News Is Out – We’re Pregnant

Although the truth is my blog has been fairly quiet since becoming a mom almost 2 years ago (I mean seriously…time flies…I can’t even believe Ellie is about to turn 2!) I always remained pretty active on Instagram until recently… I was getting messages checking on me which was such a sweet reminder of the amazing friends I’ve made on that platform. I mentioned it briefly but my husband was out of town 4 out of 5 weeks and one of those weeks we were travelling in England and Ireland so life was just busy….but there is another reason I’ve been a little quiet that I’ve been keeping a secret…

WE ARE PREGNANT!!!

I really wasn’t sure if I would ever say those words again!! After years of unexplained infertility and feeling the Lord leading us to adopt (You can read all about that decision HERE), we’ve only ever gotten pregnant one time which resulted in a miscarriage at 7 weeks.

We knew our family wasn’t complete and wanted another child but we didn’t really know how it would happen this time. Would we adopt again? Would we get pregnant? Would it take fertility treatments to get pregnant?

I shared this with many family and friends… the truth is I just didn’t have it in me to stress about it like I did the whole time we were trying the first time. That entire process was stressful, from trying to conceive, to fertility treatments, to the entire adoption process and even just trying to finalize our adoption… it was HARD and A LOT emotionally! We have our little answered prayer and I just decided however the Lord wanted to grow our family, I wasn’t going to waste any time thinking or worrying about it. He would just have to make it happen.. And HE DID…the first month we decided to “try”! Believe me, we were SURPRISED!!!

If you’ve been through similar struggles, it’s common to hear things like “just stop trying so hard” or “stressing about it”, but the truth is, there is no way I could turn that desire off. It consumed me for years and I wasn’t going to stop until I was a mom.

I’m not a scientist or a doctor, so I can’t confirm nor deny whether there is a science behind why “trying too hard” or “stressing too much” can prevent pregnancy…  But what I can tell you is that I believe God’s timing is perfect. I experienced so much spiritual growth during the years of waiting and without that time we wouldn’t have Ellie. And now God shows up again and says I can do what you assumed was impossible.

Pregnancy is something I’ve never experienced before and I’m honored to have that privilege! So that explains why things have been a little quiet! We’re thrilled to finally be able to share that we’ll be adding a little boy to the family, life is going to get a little crazier in October! 🙂