I am incredibly grateful for God’s protective Hand upon us throughout this ordeal.

Looking back, I can see His protective Hand so clearly on two occasions.

While we had a “pregnancy confirmation” document, thanks to the wise council of my father, we refused to proceed further from a financial standpoint with this adoption until we had an ultrasound proving a viable pregnancy.

Tracy applied for Medicaid at the beginning of January. We were told that it would take anywhere from 2 weeks to a month and a half for her application to be processed and approved.

It was only then that Tracy would be able to schedule an ultrasound with a medical provider.

A six-week time frame is a long time to wait when you are needing an ultrasound to prove a viable pregnancy before proceeding financially with an adoption.

Sometimes, impatience in a very good thing!

After my father advised us to not proceed until we had an ultrasound, we asked our lawyer if Tracy could have an ultrasound through the crisis pregnancy center so we could confirm a heartbeat.

Our lawyer was on board with this request. The lawyer told us that there were three criteria that Tracy would have to meet in order to be given an ultrasound. She had to be between 7-17 weeks pregnant, have no medical history of an ectopic pregnancy and no bleeding with the current pregnancy.  

As I shared in my earlier post, Tracy was called back to speak to the counselor on Monday morning (the day of her ultrasound) and then I was to be called back once they were about to do the ultrasound.

Tracy knew exactly what she had to say on Monday morning so that the crisis center would not give her an ultrasound.

Tracy’s plan on Monday morning was to tell the staff at the crisis center that she had had ectopic pregnancies and bleeding with this pregnancy.

She knew telling the center that would nix the ultrasound and buy her more time to play along as if she was pregnant and going to deliver a baby in July.

Tracy’s plan was going off without a hitch as she came back into the waiting room and told me they wouldn’t give her an ultrasound because she had had ectopic pregnancies in the past.

What Tracy did not plan on was me storming into the back of the center to get to the bottom of all the drama!

Tracy thought she would come back into the waiting room, tell me the news that they wouldn’t give her an ultrasound and then we would go on our merry way and just have to wait for the Medicaid to come through, which was probably still weeks away from being approved.

But God provided me just what I needed at that moment in time to be able to “fight” and reveal the truth!

I am shy, quiet and reserved. I am not a take-charge type of person by any means.

But God lit a fire in me that day.

I actually didn’t “storm” through that door. I kept my cool and calmly went to action.

But you better believe that even though I appeared calm, my blood was boiling and I was NOT going to leave that crisis pregnancy center without answers!

Tracy never dreamed I’d go back there, talk to people and come back out with another ultrasound scheduled for that very same day!

Which is why she bolted.

If we hadn’t insisted on an ultrasound as soon as possible and if I hadn’t gone in the back determined not to leave without answers, we’d still be waiting on Medicaid to come through for an ultrasound.

And Tracy would still be playing her game.

And we would have lost a devastatingly large amount of money.

I thank God for the wise council of my earthly father and for the protective Hand of my Heavenly Father.

- Elaine