Stillbirth: A Christian Perspective

On 02-22-2020 at 1:15 A.M., our baby girl, Abigail Hope, was born with no heartbeat, just five days away from her due date. She weighed 7lb 12oz.  She was 21 inches long. When my husband, Fadi was a baby he was also 7lb 12oz, and when I was a baby I was also 21 inches long. She had my nose and Fadi's hair. She was perfectly both of us. We had hoped and prayed for a miracle, and did everything we could to treat her birth as a live birth and fought for her to the very end. She made a strong impact on the hospital. We had people praying in our room for us from Wednesday night through her birth on Saturday. Everyone in the hospital was touched. The presence of God was in that room. I believe seeds of salvation were planted in people's hearts. Her life, death, and birth have all brought glory to the name of Jesus and my prayer is that when we meet her in heaven we will see the midwives, doctors, and nurses there. When we ask how they accepted Christ, I pray that they will say Abigail's life played a role in bringing them to Him. They may have all thought we were in denial and that our religion was stupid, but two things they cannot deny: 1. the love for our baby. 2. the love and unity between believers.  We don't know what caused this medically, but we know that it wasn't God's original and perfect will for this to happen. The enemy comes to lie, kill, steal, and destroy.  Jesus came that we may have life, and life abundantly.  We have the hope of the resurrection. God didn't author this to happen, but He will and already has begun to work this for our good and for His glory.

You may notice my playlist labeled, "Abigail Hope." These songs were the ones we listened to and worshiped to throughout our three day process from finding out our baby had no heartbeat to the moment she was delivered. I had chosen these songs beforehand, planning them to be my labor playlist. I had no idea what we would be going through emotionally, or the impact and meaning those words would have in those moments. I believe the Lord had led me to those specific songs well in advance to give me the strength He knew I would need. I pray those songs will bless you as well if you choose to listen to them.

I said at the end of this video that I would keep comments off, but have decided instead to leave them on so that those who have gone through something similar can comment. However, I do ask that you please be respectful of our baby and of my husband and I, as this has been an extremely difficult time for all of us. Thank you.

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