Prayers for our journey...

As Brad and I continue on our journey through infertility, we thank you for your prayers and support over the years. Some of you have been walking through this with us from the very beginning, while others are a blessing God has brought into our lives as a result of our struggles. We are so thankful to God for each of you and how you’ve helped us through. As many of you know, we adopted Makenna along with 2 other frozen embryos back in 2009. While one of them was transferred with Makenna and God called it home, we are so thankful to have one frozen embryo remaining. As we prepare for the next transfer, we would be honored if you would join us in praying for this little snowflake baby.


I started my meds for this cycle earlier this month and will go back for a follow up ultrasound on January 24th to see if my body is doing what it should. Please pray with us that my body would cooperate and that all would go smoothly. Once my body is ready, we will start those lovely progesterone shots (this is where Brad gets to join in the fun) and our transfer will be scheduled for one week from that date. Again, please be praying that my body would cooperate and would respond well to the medications.


We covet your prayers in all of this. As many of you know, we have been very open about this entire process from our first embryo transfer that resulted in a very early miscarriage to the successful pregnancy we had with Makenna. One of the reasons for this is that we appreciate all your prayers and support. As Psalm 127 (which coincidentally was a reading at our wedding) says “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves. Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him.” We are inviting the Lord to watch over us in this process once again. We know that we can’t do this on our own. We come to Him asking that He bless us with this baby. We know that this is completely out of our hands and we need to trust in Him once again. We invite you to pray with us for God’s will. I pray that he would knock our socks off once again with another miracle baby. And in the process, I pray that He would get all the glory.


Similar to what we have done before the last 2 embryo transfers, we want you to know you are welcome to pray with us the night before our transfer. If anyone is interested in joining us at our home, we would love to have you. Those memories of praying with a group of 20 of our close friends and family all around us before both our first and second transfers are ones that I will always cherish as I think back on our journey. How powerful it was and how humbling to see the amazing things God was doing right in the midst of our struggles! If you can’t make it or would prefer to pray solo, we ask that you would remember us in your prayers that night. In 1 John 5:13 – “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” We know that God heard us at both our prayer nights in the past and are confident as we look at our sweet little Makenna, that His will was done. We are thankful that He used the first miscarriage to draw us closer to Him and to bring us to Makenna.


I will keep you all posted with email updates as it gets closer. We are anticipating a transfer date somewhere between January 31st and February 2nd, depending on my response to the meds. Thank you all for your friendships, your love and your prayers!!

 

I found this coloring sheet at the library at church today. How perfect!!!


Thanks for following my blog and continuing on our journey with us!! 


Love,

Bradley, Laura & Makenna