22 weeks

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to add a few things after Jong's post regarding Rachel and Isaac reaching 22 weeks.

In Japan, Rachel and Isaac are now technicaly considered viable so if we lose them, they would be stilborn instead of a miscarriage. Its not a big milestone but still a milestone.

During this morning's check-up/daily washing, Rachel's hand was still visible outside my cervix. The attending doctor actually said he saw her fingers moving.

As Jong mentioned, the concern now is, apart from her hand and arm opening my cervix more, her hand, being outside of my cervix, can act as a conduit for infection. It seems like the outlook medically is slowly worsening but I decided that there is really absolutely nothing I can do at this point but to trust in our Lord. Jong called another doctor last night for another opinion and it seems like the doctors are doing the most they can do right now and we just have to try to last as long as possible.


Every time we get comfortable and think that things are stabilizing and we can relax a bit, something happens to remind us that we cannot take anything for granted and we have to trust in God. He is certainly keeping us on our toes!

Our Lord did give me a nice blessing today. I thought I felt Rachel kick yesterday but I am always not very sure as Rachel occupies a very small space and Isaac is right on top of her and he moves around quite a bit and kicks all the time. Well, this afternoon, when the nurse was using the doppler to check her heartbeat, she kicked out at the doppler and even the nurse felt it! And she kicked twice! Isn't our daughter brave and strong, she has no room to move, one arm is stuck in my cervix and she can still kick to let her mama know she is alive and well!!

So I thank the Lord for getting us through almost 8 pm on our 22nd week so far and pray that He will protect Rachel, Isaac and I for the rest of tonight.

Blessings,

Sonia