Pregnancy, Week 8

Well, almost the END of week 8…

We had a scare last night (Thursday). We got home from the Indianapolis Indians game, and Shannon had some bleeding. We called the after-hours emergency line for the Ob/Gyn, and the doctor on call told her to come in first thing this morning, and they would do an ultrasound (we were scheduled for one for next week anyway, the first one).

He said that if the baby had a heartbeat this morning, that there was less than a 5% chance that we’d miscarry, but if there was no heartbeat, then we already had. He also said to keep an eye on the bleeding, and if it worsened, to call him back.

Needless to say, we had a tense night. We prayed, we asked some friends to pray for us, and we waited.

This morning we went in, and there it was. Our baby. Just hanging there. Upside down. With a strong heartbeat in the 190′s. WOW. So everything is A-OK. Praise God! And a very special thanks to those who prayed with and for us last night, we deeply appreciate it.

While things were quite frightnening last night, the wonderful blessing out of this is that we got to hear the heartbeat and see the baby (or blob, really) a week early!

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 ESV)