Rezad porque sin Dios no hay futuro ni vida eterna. Muy simple y sencillo. Esas palabras de nuestra señora me impresionan
Yes, I'm on progesterone. My progesterone is at a good level, so that probably isn't the problem. The baby is measuring two weeks behind where it should be, with the heartbeat not yet detected. And my pregnancy symptoms aren't very strong, like they usually are. I'm in a situation where it looks like baby probably isn't viable, but since I'm on progesterone, I'm likely prolonging the pregnancy until I stop taking it. I'd rather miscarry sooner rather than later, because we have a big trip coming up--basically a pilgrimage through Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin, visiting churches and shrines to pray--in only a few weeks. But I don't want to "pull the plug" if there's even a glimmer of hope the baby could rally and make it. So I'm waiting another week or two for another sonogram to see if there's any progression. This has been a horrible week for me, as only 3 days ago, my very sweet young cat gave birth to kittens but retained a stillborn without me realizing. She developed a nasty infection in only 24 hours, and when I took her to the vet, the price was so high to get her the help she needed, that I couldn't afford it and had to put her down. I can't stop crying from it; I miss her terribly and feel like I failed her. I can't get out of my mind the memory of her hugging her smallest baby between her arms. And now probably losing my own baby, twice in a row...it's almost more than I can bear.
Oh dear, I am so sorry. You are a blessed mama to have such a deep faith. Remember that this is the Pilgrims Year of Hope. Keep hoping until God makes His Will known to you. You have many, many brothers and sisters praying for you and baby. God bless you honey!
You have such great Faith I admire it so much. It's difficult perhaps now to see a point and meaning in all this now but perhaps in years to come when the smoke of battle, so to speak, has cleared you will see that everything happened for a reason. An old Scotsman I knew used to have a saying that the troubles we are sent and the way we handle them make us the people we are. I heard Father Ripperger say recently that the places we are tried in are the very places which God plans us to excel in. So perhaps God is planning to make you a truly wonderful mother. Anyway prayers today to St Gerald Majella.
Hi PF, I have learned through praying in the Divine Will that all of our sufferings, when used to console Jesus for mankind's coldness and for the loss of souls, will turn into huge blessings for us and for all. If I was in your situation and feeling the loss of your cat and the painful memories you mention. I would use my pain to console Jesus in the pain of his last embrace with his blessed Mother as he headed towards his Passion. I am keeping you in prayer.
