A difficult past leads to extra anxiety
As a young 18 year old I was told by a doctor that I would never have children.
So when my husband and I decided we were ready to give pregnancy a try in 2011, we were a bit nervous. We felt it imperative to work hard at preparing my body for the best outcome possible.
No one would have described me as “healthy” or “physically fit” at that time in my life. I made lots of changes to my diet, started exercising, and dropped all medications. After a few months, we felt ready.
And, it didn’t take long to get pregnant. In fact, we hit it on the first try. We thought that was a pretty good sign, so we were thankful and praised God for his swift miracle.
Yet – over a decade prior, I had had a miscarriage. I knew this was still a possibility and I wanted to be sure and go into the pregnancy with my eyes wide open.
God is Good
One night, my husband and I discussed the chance of losing our child to miscarriage. It wasn’t an easy conversation.
We made a conscious decision that no matter what happened, we would choose to still call God “GOOD”. No matter what.
So when we lost our child to miscarriage just a week after finding out we were pregnant, we had to remember our promise.
Months after the loss, we decided to name our unborn child “Evan” because it means “God is good.”
And He is.
Psalm 100:5
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.