Do you see it? Huh? Huh? Huh?
That big thing in the middle!!
Right there, silly! Can't you see it????
What do you mean you don't know what you're looking at?!?!
Come on, its soooooooooooooo obvious!!!
It's NOTHING!!
Well... its something but it's really closer to nothing...
A nothing that's still awfully special & created by God!
Kameron is helping us find ways to cut costs with this pregnancy since our insurance is barely going to cover anything this time around. We really weren't planning on this pregnancy...! Anyways, my doctor scheduled my first ultrasound for Tuesday and they are expensive! So Kameron got permission for me to go get a free ultrasound at the pregnancy center in Gaffney, where she donates her time as a doctor. They are WONDERFUL ladies! What a great ministry they have to women in crisis! And I'm so thankful they welcomed Nathan & I this afternoon, too!
Well... turns out I'm just not far enough along to see anything. Except a gestational sac. So at least that confirms I'm pregnant. And confirms a due date around Oct 26. But no baby. No yolk sac. No heartbeat. Can't even tell if it's just one or more yet. It's just a bunch of nothing. Or so it appears.
Is it not incredibly miraculous and amazing that God makes nothing into something?? Not just something, but a person. A person in His image. With millions of parts that work together in perfect harmony. And He is intimately involved in creating every single cell!
I think it's incredible that in the span of this next week, God will form our second child's heart together and we'll be able to see it on the ultrasound when I go back for a re-do. Even though there's nothing now, there will be so much more in a matter of days. The baby will start to take shape and grow at an extraordinary rate - every cell ordained by God to be a perfect fit in creating His miracle.
Pregnancy really is a miracle! My heart aches for people that can't see God in a newborn and people who can't see life in a womb. Check out this picture. I got this little guy from the another pregnancy center. This is the actual size of a child who is just 12 weeks along in gestation! I put it next to Nathan's size 4 shoe to give some perspective. Isn't that amazing?
Did you know that by the time a child is 12 weeks old, every part of his body is formed - he even has fingernails! He's not quite 2 inches long, but he is a complete person already!
When I was pregnant with Nathan, I read another fun fact - if the human body continued to grow as fast as it grows in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, babies would be the size of the sun when they're born! Wow.
Our little child is growing so quickly at this very moment. Being knit together by the Creator Himself and having plans laid out for his or her future before we even know if its a he or a her. But God knows.
I know the baby snuggled deep inside me is known by God. He knows what this child's future holds. He has a plan for him or her and He loves this child dearly. Just as He loves and has a plan for me, Jacob, Nathan, and you. He is El Roi. The God Who Knows Me. He knows me, has forgiven me, loves me and is using me to create another miracle. He knows me and He still chose to bless me a billion times more than I deserve. We love, worship and serve one Great God!
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Kim, guess I was completely in the dark on this on. Congratulations! We're happy for you!
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