I just wanted to share about God and His mercy and grace in our lives
Me and my wife are married for over 2 years now and from day one we have been praying for a Child.
God gave us the blessing last March when He blessed my wives womb. But we had a miscarriage two months after in May and we lost our Baby. It was a very stressful and depressing time for both of us. But by God's grace and with the help of friends we came back to our normal selves.We were trying to have a child ever since but it did not happen.
But in January , God blessed us and my wife was pregnant again. We both were very happy and thankful to God. We believed that God will definitely not take this child away from us. My wife also had all the good symptoms and we took extra care and caution that a miscarriage should not repeat.
We had our first apptmt with the doctor to check the heart beat ( at the end of trimester ) on Wednesday this week ( Feb 24 ). We were excited going into the room anticipating to hear the heart beat of the child for the first time.
After asking the routine questions , she used a hand held instrument to check for the heart beat . She tried for some time , but couldn't hear any heart beat at all. She mentioned that it is sometimes difficult to hear the heart beat through that machine and wanted to do an ultrasound and check .
We went to the ultrasound room and she used the device on top of the belly and tried to get a heart beat. But again , we could hear nothing. She then did a vaginal ultrasound and said this on seeing something on the monitor " I have bad news for you". She explained that the sack is empty and there is no growth in the uterus. We were completely shocked and in tears. We just could not understand what was going on. She went on to say there might have been a 'missed miscarriage' and the baby did not form at all in the uterus. We both were completely in shock , they further mentioned that they will be setting up an apptm with an Ob Gyn on Friday , so that we can take the next step of cleaning the uterus through D&C
We came home devastated but prayed and thanked God and Praised Him for allowing this in our lives. But we both were depressed. Two of our friends who live here, we call them "akka" that is for big sister in our native language came to visit us and encourage us yesterday and we prayed again and committed the future in God's hand. We were basically resigned to the fact that we have lost the child and God intended it
We went to the Ob Gyn today afternoon to consult with the Gynec and to schedule the D&C. But the doctor wanted to do an ultrasound just to be sure before we proceeded.
When the technician did the vaginal ultrasound and switched on the monitor , MIRACLE of MIRACLES , we could see the Child there . She started showing us all the features of the child and said the child is perfectly normal . We both couldn't believe our eyes and we started shouting . The technician herself was dumb founded on how the doctor could have missed this. She switched on the speakers and we could hear the fast paced rhythm of the child's heartbeat . It was such a music to our ears.No words can really describe the excitement and joy we had at that moment. We started thanking God ..We then met with the Gynec and she also mentioned that the baby is perfect for the 11-12 week period and we dont have to worry. In a matter of 15 min all our sorrows turned to joy and we were just bubbling with energy.
When we look back and think on humane terms we could always blame the doctor for messing up the ultrasound and giving us a wrong picture on Wednesday. But think about this . She is a very reputed and experienced doctor. She tried to find the baby with three different methods. In spite of that she was not able to.
In the words of the Technician who did the ultrasound today "Even a novice with three months of practice should have found the baby".
But , we both strongly believe that God was just gracious and His mercy just enveloped my wife and He put the child in her womb today. We will be ever thankful to Him. The joy in us was just too much to contain within , so thought of sharing this with our friends.
Our God is an awesome God , a God of impossibilities and a God of miracle and we as a family now are a living example of that.
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