Miracle Babies

February 07, 2016

I know it has been a long time again between blog posts!! My crazy life has kept me from writing, however, as I sit here and contemplate a little life that could now come at anytime, I feel I need to share and give credit for this amazing little life where credit is due.

Any of you who have read my other posts know that around this time last year I went through a miscarriage. I won’t say to much about it here (you can read my ‘Annie’ post!!), but suffice to say it was a difficult time, and I am eternally grateful to my God and to my husband for getting me through that.

After the miscarriage it was not easy to fall pregnant again, and month after month appeared to pass without success (of course, it was not THAT long but it felt like it at the time!!) In April last year, our church then had 21 days of prayer an fasting.

Now I have a close friend with whom I grew even closer after my miscarriage, as she had also been through something similar. My friend has a beautiful 3yo daughter, but her and her husband struggled to fall pregnant the first time, going through IVF and eventually falling pregnant naturally. They had difficulties again the second time and unfortunately miscarried their second pregnancy probably about 6 months or so before I did. As we were discussing the 21 days of prayer and fasting at the beginning of April, we had both decided to focus specifically on praying for a child during those three weeks. (I also prayed about my career…again see previous blog posts haha). So after discussing it, we committed to pray and fast for EACH other as well as for our own families every day over those 3 weeks. My prayer each day was specifically that God would bless my friend and her family with another child without the need for IVF, bearing in mind their fertility issues and knowing full well it would require a miracle. At the end I would pray that God might also bless us with another child, and, if by some chance He wanted to, would He enable us to fall pregnant at the same time??

I knew the last bit was a big ask, but I also believe I worship and serve a BIG God and nothing is impossible for Him. So, without expectations, I prayed this daily. I found out that my friend had been praying similarly.

In May my friend and I both ran the Mother’s Day fun run at South Bank. It was fantastic to run together and we really enjoyed the day…but we both confided that another month had come around and we were not pregnant.

I have to admit that I was disappointed, and this was doubled when I didn’t get an interview for Paediatric surgery either.

Our disappointment was short lived, however, because in June, when I had a rare week day off from work we took our girls to the park…and my friend shared that she was pregnant!!! And the amazing thing was, so was I!!! I cannot tell you the joy I felt to know that she was pregnant, after all that she and her husband had been through. But what absolutely gobsmacked me was that we were indeed pregnant at the same time!! In fact, our original dates had us due only 3 days apart!!!

I know not everyone reading this believes in God or has a relationship with God. But I have to write this and testify to the fact that He IS and He is amazing. Not only did He answer both of our prayers, He even humoured us by allowing us to fall pregnant at the same time!!!

Both of us are now term and eagerly await the arrival of our little babies. I am grateful for healthy pregnancies and for the blessing it has been to share this special time with my dear friend. It is an experience neither of us will ever forget, and I believe has cemented our friendship forever. But most of all I am constantly in awe of God and of these miraculous gifts he has given us. Wherever you are at in life, and no matter what your circumstances or what you have been through or are going through, you are loved by a God of miracles…a God who loves you so much He gave everything for you.