Placenta Previa
God doesn’t just do small things in our lives either. When I was pregnant with my first child, Jonathan, the first ultrasound showed that he was placenta previa; the placenta was too close to the cervix. My OB said we’d keep an eye on it, but we might have to do a c-section. At 32 weeks, another ultrasound again showed placenta previa. I really didn’t want to do a c-section, if I didn’t have to. And I know many people began to pray about the situation. Mom told me that John Shavers (a good friend and pastor in New Mexico) said, “If God can part the Red Sea, He can certainly move a placenta.” I believed that, but I didn’t know if God wanted to move the placenta.
Nevertheless, I asked my OB if we could check the placenta again before the delivery. She agreed and scheduled me for an ultrasound during the appointment just the week before my due date - the c-section had already been scheduled for the following Monday. The Friday before, Ron and I went to the appointment. The technician started the ultrasound and then called my OB. “Doc,” he said, “you’d better come take a look.” My OB told us, “This is impossible. The placenta doesn’t move that much this late in the pregnancy!”
Jonathan was born less than 24 hours after that appointment, not by c-section.