I know I’m not the only infertility blogger who wished that she could wrap up the year with a pregnancy announcement, or watch her family unwrap the announcement at Christmas. I’ve been dreaming of that since 2010 (if not before) and now, as another year begins, I continue to write about a subject I wish I…

Nine months ago, when a dear friend told me she was expecting a baby, I congratulated her, then I reminded God that this particular friend and I had talked for years about being pregnant together one day. Knowing that He’s my Father, who I can ask for more than just my needs, I asked Him for my simple wants. “God, I want…

“It is well with my soul.” I love these words. I love that the old hymn thrives and that variations of the song constantly run through my heart and my head. “It is well with my soul.” The original hymn was penned by a grieving father, whose only son died in a fire, and shortly…

Someone I follow on social media shared that he sets an alarm for a certain time each day that reminds him to pray that God would send workers into the harvest fields. (Matthew 9:37-38) I thought that was a great idea so I began setting an alarm to go off at 9:38 each morning. When…

After 7 cycles of trying to get pregnant, I wrote this email to some close friends and family members. I guess you could say this began what turned into a blog, a book, and a Facebook page all about having hope during infertility. I feel very much the same now after approximately 77 cycles of TTC. Well, I…

Desperate. Women dealing with infertility feel desperate – some feel this way often, others feel this way at times, but I daresay most of us feel desperation at some point. Sometimes I hear myself whisper, Oh God, I would do anything to have a baby. I would follow a very strict diet if it guaranteed…