Family extentions

Peter and I have recently found out that we will have a wonderful addition to our family. He/she is due to arrive in mid October and we couldn't be happier! The OB gave us a bit of a scare a couple of weeks ago though. She asked if we would like to do a sonogram, and of course we said yes...but she didn't see anything. "it's early yet" she tried to comfort us, "but lets send you to radiology just to see what they can find out.

We went to radiology and after a series of question that worried me further, she finally said that she couldn't tell us anything good or bad. Well that didn't help. A few minutes later, after she had finished her measurements and she found out that we were Christians, she really began to open up. Peter was looking over her shoulder the whole time, but I couldn't even see the monitor until she turned it towards me.

"Here's your baby", she said, "and that's the heartbeat", it was a little spot that kept flashing lighter and darker. At that moment I started to cry. I had allowed all the negative possibilities to overwhelm me. Next she turned up the sound, and we got to hear the little heartbeat...what a precious moment. During the silence before I got to see what she was seeing, I prayed. I knew that the baby's life was in God's hands, but I was still scared that something was wrong. I had given it to God, and then we got to see the little precious blessing. God is so good, to calm my fears at that moment. He could have made us wait to hear the results back from the OB, but He didn't. We are now about 10 weeks along, and really looking forward to being parents...a little nervous, though, as I'm sure all new parents are.