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This year, God called me as a Pro-life missionary in Live Life. I know that it will be an opportunity to grow and an avenue to be closer to the Lord even more. Early this year as I prepared myself for the task of defending life, my wife and I encountered the Lord in a very personal way.

On January 26, we found out that my wife, Ten, was pregnant. God finally answered our prayers and blessed us with the gift of life! Truly, He is our promise keeper! Our families and some of our closest friends were the only ones who knew about the pregnancy. We were so happy and excited to be first time parents!

 

However, the pregnancy didn’t go as smoothly as we expected it to be. During our first pre-natal check-up, no sac was found in my wife’s uterus but the uterine wall was thickened. We had to waitfor another 2 weeks to see if the sac will be visible by then. During that times, we were anxious but were still really very hopeful that the baby would develop in the weeks that followed. My wife and I attended mass and prayed the rosary for this special intention. We even asked the intercession of St. Gerard Majella and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

On February 8, we had our follow-up check-up and we found out that the gestational sac was already implanted inside my wife’s uterus and it was 5W2D. We were very happy to hear this news! Though, my wife had to be on bed rest for another 2 weeks until the next ultrasound to check the heartbeat of the baby. On February 14, my wife had spotting, which was accompanied with pelvic and abdominal pain. Worried, we immediately called our OB and scheduled a check-up. During the TVS, the OB told us that the gestational sac was not growing. It was still the same size as the last ultrasound. The spotting turned into heavy bleeding and my wife was in deep pain. After 3 days, TVS was done again. The OB told us that we were having a spontaneous miscarriage in progress, as the sac was moving while the doctor was examining her.

On February 21, we lost our Baby Dominic. It was a roller coaster ride of emotions and until now we are still in pain because of what happened to our small family. Indeed the Lord gives and takes away, but still, blessed be His name. (Job 1:21)

 

Moving on in our married life, God revealed to us our calling as a couple to spread the Gospel of life. As a couple we will strive to be intentional in proclaiming the true beauty of life especially to those who are treating life as less important, to those who are having difficulties in conceiving and to those who are hopeless in life. We thank God for the gift of LCSC, for this will help us to bring other people back to Christ. We will make use of this personal mission to be holy and eventually reach heaven to meet our baby Dominic. Amen.

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