Two Years Old

[Blogger]

From a friend's blog in 2010

Friday, February 5, 2010
My Daughter is Expecting! Sarah is pregnant! I am expecting my second grandchild--so excited. She is already feeling queasy, which is not a good sign for an easy pregnancy. We have decided that it must be a boy. :)

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Saturday, February 20, 2010 Morning Sickness Sarah is so ill with morning sickness that she can hardly function! She is throwing up everything she eats and is sleepy all the time, but she can't sleep. She goes to the doctor soon to check things out. I am glad. Something is not right.

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Now We Know After school today, Devon and I headed to grab some Lu Lu's Asian Noodles before tutoring. We were waiting to hear from Sarah with a report from her first doctor check up/sonogram. As I pulled into the parking lot, my cell phone rang. It was Sarah, and she was crying. "Mom, I have FOUR BABIES!" she sobbed. It was one of those weird parent moments when my mind went one way and my heart went another.

"That is great news, Honey!" I said, but tears of panic started rolling down my cheeks. I couldn't even think about the babies yet. I was too worried about MY baby, even if she is grown.

Apparently, the doctor was in a panic himself. Everybody working in the office buzzed around and freaked out when the babies showed up on the monitor. The doctor was not encouraging. He gave Sarah statistics and warnings, including:

1. This is a one in a million event.
2. All four babies have strong heartbeats, so you will probably not lose them, although miscarriages are common with multiples. You just won't carry them long enough.
3. You are too small to successfully carry four babies.
4. You have only a ten percent chance of carrying them until they can survive on their own.
5. There is a high rate of defects and disabilities with multiples.

Bottom Line--He said that Sarah should selectively reduce her pregnancy; in other words, she should abort two of the babies. Dumbfounded, she asked him what he would advise his wife or daughter to do in this situation. He said, "Abort and try to get pregnant again." HIS recommendation is to abort the whole pregnancy.

I tried to encourage her, reminding her of God's love and care and plan, as long as I could without my voice breaking. Then I gave the phone to Devon, who is totally pumped. :)

When we pick ourselves up, we need to get people praying!

Lord, help us! What will we do? Our lives have changed forever, any way you look at it. It is amazing how one phone call can change everything. I feel like we were all lined up like dominoes set in a neat little pattern, and that phone call knocked us all down. We will never be the same.

The Rest of the Story...Which one would YOU abort?

[Blogger]

The Lord is gracious and wonderful! Let's celebrate with thanksgiving to him for Landon, Jackson, Isabella and Samantha's 2nd Birthday!

[Blogger]

God Answers Prayer!

[Blogger]

Also... the twins mentioned in this thread are doing great! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2584953/posts?q=1&;page=51

God's lovingkindness is more than we can fathom!

[mlizzy]

Aww, they are precious. God love them (and their beautiful mommy too)..

[RKBA Democrat]

Finally some good news today.Those are some really cute kids.

[jtal]

Beautiful Children!

[Faith]

Great is the faithfulness of Our Father-—the original pro-lifer. May His Name be glorified in the lives of these precious children.

[svcw]

Agreed!!!

[Blogger]

FYI, add these guys to your list for answered prayer :)

[Blogger]

Amen!

[thesearethetimes...]

Wow. Just wow. Thank you so much for this.

Thank you Lord.
Tatt

[exit82]

A picture of a miracle, with four smiles.

Praise be to Him who loves us so. Amen.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Great story! Bookmarked!

[real saxophonist]

Very cute. Teach them music of some kind, doesn’t matter what.

[thecodont]

Whoa! That’s wonderful! Congratulations!

[Linda Frances]

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
     the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
    are the children of one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
    who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
    when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Psalm 127: 3-5

[Mygirlsmom]

Some friends of ours have quads. They are the most amazing kids and family--they're my heroes!

Such beautiful children - a blessing indeed!!!!

[netmilsmom]

Thanks for sharing! They are all beautiful!

[exDemMom]

I remember meeting a woman who, while she was living in Japan, became pregnant with triplets. But when she went to deliver them by C-section, another one turned out to be hiding behind the first three. When the Japanese news teams showed up at the hospital, a reporter asked her husband what they were going to do, now that they had four new children instead of three as they had anticipated. “Buy one more of everything, I guess,” he answered.

Congratulations on your grandchildren. And also, congratulations on raising a daughter who was wise enough to refuse to “selectively reduce” despite pressure from her doctor.

[Elsiejay]

A very modern story, with not one word about the father of those four beautiful gifts of God, nor about the husband of the mother, increasingly non-essential non-persons in the social order.