Dear friends and family, On the last day of my first trimester, we flew to back to Haiti. A tumultuous re-settlement here characterized by mosquitoes, rain, and boredom made us wonder if we would stay. During Christmas holidays with friends in the Artibonite and PAP, the growing baby made it clear that it is here in Haiti where she/he wants to be born too, just like the big sister and brother. Since then we've been kinder to each other (us and Haiti) and HERE WE ARE just about 2 trimesters later. At noon today (Saturday), we will begin traveling to Port au Prince spending a night in Dezam on the way.
Here we are in Corridon, another lovely spot in the Artibonite (photo by Thea DeGroot)
Sunday we will welcome Stephanie at the airport. Stephanie is OUR midwife extraordinaire who since Haiti has practiced midwifery in southern Sudan and Mozambique. She'll spend 5 days in Port au Prince picking up a police record in Haiti and God willing, delivering our bambino with us. She'll fly out Friday back to Las Vegas to continue preparations for moving to Mozambique in mid-April where she will be running a hospital!
Here we are in Corridon, another lovely spot in the Artibonite (photo by Thea DeGroot)
Sunday we will welcome Stephanie at the airport. Stephanie is OUR midwife extraordinaire who since Haiti has practiced midwifery in southern Sudan and Mozambique. She'll spend 5 days in Port au Prince picking up a police record in Haiti and God willing, delivering our bambino with us. She'll fly out Friday back to Las Vegas to continue preparations for moving to Mozambique in mid-April where she will be running a hospital!
We would absolutely love to have another baby with Stephanie. Heck, just for the acupressure she used during labour, I'd walk to Port au Prince. But we don't NEED to. There's a midwifery clinic near our house in Cap Haitien and a beautiful hospital with Haitian and foreign doctors nearby. But, if we are in Port au Prince, we'll get to have the baby at Heartline which is a wonderful and growing midwifery centre in lower Port au Prince that you can read more about here: www.facebook.com/bethmchoul We're ready for next week !!!! March 27th is a FULL MOON. We are praying that this healthy moon baby will be willing to be born on the 27th or the 28th. Please join us in our prayers. We know that God, babies, full moons, and a critical mass of praying folks are POWERFUL. We will be posting news here on our blog: vangeestdegroot.blogspot.com We encourage your prayers etc. ON OUR BLOG as we will make a book out of it.
RIGHT: The belly enjoying some shade in Gabriela's forest in Dezam.
2 comments:
Hi E-M-G-N! That belly is getting some beautiful press coverage. A strong baby's presence
while still inside. I send my prayers with hopes that all will go well, under the full moon, that baby will be strong and healthy and a wonderful addition to the family. love, Mieke (auntie and great-auntie)
You have our prayers ... we are standing by for any variety of support needed and are GIDDY excited for you!
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