Have You Ever Seen Cords Like This?

I can still recall hearing the doctors and nurses in the delivery room remark “oh, my gosh, have you ever seen cords like this?”, “this is incredible”, “how did these babies survive to this point?” as they looked carefully at the twins’ cords during the C-section. The doctors later asked my permission to take photographs of the cords because they had never seen cord entanglement this severe. Of course, I granted permission….after all, at the time, I cared less about the cords and more about the well-being of the twins.

God was remarkably gracious in his provisions to the twins. Both were born ALIVE, and after a brief kiss from me to Baby “A” (Taylor Mackenzie) on the cheek, the twins were whisked away to the NICU for further assistance and monitoring.

God was ultimately in control of every detail of the twins’ lives throughout the pregnancy. God, in his sovereignty, brought an awesome OB/GYN into our lives to help protect the lives of the twins during the pregnancy and God gave the doctors the wisdom that fateful Sunday morning, December 11, 2005, when the distressed heartbeat of little Baby “A” (Taylor Mackenzie), revealed that it was time to welcome the twins into the world. I praise God for his provisions to us and to our twins and am so thankful for his faithfulness and love to us and the twins from the point of their conception, to their time in my womb right up to their exciting arrival in this world.