13 years ago we found out our child was not growing within the womb (Inter-uterine growth retardation). We were told by the "experts" that if the child was continued to live it would probably be born with severe handicapping conditions. They recommend we abort.
My wife and I knew that was out of the question. 3 months later, after my wife was put on bed rest, we had a baby girl, through Cesarean.
She is about to turn 14 in a month. She is going into 8th grade, is energetic, happy, and very normal, albeit small for her age.
She's our miracle baby, and best of all, she defied all the "expert" opinions.
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It takes threads like this to remind me of our miracle. I never want to forget what the Lord has done for us.
I also have an IUGR baby. Fortunately, my expert doctor never recommended abortion. He was more concerned with the baby surviving through the pregnancy. Noah was born two months early weighing only 2 pounds but he was otherwise healthy. He will be coming up on his first birthday in August and we couldn't be happier! He is such a delight! (And the cutest baby ever!!) ;-)
If the doctors had recommended abortion I would have gone elsewhere. It just makes me sick how many kids are put to death just because someone thinks that they may have a problem. So many are born perfectly normal and healthy. And the kids who are born with problems can be such a blessing.
May God bless you, your wife, and your daughter.