This is probably going to be one of the most difficult posts that I am ever going to write
...at least, it is likely to be the most vulnerable!
If you know me at all, you know that I absolutely love children! I grew up in a home with a mother who owned a home daycare. Several friends from church owned their own daycare businesses and I worked for and with them for many years. When we moved down to Indiana, guess where I worked?! Yes, another daycare! After graduating high school, I went to college for a degree in Elementary Music Education.
Fast forward a few years... It's about 4 months into our marriage.
I found out that I was expecting a baby. I was absolutely thrilled!
That excitement turned to absolute devastation when I miscarried on Mother's Day of 2013.
Since that time, my husband and I have tried to have a baby with no such result.
You see, my problem is an imbalance in hormones, PCOS and irregular cycles.
After several visits to an OB-GYN and Women's Health clinic, I tried several prescription options -- only to have them land me in the Emergency Room time
and again due to adverse side effects.
We decided to check into doing foster care and adoption in January of 2014. We now have three beautiful little girls in our care. These are my precious gems and I love them so much. However, I also realize that in doing foster care, often times these children will be reunited with their biological families. Many, many nights I have cried out to God...wondering when He will bless us with a child of our own. One that will not one day have to go live with another family. A "sure thing" I guess you could say... (Yup! Told you I was going to be vulnerable!)
Infertility impacts many, many couples. It is a very tough and sometimes lonely road to walk. Sometimes people look at us and wonder why it's such a big deal....we already have some (foster) children to love on. Well, it's not exactly the same. We are believing that one day, God is going to bless us with a baby of our own!
I love this quote by Joyce Meyer that I found....
"We need to do what we can do and let God do what we cannot."
Had I really done all that I could do?
Had I researched all that I could to see what alternative treatments were available?
Enter: doTERRA oils. I had been reading a lot about the benefits of essential oils on the page of one of my good friends (actually, she was my first piano teacher!) about how these oils were doing wonders for their family! I had remained kind of skeptical about the whole oils thing as it's probably just some "hocus pocus"... After talking to Michelle and having her tell me about some of the girls she has helped with some of my same issues, and talking to my amazing husband (of course!), we decided to give these oils a try! I cannot wait to see how these oils will help not only me but my amazing husband and beautiful little ones!
So, basically what it boils down to is this: this blog is also going to be used to document my journey with essential oils and (HOPEFULLY!) one day show off
some pictures of our beautiful miracle baby!
Blessings to you and yours!
Thanks for reading!
...at least, it is likely to be the most vulnerable!
If you know me at all, you know that I absolutely love children! I grew up in a home with a mother who owned a home daycare. Several friends from church owned their own daycare businesses and I worked for and with them for many years. When we moved down to Indiana, guess where I worked?! Yes, another daycare! After graduating high school, I went to college for a degree in Elementary Music Education.
Fast forward a few years... It's about 4 months into our marriage.
I found out that I was expecting a baby. I was absolutely thrilled!
That excitement turned to absolute devastation when I miscarried on Mother's Day of 2013.
Since that time, my husband and I have tried to have a baby with no such result.
You see, my problem is an imbalance in hormones, PCOS and irregular cycles.
After several visits to an OB-GYN and Women's Health clinic, I tried several prescription options -- only to have them land me in the Emergency Room time
and again due to adverse side effects.
We decided to check into doing foster care and adoption in January of 2014. We now have three beautiful little girls in our care. These are my precious gems and I love them so much. However, I also realize that in doing foster care, often times these children will be reunited with their biological families. Many, many nights I have cried out to God...wondering when He will bless us with a child of our own. One that will not one day have to go live with another family. A "sure thing" I guess you could say... (Yup! Told you I was going to be vulnerable!)
Infertility impacts many, many couples. It is a very tough and sometimes lonely road to walk. Sometimes people look at us and wonder why it's such a big deal....we already have some (foster) children to love on. Well, it's not exactly the same. We are believing that one day, God is going to bless us with a baby of our own!
I love this quote by Joyce Meyer that I found....
"We need to do what we can do and let God do what we cannot."
Had I really done all that I could do?
Had I researched all that I could to see what alternative treatments were available?
Enter: doTERRA oils. I had been reading a lot about the benefits of essential oils on the page of one of my good friends (actually, she was my first piano teacher!) about how these oils were doing wonders for their family! I had remained kind of skeptical about the whole oils thing as it's probably just some "hocus pocus"... After talking to Michelle and having her tell me about some of the girls she has helped with some of my same issues, and talking to my amazing husband (of course!), we decided to give these oils a try! I cannot wait to see how these oils will help not only me but my amazing husband and beautiful little ones!
So, basically what it boils down to is this: this blog is also going to be used to document my journey with essential oils and (HOPEFULLY!) one day show off
some pictures of our beautiful miracle baby!
Blessings to you and yours!
Thanks for reading!