I hope that this story, although it is
lengthy ,will incourage someone who is
losing hope. My wife and I after trying
to get pregnant for almost two years
were told we would have to go I.V.F. so
we did and after the second try we
ended
up pregnant with not one but THREE!
Words can't describe how blessed
we
felt that GOD would do that for us. In
her seventh week my wife was
hospitalized with severe broncitous and
dehydration. That same week she
miscarried one of the babies. One week
later she woke up bleeding and we went
to the E.R. and the doctors discovered
that we had lost a second baby.
Needless
to say , although we know and trust
GOD,
we were very upset by now. In our minds
we were wondering when the third baby
would be lost.
At 16 weeks my wife woke up
thinking
she had wet the bed. We went to the
doctor and they said that it was the
water from one of the other babies that
finally worked its way down. A week
later we went back for an ultrasound
only to discover that our baby had no
fluid around it. The doctor came to me
and said that normally they terminate
the pregnancy at this point. I asked
her
if the baby still had a heartbeat and
she said yes it did so I told her that
termination was not an option! I felt
GOD would decide if this baby lived. We
went to the specialist the following
week and she said we had less than a 5%
chance of the baby surviving due to the
lack of fluid which develops the lungs.
But what she didn't know was we knew
the real specialist (GOD!). She sent my
wife home to bed and told her to drink
plenty of liquids. Aside from that she
said there was nothing she could do.
In the 25TH week my wife woke up
bleeding so we got her to the hospital
and she was contracting every 3to 5
minutes and when she would contract the
babies heart rate would drop due to the
cord being conpressed. They put her on
magnesium to stop the contractions and
gave her steriods for the babies lungs.
Two weeks later they felt the baby
couldn't take it any longer so at 27
weeks they delivered a 1LB.14.9OZ. baby
boy! The doctors had warned us about
limb contractures (the arms and legs
would be in a frozen or contracted
position) this is due to not having
room
to move during utero. But GOD had a
little different plan. Our baby was on
the ventilator for one day, his arms
and
legs move perfectly and although he is
still in NICU (born Feb.20,2000) He has
a perfect brain scan and perfect eyes
and is still on the nasal canula which
they are slowly weining him from.
I am so thankful that GOD saw
enough
favor with me and my wife to give us
such a precious gift. He has been in
NICU for almost 3 months now but we
have
made some special friends with the
nurses and other parents and I thank
God
for that. If there is anyone who needs
to talk, please call at (334)675-0252.
P.S. the specialist who said he had
a 5% chance was on call the weekend he
was born and had to deliver our baby
Tanner!
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