{"id":307333,"date":"2021-12-20T08:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/abortion-adoption-miracle-birth\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:02:06","slug":"abortion-adoption-miracle-birth","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/abortion-adoption-miracle-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion\/ Adoption: Miracle Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have heard sweet birth stories that warm our hearts.  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You totally were <em>gone<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Go ahead; tell them where I was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I don\u2019t want to admit it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This is our first child. The nurse tells me, after checking me, \u201cOh, honey, you\u2019re going to be here, at least, 24 hours.\u201d Dave takes it as like, \u201cI\u2019m out of here\u201d; and he goes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, it isn\u2019t like I left the hospital; but I thought, \u201cYou know, I\u2019ve got to go take care of business; so I\u2019ll just go read a magazine somewhere.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Twenty minutes later, I\u2019m by myself; it\u2019s three in the morning. All of a sudden, I\u2019m thinking, \u201cI\u2019m having this baby right now.\u201d No one\u2019s there; and I\u2019m yelling, \u201cDAVE, DAVE!\u201d; and no one\u2019s coming. I\u2019m clicking the nurse; finally she comes in. I said, \u201cI\u2019m having the baby!\u201d Yes, I think you did finally make it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, I came running\u2014I mean, I am halfway down a hospital hall, so it was a long way\u2014you were yelling <em>so loud<\/em>. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I was all by myself!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I was like, \u201cOh my goodness; I better get out of here.\u201d I go running in there\u2014and CJ was born, our first\u2014and it was pretty traumatic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I\u2019m Ann Wilson.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And I\u2019m Dave Wilson, and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on our FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> app.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So I almost missed the birth of our first, and it was pretty traumatic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014very traumatic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014very traumatic. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I mean, as being parents of three sons, and now grandkids, you learn every birth is a miracle. So today\u2014I mean, I\u2019ve <em>never<\/em> had a person like this in the studio\u2014I\u2019m looking across at a miracle. We know that with every guest that comes in, but your story\u2014Melissa Ohden is with us\u2014and it\u2019s a miracle. So welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Thank you. If it makes you feel any better, my husband almost missed the birth of our second child; he went down for lunch.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Come on!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> For <em>real<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> What happened?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> They didn\u2019t think that I was close to delivering her, and he went down for lunch. They came back to check me\u2014panic, panic\u2014\u201cDon\u2019t move an inch,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t breathe,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t think.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Same thing that I had.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> And he just barely made it for the birth of\u2014[Laughter]\u2014and our first child took me <em>forever<\/em> to deliver; it was a <em>long<\/em> hard delivery. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Unbelievable, but he made it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> He made it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Melissa, did you feel like that?\u2014like, \u201cThis child is a miracle.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Oh, absolutely. I think, by and large, our world understands it in our heart; but I think sometimes it gets lost in translation in our culture.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s interesting, as I said, this is the first time we\u2019ve ever had a story like yours. I read your book, which is a great book called <em>You Carried Me: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m just going to let <em>you<\/em> tell the story. I know you have a master\u2019s in social work. You deal with\u2014well you\u2019re going to tell us\u2014but I think the only way to start this program is just to say: \u201cWhat\u2019s your story?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Oh, wait; so you\u2019re keeping the listener in <em>suspense<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes; I just want you to <em>start<\/em> the story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Okay, listeners, I just want to say, \u201cPull up close, because you\u2019re going to want to hear this. This is one of those stories that is so miraculous you\u2019re not going to want to miss this.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> And I always would preface it to say I know some of my story is hard for people to hear, because of their own experiences; but I hope that, as I share my story, people see God\u2019s hand in my life; and they realize that, as unique as my story may be, there is so much grace; and it\u2019s about love, and it\u2019s about forgiveness, and it\u2019s about the plans and the purpose that God has for every life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann and Dave:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> I was sharing with somebody earlier today: \u201cI wish I could share my story and simply allow people to always see God\u2019s plan in it.\u201d But sometimes, our culture hears stories like mine and somehow attempts to shame us for having this story when it\u2019s a story we didn\u2019t have any control over. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI am literally a baby, who survived a failed abortion\u2014I\u2019m 44 years old now; I\u2019ll age myself very quickly and get that out of the way for your audience\u2014[Laughter]\u2014but I survived a failed abortion. We live in a world that somehow says: \u201cThat doesn\u2019t happen; and if it does happen, it must be so incredibly rare. And if you do have this story, you should probably not speak about it publicly; because it makes people uncomfortable, because maybe they\u2019ve had an experience with abortion\u201d; or somehow this is a political thing. At the end of the day, it sends a message to people, who have stories like mine, to say, \u201cYou don\u2019t belong here.\u201d But God intends for each and every one of us to belong. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy story started 44 years ago in a little town in Sioux City, Iowa. That is when my birth mother, Ruth, found herself facing an unplanned pregnancy. Ruth was in college; she was 19 years old. She was <em>engaged<\/em> to my biological father; I didn\u2019t know that for a really long time. They had dated all throughout high school, into college, were in love\u2014probably thought they had the world at their feet\u2014and didn\u2019t know that they had become pregnant with me. Ruth had been heavily involved in sports\/didn\u2019t realize the signs of being pregnant. Her mother, who was an ob-gyn nurse, saw those signs in her, finally, that her body was changing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So her mother saw it before Ruth even knew?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> She did; can you imagine?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> So she\u2019s confronted by her mom, who says, \u201cHey, I think you\u2019re pregnant.\u201d \u201cWhat?\u201d I can\u2019t imagine how much trauma that was for her. And then the trauma just continued, because they learned very quickly that she <em>was<\/em> pregnant. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSadly, my grandparents were not supportive of an unplanned pregnancy back in 1977 in their community. It didn\u2019t fit the profile that they had in the community; it didn\u2019t fit the profile of them being in their church every Sunday. I share that, not to cast blame or shame upon them, but because I hear this story in so many families. Within days, my grandmother sat my biological parents down and literally screamed at them, from what the family has been able to share with me. Ultimately, she made it very clear to them that there was one option and that was abortion. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWithin days, they forced a saline infusion abortion upon Ruth. She was placed in the hospital, where my grandmother was involved as a nurse. She oversaw the education of a lot of young nurses at that hospital. They bypassed hospital regulations and procedures. She should have gone before a therapeutic committee at the time, saying why she needed a late-term abortion.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> How many months?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> The abortionist wrote on my medical record she was probably 18-20 weeks pregnant with me, but the fact that I weighed a little less than three pounds made it clear to those medical professionals that she was probably more like 31 weeks. That\u2019s what\u2019s included in my medical records. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And full term is 37-40 weeks, so you were much further along than 18 weeks.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> I was a whopping two pounds fourteen ounces,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> \u2014but much further along, gestation-ally, than what they had expected. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know abortion is not ever pleasant to hear about or talk about; but for those who aren\u2019t aware of what that procedure involved, that saline infusion abortion was the most common abortion procedure back in the 1970s.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What is that procedure?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> It involved injecting a toxic salt solution into the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby in the womb. The intent of that toxic salt solution was to poison and scald the child to death, usually lasted about 72 hours. If the child was fortunate enough, their life was ended within 24 hours; and then the rest of the time was just spent inducing labor. It\u2019s a horrific procedure for a child to undergo; it\u2019s a horrific procedure for a woman to undergo. I\u2019ve talked to so many women, who have shared their stories, courageously, with me and said they could feel their child fighting for life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe know, through my medical records, that it was a horrific procedure for Ruth and I\u2014not for 24 hours or 3 days\u2014it was actually 5.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So the mental anguish of your birth mom, too, must have been <em>horrific<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes; mental anguish, physical pain. We now know that they really thought she might lose her life in the midst of that abortion procedure, because it was dragging on for <em>so long<\/em>. It was a risky procedure, in and of itself, in the first place.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You were literally <em>fighting<\/em> for your life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> I was. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa: <\/strong>By all intents and purposes, they really thought the abortion had been successful, especially after five days: \"Keep trying,\u201d \u201cKeep trying,\u201d \u201cMore solution,\u201d \u201cMore solution.\u201d So on the fifth day of the abortion procedure, they induced Ruth\u2019s labor, finally. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m sure they were grateful that it was over; but really, my story was just beginning. Because that day, when they finally induced her labor, I was accidently born alive. I have a day that I celebrate as my birthday that is the day that I was accidently born alive.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And yet, your mom doesn\u2019t know you\u2019re alive.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Who would have thought?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I have to say, the first time that I heard your story and I saw your face\u2014I wish you listeners could see Melissa\u2014she\u2019s beautiful. We\u2019re all beautiful, because we\u2019re God\u2019s creation; but the first time I saw you, and I thought, \u201cOh, this is the face of a child that was aborted,\u201d\u2014like\u2014\u201cWe would have never <em>seen<\/em> this beautiful face; and you have a voice, and you have a purpose.\u201d I was teary, watching you, thinking, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen the face of a person that has survived an abortion.\u201d I thought \u201cWhat a loss to not have you here.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Thank you. That makes me emotional; because, you know, we have tens of millions of children, who have remained nameless, and faceless, and voiceless. I\u2019m a mother myself, and not a day goes by, that I don\u2019t look at my children and think, \u201cWow! What if that abortion would have been successful? My children never would have existed.\u201d That is a pain like no other pain.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right; and so you\u2019re born. Your birth mom thinks that you\u2019ve died\u2014that the abortion was successful\u2014so now, she\u2019s in her own trauma of trying to heal and get past this. What happened? Did they whisk you away?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes; my life story has been a long and winding road\u2014a bit like a roller coaster probably more than a long and winding road\u2014[Laughter]\u2014but I now know that, when I was born alive that day, there were demands made to leave me to die. I mean, I know, again, as I shared, parts of my story are incredibly hard for people to hear.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Just in case people are wondering\u2014we don\u2019t need to know the details\u2014but you actually later went and found your mom, and that\u2019s why you know these details. We\u2019ll get to that later; but some people are like, \u201cHow in the world do you know all this?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes, exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You went on a journey\u2014we\u2019ll hear about it later\u2014so take us back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Well, not only did she know and meet her mom, but she met the nurse.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes, I\u2019ve met medical professionals or had communication with them to know the rest of the story. I love seeing how God intersects all of our lives and says: \u201cTruth,\u201d and \u201cMore truth,\u201d and \u201cHere\u2019s more truth, Melissa.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut yes, we now know that my grandmother is the one who demanded I be left in that hospital room to die. At least, one nurse\u2014a tall blond nurse\u2014rushed me off to the NICU at that hospital.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014because she saw you gasping.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes; I truly believe that\u2019s why I am alive today, because God knew who needed to be working that day. They started to provide medical care; they prayed for me. They saw God\u2019s\/just God\u2019s wondrous work in me. [Emotion in voice] I mean, to me, that\u2019s the part that makes me emotional; because they were the first people to truly see me and show that respect for me. They provided medical care that sustained my life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI suffered from severe respiratory and liver problems, seizures. They thought I had a fatal heart defect. The prognosis for my life was very poor. But little could I have known that Ruth was told that day it had been successful. Before I was taken out of the room, she was told: \u201cIt\u2019s hideous,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a monster,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t look at it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Aww!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> She spent over 30 years of her life with incredible regret, so she was living in her own place of trauma while my story continued. I didn\u2019t know my story for a long time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe <em>all<\/em> have untold stories.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes, we do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Families have secrets.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; I think there\u2019s a lot of secrets, and there\u2019s shame attached to those secrets. I think that the enemy wins when we never share our secrets, because we think it\u2019s the greatest horror story. God says, \u201cI\u2019m going to bring hope to the world with your story if you let it out into the light.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Absolutely.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And that\u2019s what <em>you\u2019re<\/em> doing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Do you know that nurse\u2019s name?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know the tall blond nurse that rushed me in, but I have a relationship with a nurse who received me there in the NICU that day. And I have a relationship with another nurse volunteer, when I was transferred to another hospital. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI now have another nurse in my life, who was very young at the time, and asked why I didn\u2019t have a name when I was a couple of months old: \u201cWhy is this baby here?\u201d and \u201cWhy doesn\u2019t she have a name?\u201d They told her about what I had survived, and they gave me a name at the hospital; they named me Katie Rose. But she came looking for me in the last ten years. We met, face to face; and she was a huge support to me when I went through my younger daughter having a lot of health issues. She was there for me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Is she the one that knit you booties? Didn\u2019t someone bring you booties?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Those nurses at that hospital, yes, knitted me little baby booties that my daughters used to put on their dolls. I still have my little, tiny diaper. We all want to be remembered; don\u2019t we? I mean, we do. I think we\u2019re a world full of people\u2014who want people to see us, hear us, acknowledge us, remember us\u2014and that can be dysfunctional, I think, in many ways; but at the heart of the matter, what they did in remembering me was life-giving.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> The thing that I\u2019m looking at, too, is God\u2019s hand, where He\u2019s putting people around you; like, \u201cMaybe she wasn\u2019t wanted in this situation,\u201d\u2014but even your birth mother wanted you\u2014\u201cbut I\u2019m still going to put people around Melissa, who are My angels kind of on the earth that are going to love her, see her, provide for her.\u201d Isn\u2019t that <em>sweet<\/em> of God? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think we all have that thought, like, \u201cDid God ever see what I was going through? Did He know? Was He there?\u201d And yes, I think the answer is: \u201cYes, He\u2019s always been there and sees us.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes; that was one of the most intense conversations that Ruth and I ever had\u2014was she had questioned and said, \u201cIf there is a God, Melissa\u2014because you talk about Him all the time\u2014but if there is a God, where was He when I needed Him?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was just so heartbreaking for me; but I just remember taking a deep breath and saying, \u201cHe was there all the time. If it wasn\u2019t for Him, we wouldn\u2019t be here today.\u201d But when you\u2019re in the midst of that struggle and that pain, of course, we have those moments, where we go, \u201cReally, Lord, where are You right now?! Because this isn\u2019t what I thought it would look like. This isn\u2019t what I thought it would <em>feel<\/em> like.\u201d He\u2019s still there in the midst of it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I don\u2019t know\u2014and you don\u2019t know her name\u2014but I think all you know is she\u2019s a tall blond, I guess, the nurse?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I think of her being like an angel. That\u2019s where God was; He was right there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think there\u2019s times in our life, where we are the tall blond\u2014in situations, where we feel a nudge; or we see a situation, and somebody needs to act\u2014and it\u2019s so easy to turn and walk; or think somebody else will; or \u201cI don\u2019t want to get involved.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014or \u201cThis is too messy; I should just walk away.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, I can imagine she might have even thought: \u201cThis baby is supposed to be left here. What am I doing? I\u2019m actually interrupting something that\u2019s already been started.\u201d And yet, God used that woman; [otherwise] you\u2019re not here today and your daughters aren\u2019t here today, and we\u2019re not sitting here right now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought: \u201cHow many times in my life have I been that person\u2014where I see something, and instead of saying, \u2018I\u2019m going to do something to be the hand and feet of God,\u2019\u2014I often have turned and not even knowing the ramifications of, if I would have acted, something beautiful could have been done?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think our listener needs to realize it could be you. Maybe there\u2019s a listener right now, that already knows what God has spoken or nudged them to do; and they\u2019ve said, \u201cNo, no, no; it\u2019s too scary\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d I think that tall blond nurse, whoever she was, is a message to us\u2014it\u2019s like Isaiah 6\u2014\u201cHere I am Lord, send me. I\u2019m not going to ask You to send somebody else. You\u2019re sending me; I\u2019m going to step in there. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen, but I know You\u2019re leading me; so I know the results are going to be Your plan.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s much like Esther; you know, she was born for \u201csuch a time as this.\u201d I was actually walking this morning and praying; because I knew that we were going to talk to you, Melissa, and hear your story. I thought about that, like: \u201cLord, I want You to use me. I want wherever You want me to be,\u201d\u2014like\u2014\u201cHelp me to say, \u2018Yes,\u2019 and to know that prodding of Your Spirit when You want me to walk into situations or when You want to use me. Help me to say, \u2018Yes,\u2019 in those situations.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I think it\u2019s that simple; it\u2019s a \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> It is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Just say, \u201cYes,\u201d when God leads you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, you\u2019re sitting here right now. I know you\u2019re on your way to another event, where you\u2019re going to stand up and advocate for the unborn; you\u2019ve said, \u201cYes,\u201d to God\u2019s call on your life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes, I often tell people\u2014I call every day a Holy Spirit moment\u2014because I never know where I\u2019m going to be called\/what I might say. Don\u2019t we all do this?\u2014where we say something; or we say, \u201cYes,\u201d to something. You go, \u201cOhh! The Lord doesn\u2019t ever have it wrong\u201d; and so it is an adventure. I think we are so scared sometimes of faith; but yet, that\u2019s what we are called to.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s the culture now, or if it\u2019s always been true, before we say, \u201cYes,\u201d to God, we often want to know: \u201cYou know, is there a 401K in this?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014or \u201cWhat what\u2019s that going to look like?\u201d \u201cWhat does that <em>entail<\/em>?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cHow\u2019s it going to go?\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> \u201cHow much is this going to <em>hurt<\/em>?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s literally Peter in the boat, saying, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m going to step out there; but can You make it solid?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cCan you prove that it\u2019s\u2026\u201d; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> But that\u2019s not the adventure. You\u2019re so right, Melissa. It\u2019s like: \u201cMan, I thought when I gave my life to Christ, I was giving up: \u2018No, I can\u2019t do this anymore,\u2019 \u2018I can\u2019t do that anymore.\u2019 I had <em>no idea<\/em>, on the other side of that \u2018Yes,\u2019 was: \u2018Do you realize the adventure?\u2019\u201d I mean, it\u2019s scary at times\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and it\u2019s <em>not<\/em> easy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014but it is an <em>adventure<\/em>. It\u2019s an adventure you don\u2019t want to miss. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s the crazy thing: we\u2019ve only heard the <em>beginning<\/em> of this story. There\u2019s so much more. I know our listeners are even like, \u201cWell,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cthen what happened?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cwhat happened next?\u201d and \u201cDid you ever get to a place of forgiveness?\u201d\u2014because there\u2019s a lot of hurt here. I\u2019ve just got to say, \u201cWe\u2019re out of time, so this is one of these stories that you are going to have to just wait and listen to Part Two next time.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for being with us, Melissa.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What a powerful compelling reminder today that, whatever the circumstances of your life\/whatever has happened to you\u2014that may have even been <em>evil<\/em> happening to you\u2014God is still a God of grace, and power, and mercy; and He can transform a life. In fact, that\u2019s what He does; He changes our lives and restores what has been damaged in our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve been hearing today from Melissa Ohden telling her story of God\u2019s redemption. She\u2019s written a book called <em>You Carried Me: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir<\/em>. We\u2019ve got copies of her book in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com to request your copy, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Again, the title of Melissa Ohden\u2019s book is <em>You Carried Me: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir<\/em>. Order it online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-358-6329 to request your copy; that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we have had something happen, here at FamilyLife, in the last few days that is very exciting and something we want to let you guys know about. We\u2019ve been telling you about a matching-gift fund that was put together for us by some friends of the ministry. They have agreed that, during the month of December, they would match every donation that we receive from listeners, dollar for dollar, up to a total of \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t$1.5 million. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, in recent days, some other friends have come along and said, \u201cWe want to boost that amount. We want to see <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners really rally in the last two weeks of the year.\u201d As of today, the matching-gift fund has reached a total of $2.3 million, which means there\u2019s even more opportunity for us to expand the reach of FamilyLife in the new year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut to take advantage of that, of course, we need to hear from long-time listeners like you. If you\u2019re a regular <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listener; if God has used the ministry of FamilyLife in your life, in your marriage, in your family this year, listening to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>; if that\u2019s been an encouragement or a blessing to you\u2014if you\u2019ve been to one of our events, or used our resources, or gone online to our website\u2014would you consider making as generous a yearend contribution as you could possibly make, and do it today? When you do, whatever amount you donate is going to be matched, dollar for dollar, up to our new total of $2.3 million. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPlease pray that we\u2019ll be able to take full advantage of this matching-gift amount, here in the next two weeks. To make a donation, you can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY. When you do, we want to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a copy of Dane Ortlund\u2019s new devotional from the book of Psalms. It\u2019s called <em>In the Lord I Take Refuge,<\/em> 150 daily devotions, again, from the book of Psalms. That\u2019s our thank-you gift to you when you donate today. Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Thanks, in advance, for whatever you are able to do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you can join us, again, tomorrow when Melissa Ohden will be here again and will share with us why it is so healthy, and helpful, and important for us to, not only know our stories, but to be able to openly share our stories with others. There\u2019s power in bringing what was in the dark out into the light. We\u2019ll hear more about that tomorrow. We hope you can join us for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOn behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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I\u2019m Ann Wilson.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And I\u2019m Dave Wilson, and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on our FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> app.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So I almost missed the birth of our first, and it was pretty traumatic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014very traumatic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014very traumatic. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I mean, as being parents of three sons, and now grandkids, you learn every birth is a miracle. So today\u2014I mean, I\u2019ve <em>never<\/em> had a person like this in the studio\u2014I\u2019m looking across at a miracle. We know that with every guest that comes in, but your story\u2014Melissa Ohden is with us\u2014and it\u2019s a miracle. So welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Thank you. If it makes you feel any better, my husband almost missed the birth of our second child; he went down for lunch.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Come on!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> For <em>real<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> What happened?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> They didn\u2019t think that I was close to delivering her, and he went down for lunch. They came back to check me\u2014panic, panic\u2014\u201cDon\u2019t move an inch,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t breathe,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t think.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Same thing that I had.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> And he just barely made it for the birth of\u2014[Laughter]\u2014and our first child took me <em>forever<\/em> to deliver; it was a <em>long<\/em> hard delivery. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Unbelievable, but he made it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> He made it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Melissa, did you feel like that?\u2014like, \u201cThis child is a miracle.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Oh, absolutely. I think, by and large, our world understands it in our heart; but I think sometimes it gets lost in translation in our culture.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s interesting, as I said, this is the first time we\u2019ve ever had a story like yours. I read your book, which is a great book called <em>You Carried Me: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m just going to let <em>you<\/em> tell the story. I know you have a master\u2019s in social work. You deal with\u2014well you\u2019re going to tell us\u2014but I think the only way to start this program is just to say: \u201cWhat\u2019s your story?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Oh, wait; so you\u2019re keeping the listener in <em>suspense<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes; I just want you to <em>start<\/em> the story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Okay, listeners, I just want to say, \u201cPull up close, because you\u2019re going to want to hear this. This is one of those stories that is so miraculous you\u2019re not going to want to miss this.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> And I always would preface it to say I know some of my story is hard for people to hear, because of their own experiences; but I hope that, as I share my story, people see God\u2019s hand in my life; and they realize that, as unique as my story may be, there is so much grace; and it\u2019s about love, and it\u2019s about forgiveness, and it\u2019s about the plans and the purpose that God has for every life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann and Dave:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> I was sharing with somebody earlier today: \u201cI wish I could share my story and simply allow people to always see God\u2019s plan in it.\u201d But sometimes, our culture hears stories like mine and somehow attempts to shame us for having this story when it\u2019s a story we didn\u2019t have any control over. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI am literally a baby, who survived a failed abortion\u2014I\u2019m 44 years old now; I\u2019ll age myself very quickly and get that out of the way for your audience\u2014[Laughter]\u2014but I survived a failed abortion. We live in a world that somehow says: \u201cThat doesn\u2019t happen; and if it does happen, it must be so incredibly rare. And if you do have this story, you should probably not speak about it publicly; because it makes people uncomfortable, because maybe they\u2019ve had an experience with abortion\u201d; or somehow this is a political thing. At the end of the day, it sends a message to people, who have stories like mine, to say, \u201cYou don\u2019t belong here.\u201d But God intends for each and every one of us to belong. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy story started 44 years ago in a little town in Sioux City, Iowa. That is when my birth mother, Ruth, found herself facing an unplanned pregnancy. Ruth was in college; she was 19 years old. She was <em>engaged<\/em> to my biological father; I didn\u2019t know that for a really long time. They had dated all throughout high school, into college, were in love\u2014probably thought they had the world at their feet\u2014and didn\u2019t know that they had become pregnant with me. Ruth had been heavily involved in sports\/didn\u2019t realize the signs of being pregnant. Her mother, who was an ob-gyn nurse, saw those signs in her, finally, that her body was changing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So her mother saw it before Ruth even knew?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> She did; can you imagine?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> So she\u2019s confronted by her mom, who says, \u201cHey, I think you\u2019re pregnant.\u201d \u201cWhat?\u201d I can\u2019t imagine how much trauma that was for her. And then the trauma just continued, because they learned very quickly that she <em>was<\/em> pregnant. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSadly, my grandparents were not supportive of an unplanned pregnancy back in 1977 in their community. It didn\u2019t fit the profile that they had in the community; it didn\u2019t fit the profile of them being in their church every Sunday. I share that, not to cast blame or shame upon them, but because I hear this story in so many families. Within days, my grandmother sat my biological parents down and literally screamed at them, from what the family has been able to share with me. Ultimately, she made it very clear to them that there was one option and that was abortion. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWithin days, they forced a saline infusion abortion upon Ruth. She was placed in the hospital, where my grandmother was involved as a nurse. She oversaw the education of a lot of young nurses at that hospital. They bypassed hospital regulations and procedures. She should have gone before a therapeutic committee at the time, saying why she needed a late-term abortion.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> How many months?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> The abortionist wrote on my medical record she was probably 18-20 weeks pregnant with me, but the fact that I weighed a little less than three pounds made it clear to those medical professionals that she was probably more like 31 weeks. That\u2019s what\u2019s included in my medical records. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And full term is 37-40 weeks, so you were much further along than 18 weeks.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> I was a whopping two pounds fourteen ounces,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> \u2014but much further along, gestation-ally, than what they had expected. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know abortion is not ever pleasant to hear about or talk about; but for those who aren\u2019t aware of what that procedure involved, that saline infusion abortion was the most common abortion procedure back in the 1970s.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What is that procedure?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> It involved injecting a toxic salt solution into the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby in the womb. The intent of that toxic salt solution was to poison and scald the child to death, usually lasted about 72 hours. If the child was fortunate enough, their life was ended within 24 hours; and then the rest of the time was just spent inducing labor. It\u2019s a horrific procedure for a child to undergo; it\u2019s a horrific procedure for a woman to undergo. I\u2019ve talked to so many women, who have shared their stories, courageously, with me and said they could feel their child fighting for life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe know, through my medical records, that it was a horrific procedure for Ruth and I\u2014not for 24 hours or 3 days\u2014it was actually 5.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So the mental anguish of your birth mom, too, must have been <em>horrific<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes; mental anguish, physical pain. We now know that they really thought she might lose her life in the midst of that abortion procedure, because it was dragging on for <em>so long<\/em>. It was a risky procedure, in and of itself, in the first place.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You were literally <em>fighting<\/em> for your life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> I was. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa: <\/strong>By all intents and purposes, they really thought the abortion had been successful, especially after five days: \"Keep trying,\u201d \u201cKeep trying,\u201d \u201cMore solution,\u201d \u201cMore solution.\u201d So on the fifth day of the abortion procedure, they induced Ruth\u2019s labor, finally. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m sure they were grateful that it was over; but really, my story was just beginning. Because that day, when they finally induced her labor, I was accidently born alive. I have a day that I celebrate as my birthday that is the day that I was accidently born alive.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And yet, your mom doesn\u2019t know you\u2019re alive.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Who would have thought?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I have to say, the first time that I heard your story and I saw your face\u2014I wish you listeners could see Melissa\u2014she\u2019s beautiful. We\u2019re all beautiful, because we\u2019re God\u2019s creation; but the first time I saw you, and I thought, \u201cOh, this is the face of a child that was aborted,\u201d\u2014like\u2014\u201cWe would have never <em>seen<\/em> this beautiful face; and you have a voice, and you have a purpose.\u201d I was teary, watching you, thinking, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen the face of a person that has survived an abortion.\u201d I thought \u201cWhat a loss to not have you here.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Thank you. That makes me emotional; because, you know, we have tens of millions of children, who have remained nameless, and faceless, and voiceless. I\u2019m a mother myself, and not a day goes by, that I don\u2019t look at my children and think, \u201cWow! What if that abortion would have been successful? My children never would have existed.\u201d That is a pain like no other pain.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right; and so you\u2019re born. Your birth mom thinks that you\u2019ve died\u2014that the abortion was successful\u2014so now, she\u2019s in her own trauma of trying to heal and get past this. What happened? Did they whisk you away?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes; my life story has been a long and winding road\u2014a bit like a roller coaster probably more than a long and winding road\u2014[Laughter]\u2014but I now know that, when I was born alive that day, there were demands made to leave me to die. I mean, I know, again, as I shared, parts of my story are incredibly hard for people to hear.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Just in case people are wondering\u2014we don\u2019t need to know the details\u2014but you actually later went and found your mom, and that\u2019s why you know these details. We\u2019ll get to that later; but some people are like, \u201cHow in the world do you know all this?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes, exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You went on a journey\u2014we\u2019ll hear about it later\u2014so take us back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Well, not only did she know and meet her mom, but she met the nurse.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes, I\u2019ve met medical professionals or had communication with them to know the rest of the story. I love seeing how God intersects all of our lives and says: \u201cTruth,\u201d and \u201cMore truth,\u201d and \u201cHere\u2019s more truth, Melissa.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut yes, we now know that my grandmother is the one who demanded I be left in that hospital room to die. At least, one nurse\u2014a tall blond nurse\u2014rushed me off to the NICU at that hospital.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014because she saw you gasping.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes; I truly believe that\u2019s why I am alive today, because God knew who needed to be working that day. They started to provide medical care; they prayed for me. They saw God\u2019s\/just God\u2019s wondrous work in me. [Emotion in voice] I mean, to me, that\u2019s the part that makes me emotional; because they were the first people to truly see me and show that respect for me. They provided medical care that sustained my life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI suffered from severe respiratory and liver problems, seizures. They thought I had a fatal heart defect. The prognosis for my life was very poor. But little could I have known that Ruth was told that day it had been successful. Before I was taken out of the room, she was told: \u201cIt\u2019s hideous,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a monster,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t look at it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Aww!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> She spent over 30 years of her life with incredible regret, so she was living in her own place of trauma while my story continued. I didn\u2019t know my story for a long time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe <em>all<\/em> have untold stories.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes, we do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Families have secrets.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; I think there\u2019s a lot of secrets, and there\u2019s shame attached to those secrets. I think that the enemy wins when we never share our secrets, because we think it\u2019s the greatest horror story. God says, \u201cI\u2019m going to bring hope to the world with your story if you let it out into the light.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Absolutely.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And that\u2019s what <em>you\u2019re<\/em> doing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Do you know that nurse\u2019s name?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know the tall blond nurse that rushed me in, but I have a relationship with a nurse who received me there in the NICU that day. And I have a relationship with another nurse volunteer, when I was transferred to another hospital. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI now have another nurse in my life, who was very young at the time, and asked why I didn\u2019t have a name when I was a couple of months old: \u201cWhy is this baby here?\u201d and \u201cWhy doesn\u2019t she have a name?\u201d They told her about what I had survived, and they gave me a name at the hospital; they named me Katie Rose. But she came looking for me in the last ten years. We met, face to face; and she was a huge support to me when I went through my younger daughter having a lot of health issues. She was there for me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Is she the one that knit you booties? Didn\u2019t someone bring you booties?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Those nurses at that hospital, yes, knitted me little baby booties that my daughters used to put on their dolls. I still have my little, tiny diaper. We all want to be remembered; don\u2019t we? I mean, we do. I think we\u2019re a world full of people\u2014who want people to see us, hear us, acknowledge us, remember us\u2014and that can be dysfunctional, I think, in many ways; but at the heart of the matter, what they did in remembering me was life-giving.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> The thing that I\u2019m looking at, too, is God\u2019s hand, where He\u2019s putting people around you; like, \u201cMaybe she wasn\u2019t wanted in this situation,\u201d\u2014but even your birth mother wanted you\u2014\u201cbut I\u2019m still going to put people around Melissa, who are My angels kind of on the earth that are going to love her, see her, provide for her.\u201d Isn\u2019t that <em>sweet<\/em> of God? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think we all have that thought, like, \u201cDid God ever see what I was going through? Did He know? Was He there?\u201d And yes, I think the answer is: \u201cYes, He\u2019s always been there and sees us.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes; that was one of the most intense conversations that Ruth and I ever had\u2014was she had questioned and said, \u201cIf there is a God, Melissa\u2014because you talk about Him all the time\u2014but if there is a God, where was He when I needed Him?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was just so heartbreaking for me; but I just remember taking a deep breath and saying, \u201cHe was there all the time. If it wasn\u2019t for Him, we wouldn\u2019t be here today.\u201d But when you\u2019re in the midst of that struggle and that pain, of course, we have those moments, where we go, \u201cReally, Lord, where are You right now?! Because this isn\u2019t what I thought it would look like. This isn\u2019t what I thought it would <em>feel<\/em> like.\u201d He\u2019s still there in the midst of it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I don\u2019t know\u2014and you don\u2019t know her name\u2014but I think all you know is she\u2019s a tall blond, I guess, the nurse?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I think of her being like an angel. That\u2019s where God was; He was right there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think there\u2019s times in our life, where we are the tall blond\u2014in situations, where we feel a nudge; or we see a situation, and somebody needs to act\u2014and it\u2019s so easy to turn and walk; or think somebody else will; or \u201cI don\u2019t want to get involved.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014or \u201cThis is too messy; I should just walk away.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, I can imagine she might have even thought: \u201cThis baby is supposed to be left here. What am I doing? I\u2019m actually interrupting something that\u2019s already been started.\u201d And yet, God used that woman; [otherwise] you\u2019re not here today and your daughters aren\u2019t here today, and we\u2019re not sitting here right now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought: \u201cHow many times in my life have I been that person\u2014where I see something, and instead of saying, \u2018I\u2019m going to do something to be the hand and feet of God,\u2019\u2014I often have turned and not even knowing the ramifications of, if I would have acted, something beautiful could have been done?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think our listener needs to realize it could be you. Maybe there\u2019s a listener right now, that already knows what God has spoken or nudged them to do; and they\u2019ve said, \u201cNo, no, no; it\u2019s too scary\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d I think that tall blond nurse, whoever she was, is a message to us\u2014it\u2019s like Isaiah 6\u2014\u201cHere I am Lord, send me. I\u2019m not going to ask You to send somebody else. You\u2019re sending me; I\u2019m going to step in there. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen, but I know You\u2019re leading me; so I know the results are going to be Your plan.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s much like Esther; you know, she was born for \u201csuch a time as this.\u201d I was actually walking this morning and praying; because I knew that we were going to talk to you, Melissa, and hear your story. I thought about that, like: \u201cLord, I want You to use me. I want wherever You want me to be,\u201d\u2014like\u2014\u201cHelp me to say, \u2018Yes,\u2019 and to know that prodding of Your Spirit when You want me to walk into situations or when You want to use me. Help me to say, \u2018Yes,\u2019 in those situations.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I think it\u2019s that simple; it\u2019s a \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> It is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Just say, \u201cYes,\u201d when God leads you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, you\u2019re sitting here right now. I know you\u2019re on your way to another event, where you\u2019re going to stand up and advocate for the unborn; you\u2019ve said, \u201cYes,\u201d to God\u2019s call on your life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Yes, I often tell people\u2014I call every day a Holy Spirit moment\u2014because I never know where I\u2019m going to be called\/what I might say. Don\u2019t we all do this?\u2014where we say something; or we say, \u201cYes,\u201d to something. You go, \u201cOhh! The Lord doesn\u2019t ever have it wrong\u201d; and so it is an adventure. I think we are so scared sometimes of faith; but yet, that\u2019s what we are called to.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s the culture now, or if it\u2019s always been true, before we say, \u201cYes,\u201d to God, we often want to know: \u201cYou know, is there a 401K in this?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014or \u201cWhat what\u2019s that going to look like?\u201d \u201cWhat does that <em>entail<\/em>?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cHow\u2019s it going to go?\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> \u201cHow much is this going to <em>hurt<\/em>?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s literally Peter in the boat, saying, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m going to step out there; but can You make it solid?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cCan you prove that it\u2019s\u2026\u201d; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> But that\u2019s not the adventure. You\u2019re so right, Melissa. It\u2019s like: \u201cMan, I thought when I gave my life to Christ, I was giving up: \u2018No, I can\u2019t do this anymore,\u2019 \u2018I can\u2019t do that anymore.\u2019 I had <em>no idea<\/em>, on the other side of that \u2018Yes,\u2019 was: \u2018Do you realize the adventure?\u2019\u201d I mean, it\u2019s scary at times\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and it\u2019s <em>not<\/em> easy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014but it is an <em>adventure<\/em>. It\u2019s an adventure you don\u2019t want to miss. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s the crazy thing: we\u2019ve only heard the <em>beginning<\/em> of this story. There\u2019s so much more. I know our listeners are even like, \u201cWell,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cthen what happened?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cwhat happened next?\u201d and \u201cDid you ever get to a place of forgiveness?\u201d\u2014because there\u2019s a lot of hurt here. I\u2019ve just got to say, \u201cWe\u2019re out of time, so this is one of these stories that you are going to have to just wait and listen to Part Two next time.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for being with us, Melissa.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Melissa:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What a powerful compelling reminder today that, whatever the circumstances of your life\/whatever has happened to you\u2014that may have even been <em>evil<\/em> happening to you\u2014God is still a God of grace, and power, and mercy; and He can transform a life. In fact, that\u2019s what He does; He changes our lives and restores what has been damaged in our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve been hearing today from Melissa Ohden telling her story of God\u2019s redemption. She\u2019s written a book called <em>You Carried Me: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir<\/em>. We\u2019ve got copies of her book in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com to request your copy, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Again, the title of Melissa Ohden\u2019s book is <em>You Carried Me: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir<\/em>. Order it online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-358-6329 to request your copy; that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we have had something happen, here at FamilyLife, in the last few days that is very exciting and something we want to let you guys know about. We\u2019ve been telling you about a matching-gift fund that was put together for us by some friends of the ministry. They have agreed that, during the month of December, they would match every donation that we receive from listeners, dollar for dollar, up to a total of \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t$1.5 million. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, in recent days, some other friends have come along and said, \u201cWe want to boost that amount. We want to see <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners really rally in the last two weeks of the year.\u201d As of today, the matching-gift fund has reached a total of $2.3 million, which means there\u2019s even more opportunity for us to expand the reach of FamilyLife in the new year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut to take advantage of that, of course, we need to hear from long-time listeners like you. If you\u2019re a regular <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listener; if God has used the ministry of FamilyLife in your life, in your marriage, in your family this year, listening to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>; if that\u2019s been an encouragement or a blessing to you\u2014if you\u2019ve been to one of our events, or used our resources, or gone online to our website\u2014would you consider making as generous a yearend contribution as you could possibly make, and do it today? When you do, whatever amount you donate is going to be matched, dollar for dollar, up to our new total of $2.3 million. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPlease pray that we\u2019ll be able to take full advantage of this matching-gift amount, here in the next two weeks. To make a donation, you can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY. When you do, we want to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a copy of Dane Ortlund\u2019s new devotional from the book of Psalms. It\u2019s called <em>In the Lord I Take Refuge,<\/em> 150 daily devotions, again, from the book of Psalms. That\u2019s our thank-you gift to you when you donate today. Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Thanks, in advance, for whatever you are able to do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you can join us, again, tomorrow when Melissa Ohden will be here again and will share with us why it is so healthy, and helpful, and important for us to, not only know our stories, but to be able to openly share our stories with others. There\u2019s power in bringing what was in the dark out into the light. We\u2019ll hear more about that tomorrow. We hope you can join us for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOn behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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