Brooke

22 Apr Brooke

My journey to motherhood had twists and turns I never saw coming. Married in 2010 my husband and I were fully enjoying the first years of marriage. Spending a lot of our socializing with a lot of other newlywed couples. We were all in the same glorious, wild and free years and it was so much fun. As time went on, our friends started families and we were falling behind on the path to parenthood. In fact, it just was not happening for us. Our friends soon were tied down at home, or planning playdates with their new babies and we no longer were sharing the same lifestyles. We were feeling isolated, we would go out and no one our age was out anymore. They were home with their babies. And this just reminded us of that, and the fact that we did not have what our hearts so desired. After sometime, we were referred to endocrinologists at Kettering Reproductive Medicine. After some testing, meds, shots, and procedures we were blessed with our first ever pregnancy. BLESSED and ELATED. That described us. We were and are so grateful for our baby girl. Time passed on and we had hopes to grow our family again, we were successful in conceiving and that pregnancy we achieved completely on our own. We couldn’t even believe it! Sadly, our pregnancy soon ended in miscarriage. We were devastated. As we knew what we were missing because of having our daughter. Blessed to have her, sad to have lost her sibling. We then realized we were going to need to head back to Kettering. Thanks to them, our 3rd pregnancy brought into the world our son. Again, time passed and we were loving life as a family of four but felt called to have another child. We fell pregnant on our own again, and lost again. Our second loss happened on Christmas eve. How hard was that? Hard! Physically and emotionally excruciating. But we managed to refocus our minds and hearts on the gifts we did have. Our two children that we prayed and prayed for. Six months later we went back to Kettering and again were blessed with a successful pregnancy. Our third child, another daughter, joined our family in March of 2018 and just recently turned 1. I hope that our story isn’t a reminder to you of what you haven’t received, yet. But that it gives you comfort that you are not alone, and hope for the happy story you are yearning for. I pray that one day, you are typing your own story to help others through their journeys. I recently was told a beautiful perspective on hardships, and losses. What you are experiencing right now is hard, and eventually, it is a gift for someone else. Your experience is yours to help others who may travel a similar path. Your experience is also giving you an opportunity to show compassion and love to another experiencing for the first time what you have already endured yourself. May God bless all infertile couples with a family he has designed perfectly for them. This I pray, Amen
Brooke