Infertility
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Infertility: Beautifully & Wonderfully Made
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard and read the scripture in Psalm 139:13-14 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” For a woman who struggles with insecurities from past hurts to struggling with infertility, I can honestly say that I had a hard time believing that I could be “wonderfully made”. I’m not sure if you can relate but the idea that I was made in a way that my body doesn’t do what most women’s bodies do on its own, made it hard to truly trust in what the…
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A Mama Battling Infertility During COVID-19
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A Mama Battling Infertility During COVID-19
It feels so weird saying that I’m a mom and I’m battling infertility, but that’s the reality of it. I did not easily come by the name “Mama”, although I wish that could be the case. My husband, Jacob, and I fought hard to get pregnant with our first. With our second, we were on our way to start the treatments again, chose to hold off due to the cost, then surprisingly got pregnant on minimal intervention! This third time around has proven to be more difficult. It almost feels like the first time. The biggest difference being that I already bear the title Mama to two littles. I always…
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Infertility: Beautifully & Wonderfully Made
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Infertility: The Hurtful Things People Say
Well intentioned or not, I have found that there are some pretty hurtful things that have been said throughout our infertility journey. I really wanted to write a post mostly to bring awareness to those who know someone who is, for lack of a better word, struggling through infertility, so that we can change our language to better uplift those in our lives who so desperately want to grow their family. Three of the most hurtful things that have been and are still said throughout our journey is, “You just need to stop stressing and then it will happen” the second is, “It will happen, you just need to be…
