My wife and I thank God that a woman named Olga scraped together enough faith through her crisis pregnancy, in a nation where 70% of pregnancies end in abortion, to give the gift of life to our son.
Posted on 12/01/2008 7:16:15 AM PST by SueAngel
The Day I Considered Abortion: Could I trust God despite my baby's potential birth defects?
by Andrea Stone
I had no reason to suspect I was pregnant; my period was only a day or two late. But all weekend, I just didn't feel right. So first thing Monday morning, I took a pregnancy test.
Positive.
I felt as though a lightning bolt struck me. The test couldn't be right. Two years earlier, my husband, Joe, had had a vasectomy. Joe and I'd been married seven years, and we already had two children—a four-year-old daughter and a not-quite-two-year-old son. We were convinced our family was complete; at 39 and 33, Joe and I felt too old for new-baby all-nighters again.
Then cold fear squeezed my heart: I was on Accutane, a prescription acne medication known to cause severe birth defects.
The rest of the day was a blur of raw emotion and overwhelming worry. My physician rushed me into her office and verified the home-pregnancy test results. She referred me to a genetic counselor, telling me not to make any decisions till I saw her. She never said "abortion," but she alluded to it.....
More at http://www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2008/marapr/9.28.html
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Thanks for sharing that. It’s truly inspirational.
What a beautiful story. Thank you so much for posting.
Ya, I’ve been there and done that too. My daughter is 2 years old and is severely disabled. It’s very tough. Abortion was never the answer though. I wish your daughter the best.
Thanks for posting the link to a moving article. Your daughter and her husband (and probably you as well) really endured a lot of anguish over that pregnancy. I am forwarding it to my wife to share with her bible study class.
Thank you for sharing. I was moved to tears!
Thanks for sharing. God bless your daughter and her family. I love pro-life stories with happy endings.
I read the article before I read your comment......
I was thinking what a powerful testimony this family has to share and here it is your family.....you have raised a wonderful women....
Beautifully written. She is definitely a moving writer!
This line cracked me up, though ... at 39 and 33, Joe and I felt too old for new-baby all-nighters again. , since I've had four additional children since I was 33.
My wife and I thank God that a woman named Olga scraped together enough faith through her crisis pregnancy, in a nation where 70% of pregnancies end in abortion, to give the gift of life to our son.
Thank you all for your kind comments. Yes, it was really tough on all of us, but we hung in there. For some reason, I just felt moved to post the story today.
Faith just turned 4, and my daughter and her family are in Korea (Joe is in the Army). I miss them.
My Wife and I had an unexpected pregnancy when she was 41 and I was 44. We already had two children, a boy and a girl, who were teenagers by then. Frankly, it scared the crap out of the both of us.
Neither one of us ever considered aborting her, despite the hardships that would follow. That ‘mistake’ is now a beautiful three year-old girl who has put a new spark back into my life. I simply cannot imagine life without her.
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Why on earth would any married couple get an abortion? Unreal.
Thank you for posting this, it is one of the most powerful pro-life pieces I’ve read in a long time (and I read several dozen a week).
Great story! I have noticed myself that as my faith gets stronger I don’t think of the possibility of having a special needs child as being a horrible thing. When I had my second child at 35, I was scared to death of the possiblity. Now I know that God is in charge, and we have no idea of what he has in store for us. The current national obsession with killing potentially imperfect children is a symptom of so many having lost their faith and thus needing to imagine that we mere humans can control every last detail of life.
Did you read the article?
That line made me giggle, too. Don’t you know you’re almost dead at 33? LOL!
Truly a great article. I love it when people choose life and we don’t get to hear these stories very often.
Our daughter had a 2-1/2 lb baby girl 2 months early due to complications...
..and today she's the cutest 4 yr old you ever did see :))
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