Sympathy Pain …weekend assignment answer
Bryan Conner,( http://www.sympathypain.com ), asked for readers of his blog to share a story about how they found out they were going to have a baby. (see section”weekend assignment” in his blog). I wanted to share my answer to him here:
As the mom of 7, I have more than enough stories to entertain you, but I will keep it to my oldest son, second pregnancy.
Dan and I were very saddened when our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage. We had been married three years, and wanted a baby very much.
When I still wasn’t pregnant two years later, we decided to seek medical advice. We were told that there was an 80% chance we would NEVER have kids, and maybe we should look at other options.
About 3 months later, I had been holding my new nephew, and was driven to tears on the way home from their house. Dan asked me what was wrong, and I said that I wanted a baby so much, but I was thinking it was never going to happen. I had gotten to the point where I would be in tears every month when my period came, because I was not pregnant. I had begun avoiding friends and relatives who were expecting, and was becoming bitter.
That night on ourway home, Dan and I prayed.
He prayed that within a year from that date (Oct.3, 1985), we would have had a baby.
I began to search scripture, looking for things about barrenness and motherhood. I was building up my faith to go along with our prayer.
When I got my period that month, I had perfect peace. Dan was amazed when he saw how I was about it. I told him that Inew God was going to answer our prayer.
The next month, I didn’t get my period…
or for 2 years after. I was pregnant with our oldest. We named him Joseph as a confession of our faith. Joseph means “God shall add.” We wanted many children, and as each one came along we would pray for the timing of the next, and God always honored our request. We have only used birth control for 6 months of our marriage, and that was after a very difficult pregnancy with our 4th child.
God has been gracious to us, and blessed us with all these wonderful children. I am very thankful.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
My first wife and I went through 2 miscarriages before Jack. The roller coaster of emotions are unimaginable for someone who hasn’t gone through this ordeal.
If you haven’t, count your blessings.