Amanda Foster, 33, says her baby has been blessed by ‘the hand of God’ after a strange artifact appeared in her ultrasound.
The 32-week scan appears to show a large hand caressing her developing child’s head in the womb.
The Kentucky woman who is eight months pregnant with a boy, explained she has ‘asked the Lord repeatedly to please keep His hand on my baby’ before every appointment’ after he was diagnosed with a heart condition early in the pregnancy.
There was a problem with the wall that separates parts of the heart near the aorta, the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the body, which can be life-threatening.
The ultrasound has gone viral online, with people calling the image ‘amazing’ and ‘a miracle.’
Others have suggested that it is actually the baby’s hand, enlarged and distorted during the ultrasound.
But Foster and her husband, Kyle, believe that it was God protecting their son after the health scare.
‘We prayed and prayed along with several others. When we followed up with a specialist, it was gone,’ Foster shared on Facebook.
‘I have been so thankful that I’ve begun to pray before every appointment.’
Foster lost her first son, who was diagnosed at 18 weeks with Potter’s syndrome, a condition that occurs when the baby’s kidneys do not develop properly or are missing.
This condition hinders lung development and restricts the baby’s position in the womb, causing physical features like a flattened face, low-set ears, and limb deformities.
Because of these problems, Potter syndrome is considered a terminal diagnosis and Foster lost her first child.
