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By: Gayle Irwin, originally published October 29, 2024, Pregnancy Help News<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sierra felt as though her life was like a tornado, a whirlwind spinning out of control. Her husband had walked out on her and their four children. She wasn\u2019t sure how she was going to care for her young family. Add to these stresses the unexpected loss of her sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was almost in survival mode,\u201d Sierra said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sierra sought comfort with a man and became pregnant. Fear overtook the Ohio woman, and she made an appointment at a Planned Parenthood two hours away from her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt like this was my only option,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, she said she prayed for a sign, for something that would tell her to turn around and not go through with the abortion. But she felt and saw nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When she walked into the abortion facility, she saw 20 or more women waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was quiet,\u201d she said of the atmosphere. \u201cNobody\u2019s speaking, no one is on their phones. It was just a very, very heavy feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sierra was told the first pill she took would stop her unborn child\u2019s heartbeat, and when she asked if \u201cit would look like a baby\u201d when she \u201cpassed it,\u201d the person at the abortion center said, \u2018No.\u2019 Sierra believed she was about 10 weeks along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After taking the first pill, grief and regret overwhelmed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to cut it out of my throat,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI felt like I really messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sierra said she contacted her OB-GYN and asked if there was something that could be done to stop the abortion pill from taking effect, and her doctor told her there was nothing she could do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sierra felt remorse for making the decision to abort her child. As she left the Planned Parenthood parking lot, she noticed a sign on the ground. She stopped to read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt said, \u2018If you\u2019ve taken the first pill, it\u2019s not too late,\u2019\u201d Sierra said. \u201cThere was the sign I was looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went online and searched the internet using the exact wording she read, and the Abortion Pill Rescue\u00ae Network (APRN) captured her attention. She called the hotline number and asked for information, explaining she was \u201cin a bad place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd the sweetest voice on the phone said, \u2018We can help you,\u2019\u201d Sierra said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding hope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

She was connected to\u00a0Pregnancy Decision Health Centers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(PDHC) in Columbus, Ohio, one of hundreds of pregnancy medical clinics around the country that offers Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) services and the closest to where she lived. One of the nurses spoke with her on the phone and offered to pray with her, noting \u201cit\u2019s a critical and beautiful time\u201d to interact with women learning about APR. That prayer made an impact on Sierra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was no shame, no condemnation,\u201d Sierra\u00a0said<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in a video message for PDHC. \u201cIt was just, \u2018Are you okay?\u2019 And that\u2019s huge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An appointment was made for Sierra to visit PDHC the next day for an ultrasound and to determine if the baby still had a heartbeat. She was told the staff would be praying for her and her baby, and that night, Sierra also prayed for her child to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is hope and help available, and we are here to answer any questions, provide support and connect any woman seeking reversal with the care she needs to attempt to continue her pregnancy,\u201d said Christa Brown, BSN, RN, senior director of Medical Impact for Heartbeat International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heartbeat manages the APRN, a network of more than 1,400 healthcare professionals, pregnancy centers, hospitals, and pharmacists that administer the APR protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APR works by countering the effects of the first abortion pill mifepristone with progesterone, the hormone in a pregnant woman\u2019s system necessary for pregnancy to thrive. It is an updated application of a decades-old treatment used to combat miscarriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur network has assisted women in 93 different countries and all states in the U.S.,\u201d she said. \u201cOur data shows more than 5,000 women have successfully reversed mifepristone and had healthy children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the efficacy, Brown remarked on the safety of APR treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince the progesterone counteracts the harmful effects of the mifepristone, we do not see ill effects on the mothers and no increased birth defects for the babies born after successful reversal,\u201d she said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sierra\u2019s little girl is one of those thousands of babies saved from abortion by APR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The little one in the womb did have a heartbeat when Sierra went to PDHC the day after calling the APRN hotline number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod\u2019s goodness,\u201d Sierra pondered \u2026 \u201cHe didn\u2019t have to let me keep her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APR and answered prayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PDHC staff put her on progesterone per the APR protocol and checked on her for several weeks through phone calls and text messages. The center covered Sierra and her unborn baby in prayer. That support and care also positively impacted Sierra, and her doctor, who didn\u2019t know about APR at the time, was happy at the outcome as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe couldn\u2019t wait to deliver her,\u201d Sierra recalled. \u201cShe was astounded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sierra named her little girl Sawyer, who was born weighing over five pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWe are thankful for the bravery of this mom who overcame her fears and chose life for her precious girl,\u201d Brown said. \u201cHer testimony will inspire others who have made that choice and soon after have regret.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APR gives women\u00a0another option<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0gives them hope<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for saving their pregnancy. In this year\u2019s\u00a0Life Trends Report<\/a><\/strong>, Heartbeat International shows a 43 percent increase in the number of APR starts during the past four years and 1,200 lives saved in 2023 thanks to APR. Yet, many states, including\u00a0California<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Colorado<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0are attempting to suppress the life-saving measure and the physicians, nurses, and pregnancy centers offering APR services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sierra and Sawyer, however, are among the many who are \u2018living proof\u2019 of APR and God\u2019s hand in the protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThe fact that I have a healthy baby is just a testament that God is good, and there is nothing we can do to escape His love for us,\u201d Sierra said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She urged other women who might feel as she did when first learning she was unexpectedly pregnant to consider remembering they are not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are not alone,\u201d she said. \u201cGod makes a way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gayle M. Irwin is an award-winning author and freelance writer living in Wyoming.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images: Pregnancy Decision Health Centers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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