Thank you for sharing honestly about such a hard topic! When we were going through infertility ten years ago, we went to Catholic care providers. We knew there were so many ethical decisions to make that we weren't prepared to weigh, but trusted in their heavily thought out stances. I'm so thankful for having those providers in my area.
Thank you for sharing with honesty and emotion your experience in such a difficult time. I wish infertility was never a part of the fall!
I have something heavy (that I won't get into here) that I've found healing through writing about and exploring/processing in that way. There's been many times that God has shown me an aspect of what I went through or helped me understand and find peace with something through writing it out and researching. I hope you find the same is true for you.
And forgiveness from God may be one time, but forgiveness of other people and oneself is something that has to be repeated over and over as you reprocess and discover new aspects of what's happened. That's a normal part of grief; there's nothing wrong with you or your faith for experiencing that.
Thank you so much for these words, Erika. You are shedding light on a topic that we as Christian women need to be digging deeper into. Sending so much love to you along your process of discernment.
Thanks for this. I currently have 5 frozen embryos that I've been struggling with. I feel like If I don't do another 5 rounds I'm failing them as I made them and therefore have the responsibility to at least try. But money is an issue. I cannot afford it and so I'm constantly putting the decision off to stop every 6months when the bill for storage comes around. I got my one boy and it's been a medical battle since he was born. We can't afford it and then I think if I were to bring them into a home with no money that would be irresponsible too. I just continuously push the thought of deciding anything back month by month. Probably the hardest decision I'll ever make in my life 😪
Thank you for sharing honestly about such a hard topic! When we were going through infertility ten years ago, we went to Catholic care providers. We knew there were so many ethical decisions to make that we weren't prepared to weigh, but trusted in their heavily thought out stances. I'm so thankful for having those providers in my area.
Thank you for sharing with honesty and emotion your experience in such a difficult time. I wish infertility was never a part of the fall!
This was breathtakingly brave. Thank you.
I have something heavy (that I won't get into here) that I've found healing through writing about and exploring/processing in that way. There's been many times that God has shown me an aspect of what I went through or helped me understand and find peace with something through writing it out and researching. I hope you find the same is true for you.
And forgiveness from God may be one time, but forgiveness of other people and oneself is something that has to be repeated over and over as you reprocess and discover new aspects of what's happened. That's a normal part of grief; there's nothing wrong with you or your faith for experiencing that.
Thank you for being so brave and vulnerable to talk about this topic.
Thank you for sharing so vulnerably. <3
Thank you so much for these words, Erika. You are shedding light on a topic that we as Christian women need to be digging deeper into. Sending so much love to you along your process of discernment.
Thanks for this. I currently have 5 frozen embryos that I've been struggling with. I feel like If I don't do another 5 rounds I'm failing them as I made them and therefore have the responsibility to at least try. But money is an issue. I cannot afford it and so I'm constantly putting the decision off to stop every 6months when the bill for storage comes around. I got my one boy and it's been a medical battle since he was born. We can't afford it and then I think if I were to bring them into a home with no money that would be irresponsible too. I just continuously push the thought of deciding anything back month by month. Probably the hardest decision I'll ever make in my life 😪