Grateful in this Moment

June 26, 2011

This morning I was doing some googling and found this:"About 1 in every 1,500 to 2,500 newborn babies has Turner Syndrome. Yet according to research, monosomy X is present in about 3% of all conceptions, but about 99% of affected babies are miscarried or stillborn. The condition is thought to be a factor in roughly 15% of all miscarriages."
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And...I sit here amazed to be at 25-1/2 weeks, to feel my baby kicking.  I hate odds!  They have not been my friend, but I am beyond grateful at this moment.  Getting to the point where I can write those words has not been easy - a journey of anger, tears, questioning, pleading - and maybe I won't even feel this way tomorrow, but I do right now.

"For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well."
-- Psalm 139:13-14

My sister shared this with me last week, and it is so powerful I just wanted to share it with you.  God knows our baby's name.  He knows her future, and I just can't help but think at this moment that a baby with only a 1% chance of making it - and yet is still here with us - must have a very special purpose in life, whatever the course of that takes.

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2 comments

  1. Hi Sarah,

    I am praying for you and your family!! The Lord know what He is doing, even if we can't figure it out. He's with you all!

    Love and hugs!

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  2. This one made me tear up. Praying for you and the baby everyday! *hugs*

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