MN Christian Prayer Request Thread - New Year, New Start .......

[CaptainDippy]

Hello lovely ladies! Lots to pray for and lots of Thanksgiving too as we head into the new year. Praying God challenges us, surprises us and bless us all this year .....

Podglet - Praying for healing for her relationship with DH and for opportunities to rest as she is PG and has a young DS too.

SpookyMadMummy - Ongoing prayers for her mum who is ill and has been in and out of hospital; and for her StepDad as he copes too. Last report was that her mum was doing very well at present!

Worzella and Panda - Ongoing prayer for thier DF who is currently hospitalised with severe depression and ED. Prayers for them both to be blessed as they emabark on a 10 week course at church, looking at Prayer Counselling - exciting stuff!!

RubySlippers - Ongoing prayers for her Grandma. xx

Bobsmum - Prayers for her as she endures bad weather and as the family face DH's redundancy at the end of Feb - praying for a fantastic oppotunity to arise for him; prayers for DS who is currently being assessed for a possible SN DX. Prayers for lots of energy for BM who is PG, due in April, especially as she has suffered from bad SPB with past PG's - Heal her, Lord.

DutchOma - Praying for her DH whose health has not been fantastic of late and for them both as they miss their DD, her DH and their lovely grandson. Praying for their cat who has cancer.

NothernLuker - Praise God her DH has been offered a new job!!

notsofarnow - Praise God that steps have been taken on the road to recovery!!! Praying lots and lots for her as she battles with depression, with caring for her special fmaily alone and dealing with her XH too. Praying his driving licence is re-issued soon. Praying for her friend who has recnetly undergone bowel surgery and is in hospital again

Shreksmissus - Continuing to pray for her MIL who recently lost her DH. Praise that she is a believer!! May she find much comfort in God's Promises at this time.

Mars - Praying for her stress levels, for work, for her precious family and for miracles!!

Summersun - Recently lost a twin Praying that she finds light in the darkness. xx

NotQuiteGrownUp - Has been very poorly over Christmas Praying for full recovery asap and for energy for her poor tired boys....

Mary - Praying for her as she struggles at church with issues and as she contemplates gaining a DX of Aspergers. Protect and Bless her, Lord. Restore her broken pot!

OnlyJoking - Praying for her and her lovely DC's and for Steve. Always. xxxx

DumbledoresGirl - Give her focus and direction Lord as she decides what to do re: going back to teaching and as she struggles with depression. xx

Sooooz - Praying for her relationship with DH and praise that she has gained her swimming teacher's qualification!!!!!

CaptainCaveman - Praying for energy levels and for nausea as she appraoches week 10 of her PG Praying for healing with panic-y moments and for relationship with friend who has been very hurtful of late. {{{hugs}}}

Saliswan - Praise that her job situation has been sorted and that she can work and continue to BF her DD!! Praying for the family as DH facing the risk of redundancy atm. xx

Ilove8pm - Praying for her at this very busy and potentially stressful time. DS is facing a DX of SN and DH is facing redundancy. They are all facing a possible house move. Praying for peace in their hosuehold, Lord.

RoseyLea - Praying for her as she makes steps forward in her vocation at church and as she plans outreach opportunities for the school in which she works. Keep her calm and focussed Lord and she her plenty of "time-out" too!

CaptainDippy - Praying she finds a job asap!!!!! Praying for her Foster Sis's family as her SIL and BIL recently had a stillborn DS. Comfort them in their sadness, Lord. xx

Do add prayers I may have missed.

Love, {{{{hugs}}} & Prayers to all.....

Oh what lovely news - Praise God indeed!

Hooray for little bean! As for the due date changing, I'm afraid I don't believe in due dates anymore after having DD turn up 5 weeks and 1 day early! Relax and enjoy your pregnancy now.

Wonderful Mary - so reassuring xx

Yey for good scan results, CC Yey Bean!

How much did she weigh SS?

re bean and again re encouragement/confirmation Mary!

I have at least stopped crying, and am more rational now! just needed to get he sadness out iykwim, can get on with praying fro God's provision for housing etc for them now, but expect to need virtual hugs when gthey go!

Here's some now for good measure honey!

{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}

Evening all!

CC - what fab news re the scan so pleased for you and the Caveman household Did you put an offer in on that lovely new cave?

CD - how is DD2 now?

Mary - and re the school library. Pleased to hear about your God-incidence too very encouraging.

Hey lovely DO - how are you - has that snow melted yet???

SS - we're having a teething session here now - how is DD? Glad you had such a good birthday

Hope everyone else ok

CD - DD weighed 6lb3oz. She would have been about 8.5-9lb if born on her due date. Just thinking about it makes me cross my legs. I live in fear of carrying to term next time but I obviously don't want another premmie!

Podglet - teething is pants. DD's first two teeth are now fairly clearly visible when she smiles so her little grins are extra cute! I can't tell which teeth are going to appear next so I don't know where to apply bonjela. I wonder if DD's snotty nose is actually due to teeth rather than a cold. Are you going through molar teething now or does that come later?

hi SS - I don't know what the different teeth are called but he has 4 back teeth and 8 front teeth so I would imagine it;s more back teeth! It is pants, feel so sorry for my poor little boy.

P.S DS was 7lb 15oz at birth (3 weeks early) - the midwives guessed he would have been 10lb at least at term - getting a little panicky about this time round!

Goodness - all these BIG babies!! DD2 was 4 weeks early and 5lb - about right. DD's 1 & 3 were both four days late and 8lb and 7lb 9oz respectively - so it's rot that they get bigger each time - take heart ladies!

Podglet, don't you just love it when people tell you how huge you are and then raise their eyebrows when you tell them how long you still have to go. When I was in labour the midwife came into the room to meet me and got me to go down the corridor to go for a wee. You should have seen the look on her face when I stood up and she said 'that IS a big bump, isn't it?!' What did she expect? I was in the process of giving birth so it wasn't likely to be a tiny bump. DH is in for a shock next time as he only saw me from 24-26 weeks last time. I was gutted that he never saw just how huge I got.

Podglet, praying for the teeth btw. We've just starting brushing DD's!

Hi ladies, have added baby pic to my profile. Whizzing by before I go to bed, with prayers for you all.
I've started reading my bible before I go to bed and am enjoying spending some quiet time praying for us all.

Ds was only 5lb 7oz at term - am sure it's coz I was mad for the last 6 weeks of pg, all stressed, anxious and panicky - nutter!

Some people just have little Beanies, CC and you are not exactly HUGE yourself! How big were you and DH at birth? There's a lady at our church who is, erm, quite large and all of her babies (all 6 of 'em) were under 6lb at term ....

Awwww, lovin the pic of Baby cavey Yey!

Morning - must try and do a new thread and round-up later on - we've been chatting!

How's everyone today? A seeming a lot happier in DippyLand - let's see how long it lasts ........

ooh , scan photo lovely, broody emoticon CC

CC what a gorgeous pic of little bean!

Ladies, I'm sorry to whine but I could really do with some prayer. I am at the end of my tether with DH about night times. He has had this week off of work and was supposed to have a go at settling DD at night time by himself so that she got out of the habit of wanting milk because it was mummy who came to settle her. I've tried to explain to him how ill I feel from the sleep deprivation and how it is unfair of him to use work as an excuse for not getting up at night because I know that he expects me to keep getting up at night when I go back to work in less than 4 weeks time. I don't know how to raise the issue with DH that I actually feel incredibly unloved and disrespected that he won't even spend 3-4 nights trying to settle DD when he has expected me to get up to her however often she wakes up every night for the last 8 months.

It is a particularly emotive subject as DH says that the reason he doesn't get up at night is because he doesn't cope with a lack of sleep or broken sleep since he has come back from Iraq because it makes him tired the next day. I want to be sensitive but I feel so angry. I feel tired the next day from getting up to DD so I would expect him to as well. I feel bad for not being as understanding as I could be (mainly because I'm too tired to be patient) but I strongly feel that if he has a problem he should be willing to get some help. I'm really annoyed at him for saying to DD yesterday 'please sleep better because mummy is less narky at daddy when she has had more sleep'. I can't explain how angy it makes me that he says that to an 8mo BABY when he knows what he could do to help me get some more sleep. He didn't like it when I tried controlled crying with DD (out of sheer desperation) but was happy when I tried shh-pat even though it made me exhausted......until it didn't work as well the next night and DD woke DH up. that particular night he started shouting and swearing at me then decided to go and sleep on the sofa to get some peace and quiet while I was up to DD every 1-2 hours.

Sorry to rant. I don't know what to do about the sleep issue anymore and I'm starting to resent my husband for the amount of sleep he is getting and the lack of support/love/respect he is showing me by refusing to help at night. How on earth do I tackle the issue without getting so angry that it turns into an arguement and still nothing changes?

Praying, SS. Is sounds really hard. Could you both go to the baby clinic together or ask a HV to come round so that you both hear the same advice re. sleep at the same time from an outside person (i.e. someone who's not knackered or emotionally involved) and therefore can put it into practice together? (That's what I do with my dh when I need him to really understand something e. the dc!)

Panda {{{hugs}}}}

Mary sooooooooooooo glad your prayers for affirmation were answered so quickly! God is faithful!

Hi Mufti! I was thinking about you the other day too! I'd be up for a meet.

CCM, luvverly pic of Baby Cavey! How exciting! Lovely other pics too!

Hi CD! How are you? And hi DO! (I keep thinking of you as DDO, which is something quite different!)

Quick prayer request - I need to find my degree certificate - eeek! I haven't seen it for years! I just phoned my old uni and to get a replacement one costs £42! Double eeek! So I'm turning out cupboards looking for it today so please pray that I can find it!

Praying SS, and echoing what Panda said. Get that HV around to chat to you both. You and your dh both sound so desparate - though it has to be said that you are a lot more tactful about it than your dh! Perhaps you can reassure him that in MN experience it really does only take three nights to change night waking using CC, and the first night is the worst. I hated it, but 99% of posts I have seen here have backed our experience in this. Any chance that your dh could take a week's leave to get it sorted before you go back to work?

Good morning all. God bless.

Oops - it was Rosey, not Panda.

Morning Rosey

Grrrr! Did a post but lost it!!

Praying for you SS {{{{hugs}}} Think getting an intermediatary in (Dr, HV, good friend, church leader??) in to try and address and resolve issues with DH is a good idea. I am sorry you are going through this sweetie. xxxx

Hope you find Degree Cert, Rosey - ours are on the wall in our hallway - mainly because if they weren't, we'd be doing exactly what you are doing now!! xx

ss - aw I fully sympathise with you, we had sleep deprivation with the twins for 3 solid years, it sent me under big time! I went to the doctors in tears eventually, and she sent the community nursery nurse and the health visitor round, they were brilliant, we tried the super nanny approach it didn't work, we got up 200 times a night, so we ignored them in the end, good luck and prayers for a solution.

CC - what a lovely baby cavey! congratulations!

Just a little prayer request, i still have a sore cramped up tummy, really don't know what the problem is, HRT period pains should have gone by now and IBS is ok so getting a little worried now!

Great to see you Soooooooz Praying for you poor tummy - have you got a Dr's appt? xx You still haven't emailed me!

NQGU - are you suggesting that SS use me to do help with her ds?

Praying though SS, we had similar issues with ds - dh would also get really narky and refuse to get up in the night coz he had to drive further to work each day and "how would i like it if he crashed due to tiredness" . I spoke to hv and we also had a nursery nurse round. The key was not to feed him in the night. It took 2 nights for him to get the message. 1st night he screamed for 2 hours, 2nd night he cried for 40 mins, 3rd night he settled for a quick cuddle then gave up . Works a treat but you need a resolve of pure steel (and prayer-a-plenty!). Praying you are able to resolve this quickly for your own sanity. Praying too that your dh can understand the impact his actions have on you.(((((SS)))))

Lol - great idea CC - you go round and sort it out for them!

Our pattern was the very much the same except that ds1 screamed for 3.5 hours the first night (so we gave up then, and didn't sleep for the next year!) With ds2 we were more exhausted, so persevered through night one (Don't listen SS - but it was an impressive 7 hours crying!!!!) onto night two - 20 mins - and night 3 was a whimper, then nothing! He always has been a determined little thing!

God bless all.