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"Six months after I married my husband, I was told by my infertility doctor and surgeon I should never and could never get pregnant. Wow, right?"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"Devastated was an understatement. I felt completely hopeless and lonely. My husband and I had just started our life together, in a new city with new jobs, where I knew no one and we were hours away from my family and friends. Why? It's not fair. Why me God? These questions tumbled around in my mind. Is God telling me I shouldn’t have children? Is He punishing me? Why? Why? WHY?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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“The doctor gave us two options..."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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- @ellenwpalmer Perry, GEORGIA Local WiH leader. Read more of Ellen's story and hear about how she made it through her hard journey towards hope, plus: why leading a Waiting in Hope local group has brought her joy and thankfulness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#georgia #perry #infertility #hope #waitinginhope #waiting #infertilityandfaith #ttc #ttcsister #ttcsisters #infertilitysupport #ttcjourney #faith #miscarriagesupport #miscarriage #pcosawareness #ivfjourney #ivfcommunity #infertilitysupportgroups #adoption #adoptionsupport #perryunited #perryunitedmethodistchurch #macongeorgia #warnerrobins

We're thrilled to introduce you to Anne-Marie Berger (@annemarieberger86), one of our leaders for the new New Braunfels, Texas local SUPPORT GROUP. Come meet us TONIGHT at Oakwood Church, and spread the word to others who could use some encouragement!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So you can get to know her, here's a peek into something Anne-Marie is learning on her journey:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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“Is God good? Do I trust Him? These questions have been on my bathroom mirror for the last 3 years as we have waited. At times the answers were yes and yes, of course! At other times I’ve really wrestled to believe in my heart what I know in my head. There have been moments where I’ve had to “borrow the faith” of my husband or dear friends who have walked alongside us in this journey. Times when they believed for me because I didn’t have the strength or courage to believe for myself. I long to do that for others. To come alongside and do what the body of Christ does, stand together. Not to fix it or to have just the right thing to say, but to be present and available."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Isn't she wonderful? Come meet her and Jamie Mleko along with our founder, Kelley Ramsey (@kelramsey) tonight as we bring awareness and support to the New Braunfels community. There'll be giveaways, cupcakes, and authentic conversations – need we say more?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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👉Do you know someone in New Braunfels, San Marcos, San Antonio, or Austin? Tag them in the comments.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#texas #newbraunfels #sanmarcos #sanantonio #austin #infertility #hope #waitinginhope #waiting #infertilityandfaith #ttc #ttcsister #ttcsisters #infertilitysupport #ttcjourney #faith #miscarriagesupport #miscarriage #pcosawareness #ivfjourney #ivfcommunity #infertilitysupportgroups #adoption #adoptionsupport

How we hear from God is a direct reflection of our mindset. Do we want to hear from God? Are we willing to hear from Him? I feel like that question might be very basic—One that all of us, or most of us, would answer immediately with a resounding YES! .
We DO want to hear from Him. We want our lives to reflect Him. If we believe in Jesus, then we have been adopted as children of a Holy God that lavishes us with His love and deep down we want to respond to this love by spending time with Him. But, when life settles in, the dishes need to be done, we don’t understand unanswered prayers, our laundry is piling up, we feel burdened by our pain, we cannot discern His voice and we have to be up early . . . How do we answer then? .
Are we still willing to hear from Him? Are we still willing to listen for His voice in the wee hours of every early morning, or those few free moments before bed?
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We have to offer our minds to God completely. Our daily surrender to God through prayer connects us to Him. We want our thoughts to reflect the mind of Christ and in order to do this, we must be willing to talk to him in closed, undistracted spaces as well as on the move, in traffic, at work—everywhere. We have to train our minds to think like this and over time our minds become filled with the things that are of the Lord. When we give ourselves completely to the Lord, including our minds, then God can transform our thoughts. We must allow the spirit to inhabit our minds, so that our thoughts and prayers may reflect the will of God.
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New Braunfels, TEXAS and surrounding areas, we'e coming and would love to meet you!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Join us this coming Monday night, August 19th, for a community-wide infertility awareness event. All are welcome! If you or someone you know is walking through a season of difficulty conceiving, infant loss, adoption, and desiring to grow their family, this is for you. If you're a friend, family member, pastor, or counselor who wants to learn how to best support the women and couples on this journey, you can come, too. Get to know this national ministry and help us celebrate the launch of New Braunfels Waiting in Hope local infertility support group. We're excited for them!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Please help us spread the word and repost this event. Send it to a friend or coworker (tell them you'll go with them). Share it with women from your church or another church. Tag someone who needs to know. Link in bio for details, and to RSVP, e-mail newbraunfels@waitinginhopeinfertility.com⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#newbraunfels #texas #sanmarcos #austin #sanantonio #infertility #hope #waitinginhope #waiting #infertilityandfaith #ttc #ttcsister #ttcsisters #infertilitysupport #ttcjourney #faith #miscarriagesupport #miscarriage #pcosawareness #ivfjourney #ivfcommunity #infertilitysupportgroups #adoption #adoptionsupport

Plenty of blog posts give advice about what NOT to say to loved ones facing infertility and miscarriage. But is there anything you CAN do to help encourage your hurting friend or family member?⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The answer is "yes," though it takes some work. ⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Hailee Davis is on the blog explaining 8 things you can do for your friend struggling with infertility and pregnancy loss. Read and share to teach others how best to support those who are waiting to grow their families. Link in bio.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Who has tried your darnedest to understand this zigzagging journey called infertility? Anyone figured out the answers to the questions your heart yearns to see?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Why is this taking so long?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
How can I get through this?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
God, what exactly are you doing allowing this pain in my life???⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The truth is, we can't understand the deepest questions we have about infertility because we're not God. Our attempts to wrap our minds around it will fall short of the real story the Lord is writing for us – a story He will reveal in His time.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So if we can't know the why's and when's of infertility, do we throw up our hands and quit caring about having a baby? (Like that works for anyone.) No!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We place our trust firmly in God who is all-wise and all-powerful. We fight the temptation to believe our ways our best and cling to our Father who is for us. We bend our will toward Him and lift His name in praise as our Creator and King.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Friends, don't trust yourself to get through infertility. You can't, and you don't have to. The Lord will guide you and keep you in His straight paths as you throw your whole heart into His hands.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#infertility #hope #waitinginhope #waiting #infertilityandfaith #ttc #ttcsister #ttcsisters #infertilitysupport #ttcjourney #faith #miscarriagesupport #miscarriage #pcosawareness #ivfjourney #ivfcommunity #infertilitysupportgroups #adoption #adoptionsupport

"I remember one of my earliest moments of feeling left out of the baby club.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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As the only non-mom at a friend’s baby shower, I stuck out like a sore thumb. Everyone else there had a story to share about some weird pregnancy side effect or an embarrassing parenting mishap or the thrill of hearing their babies’ first heartbeats.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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My mama friends were smiling and laughing, and I wanted to join them. But I couldn’t relate to what they were talking about. It wasn’t like they were trying to hurt me; it was that they were celebrating something I wanted, but didn’t have yet. Because of that difference between us, and the soreness it brought upon me, I counted down the minutes until I could run away from them and go cry alone in my car."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Read more from @jennmhesse in this blog re-post, the third in our Relating Well series, focusing on how we can love our mama friends even in the midst of our sadness and unfulfilled longing. (Link in bio.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I count on one thing⁣
The same God that never fails⁣
Will not fail me now⁣
You won't fail me now⁣
In the waiting⁣
The same God who's never late⁣
Is working all things out
You're working all things out⁣
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Yes I will, lift You high in the lowest valley⁣
Yes I will, bless Your name⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀
Oh, yes I will, sing for joy when my heart is heavy
All my days, oh yes I will⁣⠀
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🎼: @verticalworship⁣
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Even in the valley of infertility, we can praise God our Father – the God who called life out of dust, the God who planted life in dead wombs, the God who gave life to lost sinners through the death and resurrection of His Son.⁣
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We can count on Him, friends. Will you join us praising His name in our waiting?
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