2/19/2009 - This is how we knew you were coming baby.
Daniel and I were married in July 2008. We bought a lovely house in Urbana, IL. And we settled into life as a married couple. Daniel is a pastor at the Vineyard Church. I was a sales representative for Johnson and Johnson (you know that baby powder people). My company went through a major lay off in January 2009, and I was let go (or displaced as my company so nicely put it). We prayed and felt like God said for me to take three months off of work and to help Daniel with ministry stuff.
How God healed me:
When I was 16 years old I heard from a doctor for the first time that I would have a hard time ever getting pregnant. I was diagnosed later with PCOS. Which is a hormonal disorder that I seemed to suffer from quite badly. So every year of my life for 11 years I heard that same story. You will probably never get pregnant without medical help. For a lot of my life I cared, but it didn’t seem like it immediately effected me. I got married this past year and that changed things for me. I went to the doctor in November, and she looked at me and told me to come see her when I wanted to get pregnant and we would start a treatment regimen. She said that I would probably never get pregnant on my own. I came home that night and I lost it. I broke down crying. I was angry that I always wanted to be a mom and that it was going to be hard to make that happen. I was mad at my body for not working. Then one day as I was lamenting to Daniel about how I will never get pregnant he says to me, “I think that one day you will walk into church and be in the presence of God and be healed but not know it. I believe that God can do that.” And I thought yeah right.
The beginning of February I started having weird "PMS" symptoms. I couldn't believe how bad that they were. But I didn't think anything of it.
By February 19th I was a week late and I knew it was time to take a pregnancy test, if for no other reason to calm Daniel's thoughts of me being pregnant.
I took the test that morning and before the pee had a chance to absorb in that little stick, the digital display showed "YES". I didn't have time to react, I ran into the bedroom. I threw the stick at my sleeping husband and screamed, "DANIEL!" Looking back, I know realize that throwing a urine soaked stick at your sleeping husband that has no idea what was going on was probably not the smartest thing to do. It took Daniel a few minutes to realize what was going on. I was laying on the bed crying by this time.
So, God healed me and I didn't know it. (Praise, Jesus) Now we are on this crazy journey to bring a human into this world...........
Daniel and I were married in July 2008. We bought a lovely house in Urbana, IL. And we settled into life as a married couple. Daniel is a pastor at the Vineyard Church. I was a sales representative for Johnson and Johnson (you know that baby powder people). My company went through a major lay off in January 2009, and I was let go (or displaced as my company so nicely put it). We prayed and felt like God said for me to take three months off of work and to help Daniel with ministry stuff.
How God healed me:
When I was 16 years old I heard from a doctor for the first time that I would have a hard time ever getting pregnant. I was diagnosed later with PCOS. Which is a hormonal disorder that I seemed to suffer from quite badly. So every year of my life for 11 years I heard that same story. You will probably never get pregnant without medical help. For a lot of my life I cared, but it didn’t seem like it immediately effected me. I got married this past year and that changed things for me. I went to the doctor in November, and she looked at me and told me to come see her when I wanted to get pregnant and we would start a treatment regimen. She said that I would probably never get pregnant on my own. I came home that night and I lost it. I broke down crying. I was angry that I always wanted to be a mom and that it was going to be hard to make that happen. I was mad at my body for not working. Then one day as I was lamenting to Daniel about how I will never get pregnant he says to me, “I think that one day you will walk into church and be in the presence of God and be healed but not know it. I believe that God can do that.” And I thought yeah right.
The beginning of February I started having weird "PMS" symptoms. I couldn't believe how bad that they were. But I didn't think anything of it.
By February 19th I was a week late and I knew it was time to take a pregnancy test, if for no other reason to calm Daniel's thoughts of me being pregnant.
I took the test that morning and before the pee had a chance to absorb in that little stick, the digital display showed "YES". I didn't have time to react, I ran into the bedroom. I threw the stick at my sleeping husband and screamed, "DANIEL!" Looking back, I know realize that throwing a urine soaked stick at your sleeping husband that has no idea what was going on was probably not the smartest thing to do. It took Daniel a few minutes to realize what was going on. I was laying on the bed crying by this time.
So, God healed me and I didn't know it. (Praise, Jesus) Now we are on this crazy journey to bring a human into this world...........
I am SO excited to journey with you through this blog...and through our friendship! I'm glad you finally broke down to do this. You will be so glad you kept a detailed record!
ReplyDeletehaha it posts me as Mrs.Campbell and I don't know how to change it, OH well!
ReplyDeletehaha, at first, I was like who is Mrs. Campbell?
ReplyDeleteBut yes, I agree with Mrs. Campbell... this is going to be great!