ULTIMATE DECADES CHALLENGE -1309 - FRI - ISABELLE'S NEEDLEWORK - WEEK 6 - DAY 41 - UPDATED DEC 7
THE CHALLENGE: https://i.postimg.cc/m2kK8RBn/morbids-ultimate-decades-challenge.png This challenge is based on Morbid's Ultimate Decades Challenge. It is a very involved challenge, and there...
With an eventful few days behind them, they started off the week with Nugget becoming a full-grown rooster. A black rooster, and Francesca has to give him lots of love.
William was in the garden and tried his hand at some more flower arranging. He was very happy...it was a sunny day...the farm was prospering...he had a wife who he loved dearly...and a wonderful family...with another baby on the way.
He started to daydream about the future...and...oops! maybe William should concentrate on that flower arrangement because he pretty much cut that flower to shreds. Oh well...he would try again.
Life was indeed good for the Fletcher family, but then, of course, the bills came. Luckily they had sufficient funds to cover them.
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With four children, William and Francesca worked long hours to finish up their chores. It was often William who put the children to bed, and today he finally had a chance to bring in the crib from the barn storage area.
Afterwards, he went out to do some woodworking. William noticed how hard Francesca was working, and it seemed that the laundry was taking a long time to finish. With that in mind, William put up a second laundry line. But even then, Francesca seemed to be doing laundry until late at night. He noticed that she was tiring more lately and had talked to her about possibly having his mother come to help them out. But Francesca said that Gwendolyn had responsibilities of her own, and that Francesca would be fine.
William seemed to be watching Francesca more and more and knew that she was near her time. He seemed to be on high alert, and came running when he heard any little sound that she made.
And then it finally happened. Francesca felt the first pains after dinner on Wednesday. William saw the expression on her face, and immediately went over to massage her shoulders.
Francesca took some deep breaths: "William, it's time, the baby is coming..."
William seemed to be his calm self again, and swiftly went to gather some cloths and put the water on to boil. He also tended to the children and tried to put them to bed, but as soon as he left them, they got out of bed again and played on the floor.
He was going to try putting them to bed again, but he saw Francesca clutch her stomach and she let out an anguished cry. It would have to wait. Francesca needed him more.
William seemed rather overcome with emotion for Francesca and autonomously started to serenade her. Francesca seemed rather surprised. After she fed Conrad and placed him down to play, William came over and kissed her.
When they parted, he held her a bit longer and gazed at her, "My love, my Francesca, I don't tell you enough how much you mean to me. You are my everything, Francesca...and I am so happy that we have another baby together. You are so strong, Francesca, I see it everyday in everything that you do...and I see your strength in giving birth...enduring so much pain...to bring a new life into the world. And even though I know you are a strong woman, I feel a sudden wave of protectiveness and love when I look at you. And I know that I would do anything for you, Francesca, because I love you so much..."
Francesca looked at William, and brushed some tears from her eyes, "William, I never thought that I could love someone the way that I love you...but I do...and each day, I seem to love you more..."
And with that she kissed him on the cheek and William helped her to their bed to rest. He then went back to the cradle and picked up his new daughter and hugged her tightly.
William: "Welcome little Desirae. What bliss you bring to my life...:"(Note: From Whole Heart Sentiment.)
1 Birth - If Francesca gets this number, she dies :(
Francesca 10
5, 10, 15, 20 Babies - If Desirae gets these numbers, she dies :(
Desirae 9
And they both live! :)
Over at the Thatcher Farm, Isabelle was rather concerned. After the last time that she and Thaddeus had been intimate, Isabelle hadn't felt the signs of being with child like she normally did. Isabelle chastised herself for not listening to the women in the Weaver's Guild who had discussed a wife who could not bear children, after which a discussion ensued on various methods to aid conception. One woman advised to mash a bit of mandrake in water and drink it slowly. but since Isabelle had not really had any problems in getting pregnant, she had not really listened carefully and was unsure if both the husband and wife were supposed to drink this concoction. Another woman advised that if you went to a "stone-keeper" and held the sacred stone, that a child would be called forth and enter your womb. And, finally, another woman, who had borne 16 children herself, had said that eating more fish and eggs was the key.
Isabelle realized that she had done none of these things and feared the worst. She got a needle from her needlework basket and a bowl from the kitchen and went into the bathroom. She had seen her mother do this when she was younger. It was a test to determine if one was with child. After peeing in the bowl, Isabelle inserted the needle in it. She held her breath, but there was no color change. She was not with child as she had feared.
Isabelle cleaned the items and then had an idea. She went over to Thaddeus and asked him if he might catch some fish for dinner, which he was happy to do.
After a dinner of fish, eggs and bread, Isabelle felt that tonight was the night. So, after the children were in bed, she and Thaddeus were...well...you know...um...several times. And...she might not have been expecting before...but she is now! Another nooboo is on the way. Yes!
For the Spring Easter Festival holiday, the game automatically decorated the farm, and the decorations stayed up for a few days.
As Francesca and Isabelle had both woohooed on St. Valentine's Day, I figured that Isabelle would give birth the same night. When I went to worldview, I didn't see that a baby had been born at their house, and figured that I would get there in time for Isabelle's birth. Well, the thing was, she wasn't in labor, her stomach was flat. and she had no baby moodlet. And when I clicked on the toilet it gave an option to take a pregnancy test, which she did, and then found out she wasn't pregnant at all. This led to the whole research I did on medieval pregnancy tests and folklore on ways to get pregnant. So, even if you try for baby, you might not get pregnant. Isabelle rolled 6 attempts to get pregnant, and so this is now her 5th attempt.
Pregnancy tests have been done throughout history, and were sometimes done in medieval times. "Many variations of tests using urine have been found throughout history. Indeed, in a number of medical recipes from the medieval period onwards, a needle placed in a woman’s urine was said to turn red or black if she was pregnant." Read more about the History of Pregnancy Tests HERE.
Mandrake is said to be a natural aphrodisiac, and was used in medieval times to conceive. The full article is HERE.
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