About: Mel

Yay! Finally the baby’s birthday is almost here! I am a bundle of nervous energy. We are about to begin a completely different phase in our lives. It’s very overwhelming to think about it all at once so I’ll take it one thought at a time. I tried to hold out as long as I…

Back from the hospital. GET THIS: I was given a choice to stay or leave. It was such a hard choice to make. I was only at 2cm and 80% effaced. The Doctor said I could either go home and wait a couple of days or start the pitocin. After talking it over with John…

Over the past two days John and I have been in and out of the hospital. Not because of false labor, but to help prepare me for birth. The baby is not budging and I needed a little push. I received several doses of prostaglandin (one dose and hour for three hours on Friday and…

Today I woke up and I wished myself and Baby Bjorgen a “Happy Due Date Day”. As you know, today is my due date and I am thankful. Now, I’m not going to lie to you and say the past week has been great, it has not been a bed of roses. The last couple…

My friend Amy and I were really getting fed up with being pregnant. It’s starting to get very uncomfortable. We decided to throw ourselves a “Labor Inducing Party” just for fun. I found a recipe for eggplant parmesan online from a restaurant in Georgia. This restaurant claims to have birthed over 300 babies because of…

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John has to go to Belize again. Yup, that’s what I said. It’s with my blessing of course. You see, our field representative (our boss, basically). Would like to check out Belize (a vision trip of sorts, this will be his first time in Belize because Belize was recently assigned to him). This was the…

John and I had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving holiday. We were dreading the holiday without family and it turned out that John’s brother, Dave, was able to make the trip from NC to spend Thanksgiving with us (John will make a post of their adventures together). It was so great to have at least one family…

1) We had a wonderful time in Chicago in training. I was very tired but it was worth it to see the staff in the Converge office and fellow missionaries. 2) Our support continues to rise! Every time we feel like we are in a dry spell, the Lord provides. 3) The church visit to…

On Sunday we returned from a training session with our mission board in Chicago. We got to see our missionary friends for what may have been the last time. You see, one of our friends reached 100% of her support while we were there. PTL! We are all excited to go on the field but…