Alicia

“Infertility is a ride no one wants to get on or knows how to get off. Every month you try to conceive, hope rises and crashes, plunging your heart into despair.”
― Jenn Hesse, Waiting In Hope: 31 Reflections for Walking with God Through Infertility

“As women, we're unique in that God designed female bodies to carry life. He wired us to be comforters, protectors, and caregivers just as he comforts, protects, and cares for us. Our desire to have children is good, because God instilled motherhood within the fabric of our biology. What we don't always realize is that this good desire can become so intense that it consumes our lives.”
― Jenn Hesse, Waiting In Hope: 31 Reflections for Walking with God Through Infertility

“The sneaky thing about envy is that it starts as harmless. We have a desire for something good - a promotion, a bigger house, a baby. The desire itself isn't sinful. But not getting what we desire hurts. And seeing someone else get what we so desperately want adds insult to injury. In my opinion, this is one of the worst side effects of infertility. One woman's joy triggers another's sorrow.”
― Jenn Hesse, Waiting In Hope: 31 Reflections for Walking with God Through Infertility

“Saying I was lonely or alone in my aches would be understating the gravity of what I felt. My world reminded me constantly of my lack of club membership. For many years I was inevitably hurt by and excluded from mommy gatherings, baby showers, church moms' groups and friends' playdates. If I was invited, my exclusion quickly followed in the form of disconnection. I had nothing to offer the conversations regarding mom advice, funny kid stories, or parenting hacks. The circles I should belong to, I no longer fit into. I felt the pull of our distancing life stages. No matter how hard I tried, the club was out of reach.”
― Kelley Ramsey, Waiting In Hope: 31 Reflections for Walking with God Through Infertility