Miracle of My Life

Miracles do happen. There is a God. How can I be so sure? I witnessed a miracle of my new baby daughter. To see a child being born is to witness God's hand and His Omniscient power. It amazes me that what starts out as a few cells turns into a human being. I'm so grateful for His matchless power.

Heidi was born just a mere 2 weeks ago, but she's already growing and developing at a rate no camera can capture. We are in love with her...even on those nights she doesn't seem to get that p.m. and early a.m. hours are for sleeping.

My birth story wasn't quite as planned. Went in for a non-stress test, felt to bring a packed bag just in case. The ultrasound tech mentioned she would fax the results to the Dr., unless something was amiss. Then she would call him.

Minutes later I heard her on the phone with my Dr. The babies heart rate was too irregular. She and the Dr. felt it was best to induce me that day. I was in shock and so was the tech. "Aren't you excited to get this baby out?" she said. "Yes" came the reply..."But not in this way. Is the baby alright?"

They didn't have a ton of answers for me but sent me to the desk to get admitted into the hospital. What? My head wasn't wrapped around everything. I was shaking and trying to get a hold of my husband, who was at work. Luckily-in town.

To make a long story short, they decided to monitor the babies heart and induce me in the morning. I sent the hubs home to get one more restful night of sleep. It wasn't going to be an adventurous night anyway, right?

Wrong:)

At midnight they broke my water, as Heidi's heart rate was stressed out.

By 9 a.m. I was at a 5, by 9:45, I was totally dilated.

The nurses had me push during a contraction and then told me to stop. "We better get the doctor here...this baby wants to come now."

So we all waited for the doctor to drive from home to the hospital (15 minutes).

By the time he showed his face, we had 3 sets of pushes done. One more set of pushes and our little baby Heidi came screaming out. We were excited to hear her cry and know that she was okay with the lungs:)

I was on an adrenaline rush the first day, and crashed after that. But what a miracle:) Seriously!

I remember when I first became pregnant and had some complications. I thought to myself, while looking at every living person that walked past me, "Look at all of these babies that were born! We are all miracles." And so we are.

I am so grateful for this chance to meet my little girl and get to know her soaring spirit:) She is already so sweet.

As far as posting pics; we won't be doing that for a while. I know, crazy, right? The hospital mentioned being really cautious with social media and posting pics of our Christmas angel. The Hubs, being the protective Dad, decided we'll postpone for now. But-if you want a picture, facebook or email me and I can get you one via snail mail.

If you ever meet someone that doubts a Divine Power, have them see me. I will have plenty to say:)