Names Picked

We finally settled on three saints for our baby while we were in the hospital tonight. (I'll explain why we were in the hospital a little later.)

If it is a boy: Basil Ignatius
If a girl: Lucy Ignatius

Why St. Basil? We read his story and fell in love with him. Same for St. Lucy. Why St. Ignatius? Because his seven letters lead us to Orthodoxy.

So, as for why we were at the hospital. Because eariler today, about 4 p.m. my wife was at the diabetes clinic (She has gestational diabetes) and they saw something or dididn't see something (I'm still not sure which) and were worried. They sent her to the hospital. They monitored her and the baby for a long time. She is having contractions. The baby seems to be not as active as the doctors would like. Anyway, they sent her home after a few hours. She has to go back in three days for more monitoring. And they are making her count kicks. If there is a one hour period with fewer than four kicks she is to go straight to the hospital.

Having babies is amazing. I remeber something that happened a long time ago, when I was a protestant and going to a very large singles group at PBCC we were working our way through a book of the new testament and we came to the verse that says women are saved by having babies. The teacher couldn't explain it. He said something like "nobody really understands what that means." Isn't that sad? Watching a woman carry and give birth one can see God's grace all over her. But, if you believe that works are nothing, well, you have to say "nobody really understands what that means."