus-y things like lemons really helped curb the nausea.
Fun times ahead for the Piper household! Whee!
Molly! Congratulations – what a blessing a growing family is!! We will be praying over your entire family as you go through this pregnancy!!! What wonderfully joyful news to read!
Hi Molly! Congratulations!!!!! I know I don’t know you, but my husband and I are good friends of the Nielsens here in Albuquerque. I think I’ve told you before, but your son Morrow and my son Thomas were born one day apart…and now, I’m 9 weeks pregnant! How fun! Congratulations, and here’s to feeling better soon!
WOW! That’s awesome. i can see how this must feel like groundhog day for you a little. Maybe it will allow you to remember better those weeks with Felicity. I know sometimes I feel some memories fading and then God gives me those moments of dejavu (sp?) and sometimes it’s not what I want to be feeling and other times it’s healing and I’m grateful because I get to remember and feel on the surface not just in the depths where it normally resides. Congratulations Love. Looking forward to the coming posts. And LOVE LOVE the new blog design. Seriously! :o)
Congrats from a reader in Alabama! I pretty much follow all of your family…well, the Pipers that is…on blogs and Twitter.
When I saw Pastor John’s tweet about that I was a bit confused…thought I had missed something along the way!
Praying for a safe pregnancy and for the sickness to pass soon! :(
Congratulations Piper Family! Praying that the sickness subsides soon!
Congratulations! Babies are such blessings.
which basically means my stomach hates me.
I’m pregnant myself (for the second time) and I’ve been having the same trouble, although thankfully, it seems to have dissipated now that I’m in my second trimester. I spent the first one eating lots of crackers and little else (I suppose that would explain the five pounds I lost…) Hope you will get to feeling better soon!
Congratulations, Molly! I’m glad for you and Abraham (and the boys). I hope this pregnancy is a joyful, faith-building experience of God’s goodness for you…(which isn’t mean to imply that your faith is small…just that I could see how pregnancy could be a scary thing, too!) Also praying God might see fit to give you a girl this time. Blessings in Christ to you…
I’m thankful for the baby growing inside your womb. And, I’m eager to read your upcoming posts. Someone recently asked me why I haven’t posted/Facebooked more about our pregnancy. It’s so complicated. I’m sure you will help me put words to these emotions.
Molly! I was there when you held Dorothy’s baby, and I am so happy for the new little life growing under your heart. Congratulations! Hope you are feeling better soon…the groundhog’s day comment made me smile. For what it’s worth, I missed the Tweet so got to hear it from you.
Wow, THANK YOU for this post and the next one on fear!!!
I’m 9 weeks pregnant with my 1st child, due August 28th and I’m SO scared. In an unfaithful kind of way. forgetting all the time that God isn’t out to get me, but assuming that he’ll choose me as an “example” for suffering as you put it. He may do that, but I’m not trusting that he has any other plans in store most days.
My friend sent me the quote today “Hell Dances When People Are Afraid” and it was like a slap in the face – the good kind!
Thank you for blogging, I’ll be reading!
Grace, pure grace, that love unfurling into new life and His perfect will.
Just couldn’t be happier for you, Molly…
May you sense Him close, gently carrying you who carry the life He tenderly knits…
All’s grace,
Ann Voskamp
First of all, CONGRATULATIONS…and I’m sorry I’m so late in congratulating you! That’s so exciting Molly. I can’t believe no. 4 is on it’s way. Ben and I are trying too…hoping this time for a girl, but would be delighted with another boy as well.
The new blog is beautiful!
love you friend! prayers for a healthy baby and pregnancy!
I haven’t been on Abraham’s site in a while, but I saw one of his tweets and it prompted me to head on over to 22 Words and see what’s been happening. Then I saw this post! I’l SO glad I did, too! So excited for you and will be praying. Blessings to you all!!
your blogs have been so uplifting. After trying to conceive for over 4 years I found out I was pregnant about this time last year only to lose my baby at 10 weeks. As that anniversary approaches and I see countless others around me that are pregnant or just starting their families and I’m plagued by much of the same fears you talked about in your blog. I need to be reminded that He is a loving Father who is not surprised by my fears!
Well it looks like our babies will be about the same age. As of today (2-2-10), I’m currently 14 weeks pregnant!