The Heartbeat!!

We'll for those of you who don't know or haven't picked up on it in my previous blog posts, Bob and I are expecting another baby!!! We are so excited. As I stated in the post a few days ago, I haven't been feeling well lately. Having said that, I have been feeling on-and-off better for the past 2 weeks or so. I have still have some rough days where I either feel nauseated, really tired, or have a headache. Overall though, I have been feeling MUCH better than a few weeks ago.

Today, we had our second doctor appointment, and got to hear the heartbeat. It was fabulous to hear that little heartbeat--it was beating at 160 bpm. Everything checked out well at our appointment, so we are thankful for that.

It is kind of ironic because Focus on the Family has been focusing on the sanctity of human life all week. They have been discussing the topic of abortion. It is amazing to me that people are willing to kill babies that are the very age of the baby inside me. I KNOW that the baby inside me is a human life that God has created and is beautifully forming day by day. I don't even see how anyone can call it a "fetus". Especially after hearing the heartbeat today, and hearing the baby move around, I am totally missing the logic behind calling it a "fetus"-unbelievable!! As you can tell, I am very passionate about this topic. Honestly, I think that many people are
"pro-choice" just because they don't know the facts.

Dr. Dobson had on some amazing guests this week. One was an OB/GYN who was the director of a large abortion clinic in NY and performed thousands and thousands of abortions--including aborting his own child! He said he had no problem with abortions until the technology of ultrasound came about. He requested that another doctor "video" with the ultrasound machine while an abortion was performed. What he saw on the ultrasound video was the beginning of his change in opinion on abortion. He said that while the abortion was performed, he could see the face of the baby grimacing and that the baby opened it's mouth, and he said immediately he said, "that baby is screaming" This series of broadcast was riveting to listen to. They also had a guest who speaks and is a sort of "apologist" about abortion. He talked about that we need to explain to people why we believe what we do about abortion, instead of coming across as condemning. This was all so informative to me.

I would suggest you take a listen to any of the broadcasts from the last week on the Focus on the Family website at
http://listen.family.org/daily/A000000864.cfm

At the lower right portion of the screen, it says "Recent Broadcasts", and the whole selection from the week is right there.

We thank God for the human baby life that he has blessed us with !! The baby is due August 11th!