Infertility and Blessing: Part 3

It was about the end of November 2010 when we decided to go to an informational meeting for domestic infant adoption. We had decided to go that route since we had never been parents before and wanted to start from the beginning with an infant. We were set up to go to the info meeting with Bethany Christian Services, an adoption agency, on Dec. 1st 2010. We were contacted by the director of the meeting that she had a family emergency and had to leave town. The meeting was rescheduled for the following week on Dec. 8th.

I had been checking and charting my basal body temperature daily. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this process, it is more accurate to do it the same time each day or there will be temperature variations. Also, if a woman is pregnant, the temperature will stay up and not lower prior to a woman's cycle.

On Sunday the 5th of December, I woke up early for church and took my temp prior to getting out of bed. My temp had dropped. I thought to myself that it was another month going by without being pregnant. I was encouraged by some friends at church and reminded of God's faithfulness and goodness. We also found out that day that our friends were expecting and due in early August.

On that next morning, I took my temp again prior to getting up. My temp had gone back up! It was very odd because it never has done that before. I tried to hide the chart from Kyle so that if it was just a fluke he wouldn't get his hopes up and if I was pregnant I kinda wanted to surprise him. But I wanted to wait to see if my temp was up still the next day. I was closing in on the end of my cycle.

The next morning (Dec. 7th) came, and I was a little excited as I took my temp without Kyle near. It was still up! Kyle came and took the thermometer from me. (He had seen the temp chart the day before and was curious too). I told him that I was going to take a pregnancy test. He was getting ready to leave for work. I went to the bathroom...and after completing the test, it almost instantly turned positive. I was so shocked and kept saying "We are pregnant!" Kyle was excited too but wanted to compare the test with the instructions to make sure it was positive. :) We praised the Lord together and prayed to the Lord thanking Him for this gift. What an answer to prayer! Kyle didn't want to leave, and he left late. Later that day, I read Hannah's prayer in 1 Samuel chapter 2 and meditated on the Lord's sovereignty, strength, and holiness. I was in awe of how the Lord brought this gift into our lives!

We had to sadly cancel the informational adoption meeting that was set up for the next day. We do, however, still have a heart to adopt. We are unsure how and when and what that entails or how we are going to afford it, but we know that if it is God's will, He will provide the means to adopt!