tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537420320725314260.post5935166426930350343..comments2024-03-16T16:31:16.652-07:00Comments on Finding Sunday: Infertility Awareness WeekMindy Swenson Kinnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11511083744644878700noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537420320725314260.post-11805373262337936812014-12-27T07:25:40.666-08:002014-12-27T07:25:40.666-08:00I feel like you've just summed up my past year...I feel like you've just summed up my past year of life. I found your adoption profile on Pinterest. I've been reading a few of your posts for the past 15 minutes, and I can relate! The intangible loss is something I struggle with almost daily. I've been on fertility medication for about 9 months. It hasn't worked thus far. We started looking into adoption over the summer. Then we took a break. Now we're two days away from our third home study, and our profile book will be published on our facilitator's website shortly thereafter. Deep down I've always known I would adopt, and my husband and I are so blessed to have the means to do so. I have a medical condition that would automatically make any pregnancy high-risk. I'm trying hard to believe that this infertility mess is God's way of saving me from a devastating miscarriage, or worse. Adoption is a blessing and a miracle. I've learned patience I never had nor wanted to have. I've found so much joy in creating our adoption profile, reading books about adoption, and discussing the possibility of our future matches. This hope is God-given. The process has afforded me the opportunity to connect with others who struggle with infertility, and those who have realized the Plan was adoption (maybe all along). I am thankful for your story and the fact that you decided to share such a personal and intimate part of your life. There are times I want to scream at the top of my lungs that I am infertile and THAT is why we don't have kids yet!!! There are also times I want to bury myself under the covers and hide and cry. But there is never a time I don't praise God for the gift of adoption. I am praying for the birth mothers and for their unborn children in hopes that they find the perfect family for their little ones. God has a bigger, and ultimately better, plan for us. Just have to remember this is not about me. And it's hard. Especially when my friends have babies, are pregnant, and are announcing every stretch of baby bump on social media. It's a slap in the face every time, but I want the child God destined for me, not their children. Would I like to have a little boy with my husband's sparkling blue eyes, or a little girl with my slightly crooked smile? Absolutely. But that just might not be what this is all about. There just might be more to our lives than spitting images...God's image is the one for which we really should strive.<br /><br />You are a blessing, and I am so glad you are here. I hope you and your beautiful family had a wonderful Christmas, and have a Happy New Year.<br /><br />Love, Karenkarencita52https://www.blogger.com/profile/12606227777843507569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537420320725314260.post-39201339274613962562014-04-27T16:48:49.497-07:002014-04-27T16:48:49.497-07:00I relate to that! Pretty much all of our friends g...I relate to that! Pretty much all of our friends got pregnant and had babies during the time we were trying. It is so nice to find people who share your experience so you can feel a little more normal. I will pray that God brings people into your everyday life who get it, along with the people online. I wish you lived closer, then you could join us :)Mindy Swenson Kinnierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511083744644878700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537420320725314260.post-738615493736755002014-04-27T12:21:07.806-07:002014-04-27T12:21:07.806-07:00I found your page through Casey's link up and ...I found your page through Casey's link up and was instantly interested when I saw the title - infertility. I'm currently one month away from meeting with my doctor again to be referred to specialists (going on 16 months). I also relate to the need to connect (which seems to be happening online more than from people I know). There is a peace in realizing you aren't the only one, especially when people in my life seem to just walk by their partner and get pregnant ;-)<br /><br />Congratulations on your son - he is quite the cutie! Catherine Shorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300150489229270098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537420320725314260.post-66642761163964127502014-04-26T13:43:32.051-07:002014-04-26T13:43:32.051-07:00Thanks Jessah!Thanks Jessah!Mindy Swenson Kinnierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511083744644878700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537420320725314260.post-68799790060527689292014-04-26T12:37:55.617-07:002014-04-26T12:37:55.617-07:00Thanks for this post."It is not a worse grief...Thanks for this post."It is not a worse grief. It is just a different grief." <br />Jenn DeAtleyhttp://www.shawnandjenn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537420320725314260.post-4113152502499825212014-04-26T11:50:16.034-07:002014-04-26T11:50:16.034-07:00Beautifully written, Mindy! Beautifully written, Mindy! Jessah @ Dreaming of Dimpleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945119397487785737noreply@blogger.com