I demanded to see the Head of Obstetrics of Mather AFB Hospital, Dr. E. Paul Reid. He examined me and sent me home. Less than a week later we heard the heartbeat of my supposed already-dead baby. That day, I found out Dr. Reid was a believer. And all this transpired before I became a believer.
PRAISE THE LORD. Dr. Reid, if you're listening, God bless you. My girl is now 17, the baby who "wasn't supposed to be here" according to one of the other surgeons (butchers). If they had their way she wouldn't have been.
That's wonderful that you didn't give in to the doctors' request for a D&C!
My first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage unfortunately. I went in for my 12 week checkup and my doctor wasn't able to hear the baby's heartbeat so she went and got the portable ultrasound machine. It showed the form of a baby about the size of a kidney bean, which is indicative of a baby at 8 weeks. She sent me for another ultrasound on a better machine and it showed the same thing. She told me that the baby had died at 8 weeks and we could either wait and let nature take its course or do a D&C. I chose to wait for a week.
Nothing happed during that week, so I went back and had my doctor double check with one more ultrasound before scheduling the D&C. The baby's size had shrunk a bit, so there was no question he/she died early on. At my follow up appointment after the D&C I learned that the baby had three entire sets of chromosomes rather than two and that it caused something called a partial molar pregnancy. A D&C was required to end the pregnancy or else the placenta would continue to grow out of control.
My second pregnancy was watched very closely early on because of this miscarriage. I can't tell you how wonderful it was to see and hear Noah's heartbeat at seven weeks! I just look at him and remember that I was so fortunate to see him just seven weeks after the beginning of his life. It was amazing to see him grow and develop from one month to the next. (I have so many ultrasound pictures I could wallpaper Noah's room!)
I praise God for both of my children. I know that one day I will see my first child in the perfect body that he/she didn't have in this world. And hopefully one day soon I'll be able to see the beginning of life for my third child.