When God Wants a Baby

The story below comes from Cammie C. and is a testimony of  God’s grace and ultimate control in bringing a long-hoped-for baby into the world. 

I’m a control freak and those who know me will vouch for that. Back in 2005 we had Brace, our third child, and after he turned two, we decided to try and have one more baby. We tried everything we could and after a long while, I eventually got pregnant only to lose our baby at 12 weeks.

Did that stop me from trying to control this situation? No! We continued to try again and we got pregnant again only to have an early miscarriage. I was devastated.

I cried out to God wanting Him to show me why and what I was to do. I begged Him for a sign of any kind, and I gave it all to Him. I gave Him all my pain and suffering and said, “Let you will be done.”

In October 2007, I decided my answer from God was to have surgery to close the door on having any more babies. On a Thursday I went to my doctor’s office and had all the necessary blood work done to make sure I wasn’t pregnant so we could schedule the surgery.

That weekend my husband and I went out of town and my doctor called me on that Friday to say my bloodwork didn’t show pregnancy and all was good to schedule the surgery. So we did. All weekend I was totally calm and feeling good about our decision.

When we got home that Sunday, I was exhausted and feeling very sick. My husband said I should get a pregnancy test and I said no, thinking that was silly because blood work is supposed to be accurate.

However, he talked me into at-home pregnancy tests and both were positive! First thing Monday morning, I went to my doctor’s office and they did another blood test. My doctor walked into his office and threw my file down on his desk and said, “I don’t know how to explain this, but Cammie, you are three weeks pregnant.” I looked at him and said, “I can explain it. God wanted me to stop trying to force my will and give all the control over to Him.”

That precious baby is my Brody!