"Out of the mouths of children and babies Thou hast ordained praise...." (Psalm 8:2)




Michele's Story:
The Dreadful Word
Because We Believe Everyone's Story Needs To Be Told



Seventeen years ago when I was pregnant with my first child, my husband and I excitedly went for our first ultrasound at 19 weeks of pregnancy. The technician showed us all of our cute baby's physical features. We noticed that she spent a bit longer time on the baby's brain and also made a phone call and asked a question to a specialist while she was scanning the brain area. Mike and I didn't think much of this and were thrilled to learn that we were expecting a precious baby boy!

At a subsequent prenatal visit, I learned that the ultrasound test showed that our sweet unborn baby had what was called a left choroid plexus cyst which was a small cyst on the left side of the brain. I was so disheartened and worried. What would happen? What exactly did this mean? The doctor later explained that this could possibly lead to various disorders such as hydrocephalus. Then the doctor went on to explain that I was still early enough in my pregnancy that an abortion could still be safely performed in the state of Indiana. An ABORTION!?! I was flabbergasted! I told her that we didn't believe in abortion as my face grew pale and I became dizzy and faint. The doctor and nurse told me to lie down on the exam table and brought me a drink so that I wouldn't pass out.

After I regained my strength, I left the doctor's office feeling overly concerned and distraught. I did my own reading and research into the abnormality that my unborn baby had been diagnosed with. After many days of worry, stress, and prayer, I finally had a spirit of peace and calm from God. Upon the follow-up ultrasound a few weeks later, I was told that the cyst on the baby's left side of the brain was totally gone! We were relieved and overjoyed to hear this fantastic news and went on to deliver a precious and healthy firstborn baby boy named Noah whose name means peace, comfort, and rest.

With our next and subsequent pregnancies God put on my heart to not go down the traditional medical path but instead to take a more natural approach as the women of ancient times successfully did as mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible and throughout history with a trained midwife. We had a birth center birth with our second child and a home birth with the rest of our babies. My husband and I decided that all of the stress and worry from the diagnostic pregnancy tests were just not worth the effort, and the needless anxiety was not good for both the pregnant mother nor her unborn child. I also had no desire to hear that faintish and dreadful word spoken about my babies ever again!

Our firstborn son has since gone on to develop amazing musical and artistic abilities as he has developed into his "becoming a man" years. He has learned to play the most exquisite classical piano pieces by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and more, all which originally started from a .25 cent student piano book that I found at a garage sale when he was in preschool and all of his lessons given at home, except for one assessment session, by his parents who possess only mediocre musical abilities. Noah also paints handsome custom-made football figures that he sells and gives away as gifts. We have been told by a chiropractor that our firstborn son Noah is our only right-brained dominant child which explains why he is so gifted in music and art. Did his right-brain dominance occur because of the left brain neonatal cyst? Did this abnormality develop because I was prescribed a medicinal skin cream prior to this pregnancy or was it because I was not eating a healthy diet and not drinking healthy water as I later was convicted to do with my other pregnancies? Only God knows, but just to think about all of the gorgeous piano music and talented art work that would not fill our home with such beauty and joy if we had heeded that one faintish and dreadful word mentioned by our doctor. We thank and praise God that He has given us a son who brings us peace and comfort and we are grateful to Christ that He turns our weaknesses, whatever they may be, into strengths!

Michele Dicen
February 21, 2012