Miracle

We saw our baby’s strong little heartbeat last night on the ultrasound screen and I just couldn’t believe it. Last week we went to get an ultrasound done to see if the miscarriage was complete and instead we found that the gestational sac was growing but the nurse couldn’t be sure there was a healthy fetus inside because it was so small. So, I went to see a doctor at a private hospital here…that was an experience in itself…. I’ll spare you the details, but it involved me getting naked in a room full of women and lying on a bed right next to another woman who was in the middle of giving birth. The doctor was concerned about the bleeding but agreed that we could not be sure there was not still a baby. So we were told to wait 6 days to find out if I was still pregnant. During this time the nurse who had been doing the ultrasounds called and asked if I had any twins in my family and when she found out that I was in fact a twin she proceeded to tell us that the only explanation she could come up with for what happened was Vanishing Twin Syndrome. It is where there are multiple fetuses but one of them isn’t healthy and it miscarries. The living twin then absorbs all of the fetal material that didn’t get passed and there is only one baby remaining. So, I did have a miscarriage of one baby, but we still have another baby and its heartbeat is strong and it is growing. We are so relieved and grateful to God for this gift. These have been difficult weeks for us, but God has been so faithful to give us peace and assurance of his everlasting goodness despite our circumstances. I have one more week that I have to spend at home taking it easy and resting and then we will go get another ultrasound done and if everything still looks good I will be able to return to life as normal. I’ve already been home for 1 week and I’m going a little bit crazy, but now that I know there is a baby growing inside me it seems a lot more worth it. If we have learned anything through this whole experience it is that God is completely sovereign over life and death and there is nothing we can do except trust Him. So, that’s what we’re gonna do now – Praise Him for this Miracle and trust Him for whatever the future holds.