Protect Life: My unborn Nephew | 10 weeks alive
February 25, 2009
Protect Life: My unborn Nephew | 10 weeks alive
One day late last fall, I had a phone conversation with my sister. She’d been trying to get pregnant for two years. Compared to many, this is not a long time—but when you want to have a baby: any period of time seems like ages and ages of eternities.
She and her husband had just tried invitro.
It wasn’t going to work, she said.
There weren’t enough mature follicles. There was only one egg ready for fertilization. We did another round of AI, she said.
All the family thought little happy prayers for that little egg (and for one lucky sperm).
A week later we found out: Pregnant!
This is a picture of my nephew at ten weeks. The ultrasound image is a little blurry, because he’s moving his arms and legs too much. He won’t be still.
Protect Life:
Abortion is not an answer to unwanted pregnancy. We cannot take away someone else’s rights to get out of our responsibilities. Abortion is not a valid form of birth control.
Entry Filed under: Life is Joyous, abortion. Tags: 10 week fetus, abortion, anti-abortion, pro-life.
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Kristin | February 25, 2009 at 7:23 pm
What happy news for your sister and family! And I wholeheartedly agree with your statement, “We cannot take away someone else’s rights to get out of our responsibilities.” Amen to that!
If you head over to The R House (www.therhouse.blogspot.com) they are doing a week of guest blogging from people who are adopted, people who have adopted, and the selfless women who put their children up for adoption. They all understand that we cannot snuff out the rights of little babies to satisfy our own desires, wants, etc. Thanks for the excellent post!
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beetlebabee | February 25, 2009 at 7:26 pm
He won’t hold still ’cause he’s waving to the camera, cute little guy! Congratulations!
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Euripides | February 25, 2009 at 10:20 pm
The miracle of life tends to get lost in the pro-abortion debate. Congrats to your sister.
Women who don’t want babies should maybe exercise a little self control before the pregnancy, not “choice” afterward.
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rubyeliot | February 25, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Exactly, Euripides. The choice happens before the pregnancy. Rape and other factors that put the health of the mother in jeopardy are exceptions. There is no reason to have abortion as a form of birth control for anyone. The choice is to have or not have sex.
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SoCalMommy | February 26, 2009 at 3:51 am
Congrats to you and your sister. That’s such a blessing. I can relate – having dealt with multiple rounds of infertility treatments is an emotional roller coaster.
For those women who think that it’s ok to kill a baby because the baby is “unwanted” – I challenge them to walk a mile in an infertile couple’s shoes.
Infertile couples are like the biblical “Sarahs” and “Hannahs” of the world, except that we are not guaranteed to get pregnant. I really would love to minister to someone contemplating abortion and challenge them to consider adoption or raising the child on their own as viable alternatives.
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rubyeliot | February 26, 2009 at 4:24 am
9 months to give a beautiful live to a child and make an adoptive couple’s dreams come true. that is a beautiful thing. I respect and honor any woman who gives her child life through adoption.
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Chris | February 26, 2009 at 7:00 am
This attack on the octuplets mom might be a doubled edged sword when it comes to abortion. So many people are mad at her that the press might use it to their advantage to push an agenda asking questions like ‘why didn’t she terminate some of those embryos?’
just a thought
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rubyeliot | February 26, 2009 at 7:23 am
yeah that is a concern. the octomom thing is really sad to me. there are issues there, but it’s not the gov’s job to jump in and start controlling people’s lives.
(i just saw an article on fox saying that the hospital might not release the babies because the house isn’t big enough).
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rubyeliot | February 26, 2009 at 7:25 am
i’m not sad that 8 babies were born; i’m just sad about some of other issues involved (ie. the mom isn’t married–the kids don’t have a dad living in the house.).
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Chris | February 26, 2009 at 8:13 am
I agree – she should have done some major soul searching before she even thought about this.
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kw | February 27, 2009 at 3:55 am
Yay for your sister! Two years is ages. Seriously. Because every month feels like a lost opportunity.
I seriously feel for any woman who has to consider abortion when she doesn’t want to (for grave medical reasons or otherwise). But a woman who treats a pregnancy flippantly treads on the very tender toes of those who ache for one.
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