Note: we are republishing this story which originally made the news in May 2025.

In a moment both tender and mysterious, a Kentucky mother is sharing what she believes to be a direct blessing from above. During her 32-week ultrasound, Amanda Foster, now 33 and eight months along, spotted what appears to be a large hand resting gently on her baby’s head—an image that has since gone viral and been described as nothing less than “a miracle.”

Amanda and her husband, Kyle, are expecting a baby boy—but this pregnancy has been shadowed by fear. Early scans revealed a potentially life-threatening defect in the wall separating parts of their son’s heart near the aorta. ” At every check-up, I prayed for God to place His hand over my baby,” Amanda said, her voice filled with emotion and gratitude. The scan seemed to answer her prayer in a way she never expected.

The ultrasound image, shared widely on social media, sparked debates. Many faithful viewers called it “amazing,” others a “miracle.” Skeptics suggested a simpler explanation—that the “hand” was really the baby’s own limb distorted in the scan. But to the Fosters, the message is clear: this is a divine sign of protection following the earlier scare.

“The specialist follow-up found no trace of the defect,” Amanda shared on Facebook. “We prayed with so many people—and the problem vanished.” Overwhelmed with gratitude, she confesses, “Now I pray before every check-up.”

This isn’t the first time Amanda has experienced life-changing loss. She was just 17 when she lost her first son to Potter’s syndrome—a rare fetal disorder caused by missing or underdeveloped kidneys that leads to fatal complications. “I told myself that if God was going to take my baby, He might as well take me, too,” she recalls through tears.

Devastated and angry, Amanda questioned her faith. Medical professionals even told her it would be unlikely for her to ever carry a healthy baby boy. Despite the heartbreak, she did give birth to two healthy daughters, but felt lost. “I never doubted God existed, but I wanted nothing to do with Him,” she says. “My life became chaotic, miserable, utterly broken.”

In September 2021, Amanda found her grounding again—this time in renewed faith. “I was tired, beaten down, and I handed my life over to Jesus Christ,” she says. That November, she became pregnant—this time with a healthy baby boy, now nearly three years old.

“This pregnancy is our miracle continued,” Amanda beams. Daughter Bailey accompanied her to the ultrasound appointment earlier this month, and was the first to exclaim, “Mom, look at the hand!”

“The image brought me to tears of gratitude,” Amanda says, recalling the moment. “I’m beyond grateful for everything God has done—and continues to do—for our family,” she said.

The ultrasound artifact may be open to interpretation, but for the Fosters, it’s a visible sign of grace. What skeptics see as a scanning quirk, Amanda and Kyle see as evidence of His unmistakable touch, a blessing to carry with them into the next chapter of their lives.