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Rainbow babies are like God's promise for hope and joy after the storm of a miscarriage.

Jessica Lynne Jordan

Nov 14, 2016

University of the Cumberlands

Jessica Lynne Jordan

A rainbow baby is a baby that is conceived after a miscarriage. Today, November 12, 2016, I am 6 weeks and 3 days pregnant with my rainbow baby.

The way I see it, rainbow babies are like God's promise for hope and joy after the storm of a miscarriage. Just like in the Bible, God sent a rainbow as a promise after the Flood to assure that He would never again destroy the earth with water.
This baby is a miracle and through it, God will do great and wonderful things, I have no doubt. This sweet baby will never ever replace the one that was lost, they will always and forever be two separate individuals and I am just as thankful for the first one even if I only got to carry it for a very short time before it went back home to Jesus. I am just beyond thankful that my husband and I have been blessed with the joy of a pregnancy once again.

Now let me give you a peak into how much of a miracle this experience has been:

On Thursday, September 22, 2016, we take an at home pregnancy test and find out we are expecting our first child. I was 5 weeks gestation.

By Tuesday, September 27, I had completely miscarried our first baby.

Monday, October 17 a wonderful woman of God named Robin Rogers came and prayed over me for a baby.

Saturday, October 22 (exactly a month right down to the day to from finding out about the first baby) I prayed all night with a cross on my belly... praying for a baby and speaking life into my body.

Sunday, October 23, I was prayed over again by a church member and my sweet friend Hannah that I could conceive.

Thursday, October 27, for a reason still completely unknown to us I received information in the mail from my insurance company congratulating me on my pregnancy. Remember, at this point, I'm not pregnant and still hadn't even told my health insurance about the pregnancy I had lost. At 2:15 p.m. that same day we went for my post-miscarriage doctor appointment and on that day (exactly a month right down to the day from miscarrying the first baby) I tested positive at two weeks gestation by means of a blood test.
God is so good!

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." -Romans 15:13

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