Myah And Faith's Incredible Story

This is from the blog babyfaithhope.blogspot.com. Please go to the site for amazing photos, videos, and updates. The last update I have posted is of Faith at 39 days old, which is below Myah's introduction. Unfortunately, due to the large number of horrible comments about this story, I've had to delete the comment feature.

Welcome!
Thank you for being here and for all your thoughts and prayers...

My name is Myah. I'm 23 years old and a single mom to a very special little girl. When I was 19 weeks pregnant, I was told that my baby had no brain. This condition is known as "anencephaly." I was told that my baby was only alive because she was attached to me, but that she couldn't survive on her own. The doctor said that I could continue the pregnancy safely, but that my baby would die shortly after being born. Or I could choose to terminate the pregnancy then, which would mean being induced at 20 weeks and letting my baby die without ever seeing or holding her (I don't even want to know what they do with babies in this case). Well, to some people this would be a difficult decision, but it wasn't for me. I knew there was nothing to gain by terminating the pregnancy and I already loved my daughter more than anyone else in the world. Even if she was unconscious like the doctors said and lived for only a few seconds or minutes --even if she was stillborn --it was worth it to me. And so we began our journey...



Today, as I type this, Faith is 20 days old. Apart from a sterile dressing on her head that needs to be changed once a day, Faith lives a completely normal life. She isn't suffering or sickly, like you would expect. With no tubes and no machines supporting her life, she continues to thrive. She seems to function at the same level as any "normal" baby. In fact, she may be a little more advanced for her age. How many babies smile before they are born, start cooing at one day old, and can sit up by 5 days old? I'm just saying!

I hope that by sharing our story, we can shed some light on this condition they call "anencephaly." It may seem all doom and gloom if you get this diagnosis, but trust me... there is more hope and joy in store than you could ever imagine. I know that first-hand! You can read all the text books and medical journals you want, but the truth is revealed in babies like Faith. This is real life, not a text book. When you see the pictures and watch the videos, you can't deny that this life is precious and worth protecting.

Myah
(Faith's mom)

Monday, March 30, 2009
39 days old

Okay, I know I haven't posted pretty much all week but Faith is doing fine... I just haven't had any time to spend typing on the computer. I've been busy taking care of my sneezy baby. We had a pretty good week last week. I guess the highlight would be Faith's CAT scan, which was done on Thursday (her 5-week birthday). There were some doubts about whether or not Faith was misdiagnosed because of how well she is doing and because she is not "supposed" to have any consciousness and yadda yadda yadda, so we had a scan done just to see what was inside her head. The technicians who performed the scan had no idea about Faith's condition beforehand and afterwards asked me, "Does she have a malformation? She is missing skull bones, right? Okay... we just wanted to make sure..." Caught them off-guard a little bit! On Friday we got the results. A neurosurgeon, neuro-radio-interventionologist (big word), and a radiologist looked at the photos and they all agreed that the diagnosis of anencephaly was correct. They have no explanation as to how she is functioning on a conscious level without a cerebrum, or how she is even alive. It's the kind of miracle that makes atheists scratch their heads...

Carla's Story Of Abortion And Forgiveness

Carla is with Operation Outcry, www.operationoutcry.org and can be contacted at outcrywisconsin.blogspot.com

Everyone Against Abortion Please Raise Your Hand

Random Thoughts From Stand For Life

1. There is widespread outrage that Nadya Suleman gave birth to eight babies that she can't financially support. But there's no outrage from the masses that 4,000 babies are killed every day in this country in the name of abortion.

2. There's one demographic group that would vote 100% for the pro-life candidate, if they could - the conception to nine-month people group.

3. Many people who voted for Obama aren't passionate about current events and politics and only paid attention as the last election grew nearer. Now, they just go back to apathy. Those who didn't vote for him are the ones about to break a blood vessel.

4. The only people in the Republican Party with a spine are talk show hosts and a large contingent of average Americans. The rest just want to be liked by Democrats.

5. Obama is actually very consistent in his views. It's just that the mainstream media never focused on his past. Too many people followed along with the media and ignored his radical liberalism that he already displayed. Now it can't be hidden.

6. Liberals rarely discuss any issue, especially the life issue, without attacking the person (ad hominem argument). Anybody who does that, deep down knows that they are on the losing end of a logical debate.

7. Ninety-nine percent of the people in the pro-life movement will never be well-known, but they are the most important. They might be someone counseling in front of a Planned Parenthood or maybe just parents who support their daughter and convince her to have the baby.

8. Thanks to the Catholic Church for putting the life issue on the front burner. For most other churches, the life issue is not even in the house.

9. The NCAA basketball tournament is one of the few institutions that the liberals haven't corrupted. You win, you keep playing. You lose, you just go home. If the liberals ran it, the point-challenged team (can't call them losers) in the first round would get a trophy for playing and then a financial bailout. The national champion would then be demonized for taking advantage of the little guy.

10. The key to changing people's minds and hearts concerning abortion is visual. Showing the ultrasound of a live baby or a video or photo of an aborted baby will probably have more impact than someone reading a complete pro-life book.

The Exception Argument In The Abortion Debate

The debate between a pro-abortion person and a pro-lifer often tends to be two different types of arguments. It's a case of a pro-lifer arguing for the majority or statistical approach, while the pro-abortion person usually goes for the exception or worst-case scenario argument to make the point.

The pro-lifer looks at the overall view that an unborn baby is being killed. That is a 100% certainty in abortion. The pro-abortion view focuses on how terrible life outside the womb will be for the unborn and its mother. For example, they say that the mother is single and in poverty, so that's a good enough reason not to give birth. By taking this worst-case scenario approach, they forget or ignore the fact that for most people this state is transitional. Most do not stay at poverty level, nor do women always stay single. Do they ever emphasize that there are programs of support, either financially or emotionally, from many different agencies?

Another criticism is that the woman's social, career, or school situation will be forever altered in a negative fashion. The alternative view should be that, more than likely, the new baby will change the mother's situation but just on a different temporary level. There may a bump in the road, but in a few years the woman probably will find that bump very insignificant.

Even the alternative of adoption is often criticized. The proponents of abortion may cite a remote case where adoptive parents abused their child, and completely ignore the overwhelming number of very successful adoptions. They also have used the argument that it will be too tough for the mother to give the child up for adoption. The obvious answer is that if it would be too hard on her to give up the child, then she should just keep it.

They basically have their desired result that the baby should be killed, and then they fit in a reason to do it. It is analogous to the evolution or global-warming issues where there is a desired result, and only the evidence that supports that result is accepted, and all of the evidence against that view is discarded.

Abortion proponents often will argue that rape, incest, or a woman's life in danger are reasons for abortions, but these encompass only 3% of all reasons. Of course, even if the pro-lifer capitulated on these, 97% of all babies are still killed in the name of convenience.

What if we allowed other behaviors in our society based on the exception?
Should we always allow murder because a few murders are committed in self-defense?
Should we always allow bank robbery because the robber needed money because he lost his job and had to feed his family?
Should we allow breaking and entering because someone had to break their neighbor's window to save someone in a fire?

In reality, there are different camps in the pro-life movement on how to deal with this exception factor of abortion. Do we follow our principles totally and do not try to pass any legislation unless there are no exceptions allowed? That would keep our principles of life consistent, but the odds of passing some bill with no exceptions are essentially zero. Do we propose a bill that is against our principles that states that there can be a baby killed if it is conceived under certain circumstances? We have a greater chance of passing this legislation which will save the 97% of all babies killed for convenience sake.

I believe that we have to allow for these exceptions either in the political arena or on a personal one-to-one dialogue. Almost all bills passed are a result of compromise with the proponents of that legislation using the incremental approach. For example, smoking restrictions started years ago with a warning on a pack of cigarettes to legislation now that prohibits smoking in many public facilities.

The exception argument is often used as a distraction when discussing the issue with someone favoring abortion. When they feel they can't easily justify abortion for convenience, they will resort to the rape or incest argument. We should say that we will go along with them on the exception if they will fight with us to stop all of the other abortions. Odds are they won't go along with us, because they really believe abortion should be allowed for convenience sake. They use the exception and worst-case scenario arguments because they feel it's the most effective way to battle the truth."