Prayer for Heidi

I'm not sure why there are streams of tears running down my face this morning. This is not the first time I've heard or read a story about infertility and miscarriage. Perhaps it's the hormones. Everything does seem to be heightened right now.

This morning I am asking you to pray for Heidi. Heidi is the cousin of a dear friend of mine, a girl I have never met. She's experienced multiple miscarriages over the past few years. This past month she became pregnant again but after going in for routine blood work and an early ultrasound, the doctor told her this week that she would miscarry again. They wanted to schedule a D&C that day. Heidi just wasn't ready to let this one go. She was a bit confused by some conflicting reports she received so she asked the doctor to wait one day and check her levels again. Praise the Lord for Holy Spirit wisdom because when Heidi returned the next day, her HCG levels were through the roof. The doctor was stunned and decided to do an ultrasound that afternoon. Lo and behold, there it was. A heartbeat! I am sitting hear weeping even as I write this. I suppose it's because I am so excited that there is life in her womb and I am oh so thankful that this sweet woman had the wisdom to take a step back and listen to the leading of the Lord. The way I see it, she saved the life of her unborn child. What a testimony of His faithfulness.

Now I completely trust medical professionals but I also know they are human people who can sometimes make mistakes. I also know (from lots of experience) that just because the textbooks say pregnancy is supposed to go a certain way, doesn't mean that it will. This was such a reminder to me that we need to be constantly connected to the Holy Spirit to receive wisdom along our journey, no matter what it is we encounter. I am so thankful that the Lord provided me with a doctor who also receives this wisdom from Him. What a gift.

I ask you to pray for Heidi and her husband and their baby. They still have a long way to go on this journey. But I am believing that this life that was saved in her womb will grow to full term and be born healthy and to His glory.