MY JOY

I woke up in the hospital, wondering how I got there in the first case. A gynecologist came in asking if I'm awake. He checked my Blood Pressure and he discovered it was a little bit high. I was told to calm down, then contractions came strongly, I realized that I was in labor. Every five minutes, I was in pain and Paul was there rubbing my back. Wow! I never expected the pain to be so severe. I was breathing in and out to keep me going. After two hours of intermittent contractions, it stopped and no more. The midwife in charge kept on tingling my stomach to bring back contraction but it was not forthcoming. The baby was battling to come out but had no pain to bring forth. I felt tired and weak. I thought in my heart that pain is useful in giving birth. It means that troubles and challenges are useful in advancing our status. Pain pushes us to progress and break out into much more. Good to see sense in whatever God allows. We may feel rejected and dejected because of our momen