I Refused To Have An Abortion
Testimony: When I was twenty one, I met someone whos mother was a Christian. I stopped seeing him but continued going to church.
After a while I started having some problems and I stopped going. Few years later I got married. When I became pregnant I told my husband I''d like to start going to church again because even though I was happy and felt I had everything I needed, there was still an emptiness within my heart.
After telling him this few nights later I had a dream. In that dream someone was telling me that the enemy was going to try something with the baby in my womb; I couldn''t see the person who was telling me this but I continued to listen. The person also said "You have to pray about this." I kind of forgot about it.
I had started to visit a Christian-Pentecostal church and accepted God as my savior and when I looked to my side, my husband was standing next to me doing the same.
Two weeks later I was getting ready to go to work and I started having what I thought was only a stomach pain. Thanks to God my husband was working the late shift that day and was home when this happened.
I went to the clinic and, to my surprise, I was having contractions and I was only 19 weeks into the pregnancy. After a few laboratory tests the doctor came back to tell me that my membrane had ruptured and I was leaking the amniotic fluid and that it was too early to have the baby.
To make a long story short, according to the doctor, the baby wasn''t going to make it. The doctor wanted me to have what she called and "emergency abortion" because my life was in danger.
I refuse to have the abortion, not only because I had learned that was against the will of God, but also because when I was younger I was told that the chances of me getting pregnant were slim to none.
The doctor left me and my husband alone in the room so that we can discuss the pros and cons. My husband wanted me to think about it because "we could always try again." I had my mind and heart set and I told him "If the baby dies I''ll go ahead and do what they say, but until then I''m going to wait and keep the baby for as long as possible."
I was hospitalized and in that horrible situation God glorified himself. I had my first real encounter with the Lord and soon learned what the true meaning of "peace that surpasses all understanding" is. I felt his presence like never before and couple of days later was out of the hospital-still pregnant!
I had problems since then but my baby wouldn''t give up on life and I wasn''t giving up on my baby.
On Sunday, February 27, 2000 at 40 weeks I delivered a beautiful baby girl. She weight 7lbs. 9oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. As healthy as she could be!!! No down syndrome, no abnormalities, no special needs... God Is Good!!
Tamara Almodovar Hartford, CT
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