Testimonies - Page 8 of 39 - Moms in the Making

We’ve been praying for financial breakthrough for months. IVF, a job loss, a cross-country move, major unexpected house and car repairs and my husband going back to school all created significant financial strain. Even though we budgeted and pinched pennies, we still couldn’t get out from under the debt we had accrued.

The past few months I have specifically been praying for a financial breakthrough and miracle to pay off our credit card debt. This week, we got a check from an unexpected source that covers the debt AND then has exactly 10% left to tithe.

I am praying that my story will remind others facing similar financial strains to keep praying and reaching out for a miracle (while being a good steward of what you DO have in the meantime.) Our God is a God of hope and miracles. He’s a good father. Keep pursuing Him and He will provide for your every need.
My husband struggled to cope with the pain and loss of infertility. He turned to alcohol to numb his pain. This was not God’s plan for him or our family.

During the 2022 Moms in the Making conference, I prayed with several close friends and leaders for freedom from alcohol addiction. My husband was completely set free! He has been sober for 5 months and counting! He is thriving!

If you or your spouse are struggling with anything like this, there is no shame, there is freedom and healing in Jesus! Cling to my testimony as you trust that the same God who delivered my husband will deliver yours, too!
This a story about the Goodness of God. The past 5+ years of trying to grow our family were nothing we could have expected. We experienced disappointments, set backs, odd complications, unexpected outcomes, losses, fear, anxiety, and deep grief. We saw lots of doctors and endured medical tests, procedures, and surgeries. The twists, turns, and valleys of the journey took their toll on us mentally, physically, and spiritually.

But this is a story about the Goodness of God. We also experienced hope, love, joy, peace, healing, and community. God was with us through every trial and storm. He provided for us financially. He lead us and spoke to us. We did things that sometimes seemed “crazy” and didn’t make sense to anyone else, but His plans and purposes were steadfast. He was faithful in every detail.

With the help of IVF and Jesus, our miracle daughter was born in July 2022!
We are walking in celebration, gratitude, and expectancy, and will continue to share our story of the Goodness of God!
After a year of trying to get pregnant, I felt that something wasn’t right. I scheduled an appointment with an OBGYN, who referred us to our RE. She started by running bloodwork, doing an ultrasound, and getting my husband checked out as well. When we met with her for the 2nd time, she told me she had good news and bad news. The good news was that I had a high egg count, the bad news was that I had very high prolactin in my blood which was indicative of a pituitary tumor. I was sent for an MRI and it was confirmed that I had a small adenoma on my pituitary gland. Thankfully, they believed it was benign.

I began taking a pill daily to help with the tumor, but was still not able to conceive. Over the next year, we did 4 IUIs that were unsuccessful. When I heard my doctor say “it’s time to consider IVF” I was heartbroken. How did we get here? It was then that doubt started to creep in.

A month or so later, a girl from my neighborhood messaged me that she was starting a Moms in the Making group and would love for me to join. I said YES without hesitation, and it was the best decision I could have made. I know God led me to this group, these women, and this organization, at a time when I needed it most.

Our first round of IVF happened right after I joined MITM and I was the first in our group to get pregnant. Sadly at 8 weeks, I lost our baby girl who we named Winnie. My MITM group was there for me through every step. They prayed over me. They sat with me while I cried, knowing my baby was no longer with me. They supported me during my second round of IVF, and I got pregnant again.

This time our baby girl #2 made it to us earth side. My delivery was very traumatic, but I know God was carrying me. He was there every step of the way. We were meant to be at that hospital on that date, with those doctors who helped save my life. I have felt the Holy Spirit now more than ever since joining MITM. I know I was being led by the Lord with each decision, and His timing was perfect.
Recently I shared a testimony of attending the Moms in the Making conference and how it completely changed my life. Well, I wanted to testify again.

After coming home from the conference, I decided I had one transfer left in me. Feeling absolutely nothing but hope, we talked to my doctor and set up our final transfer. You know, the one before you throw in the towel and try something else. My doctors were so convinced that this transfer would be just like the ones in which had failed in the past, but everything in me told me this was different.

My doctors suggested I transfer all three embryos, which if you know anything about IVF, especially at 26 years old, that is absolutely unheard of. That’s how little faith they had in it being successful. My doctor also gave me four different types of steroid medications, and when I asked why and what their purpose was, she couldn’t give me a single answer other than we’ve tried everything else so we might as well try this.

The odds were stacked against me in every way possible. I refused to take medicine that had no purpose other than “we’ve tried everything else” against the advice of my doctors. I got the flu during my two week wait, I couldn’t eat, had a temperature of over 102° and I barely left the bed the entire two weeks. I went to my first bloodwork appointment to find out that I was indeed pregnant and the numbers continued to double like they had never done before. Still sick, I prayed for God to cover my baby every day, all day. Not only did he cover one baby, but he covered two.

My first ultrasound, my second baby didn’t have a heartbeat, and I prayed that God would help their heart to form and function, and to be strong and mighty, and now that same baby is the biggest one! I bled for the first 12 weeks of my pregnancy, heavy bleeding, emergency room bleeding, and God covered my babies and He covered me.

So here we are taking it one day at a time over halfway to meeting our miracles earth-side, all because our God is faithful.
Growing up, I didn’t want any kids. My husband and I almost broke up because of this. However, I did keep an open mind about it since I married very young. In my late 20’s, I had a change of heart and decided that I wanted to have a baby. A couple of years went by without having one and I honestly didn’t think anything of it because I thought I was still young and it would happen eventually.

Once I turned 30, I realized I needed to go see a doctor. Everything came back normal, so my husband went and got checked and everything was fine with him, too. We were diagnosed with unexplained infertility. I didn’t understand it as there was nothing wrong and yet we couldn’t conceive.

Five years in, we decided we would try an IUI. It didn’t work, so the only option from there was IVF, which we couldn’t afford. I also didn’t feel God leading us in that direction. At that point I was tired and overwhelmed and just needed a break from it all. I felt as if my life revolved around getting pregnant and became consumed with that.

In January 2018, we returned home from a trip and I didn’t feel well. I took a pregnancy test thinking it would come back negative like all the other times before. To my surprise, it was positive. I couldn’t believe it! I had to go get my husband so he could confirm that the test said positive. We cried and jumped and were overjoyed.

Sadly, a couple of weeks later, I had a miscarriage, and we were devastated, hurt and confused. It almost seemed cruel to go through something like this after all the years of trying. During this time, I felt God’s love like never before. I just had this feeling that we were closer than ever to having a baby even though I just had miscarriage.

In September 2018, (which would have been the time I was due had I not had a miscarriage), I found out I was pregnant again. We now have a little boy, who is almost 4, and he’s been such a blessing. We are having a hard time conceiving again, but I know, my God is faithful and will do it again.
This past March, I went into our annual leader retreat seeking breakthrough for my marriage.

Even though marriage wasn’t a topic we covered directly at the retreat, God still met the desire of my heart to work through it! I had lots of great conversations with other leaders who spoke wisdom into my heart. The topics we discussed during our sessions held a dual purpose, and could be easily applied to communication, expectations and conflict in marriage. I had the opportunity to pray with others who were seeking the same type of breakthrough.

I am so grateful to testify that God worked to meet this need of my heart! Praise Him!
My husband and I got married in the fall of 2019 under a beautiful rainbow (God’s promise to us). We decided to try and grow our family in January 2020. Three cycles in, I was pregnant! Sadly, we lost that sweet child around 7.5 weeks. We decided to name her Francis Quinn, which means free and raised by God.

Even with the grief of miscarriage, we didn’t think we would have any trouble conceiving again. After about a year in, we decided to see the doctor. While running all the tests, we would to try a medicated cycle with a trigger shot and timed intercourse. The day before I was to go in for my shot, we found out that my husband had severe tetarospermia, which means they found ZERO healthy sperm cells that could swim correctly. They told us we would have zero chance at natural conception and would need help through IUI at minimum. I immediately thought back to my sweet Francis, and said, we do not accept that! Chances may be small, but they are not zero. God has proven that with our first pregnancy.

We prayed fervently for guidance in what to do. We did not feel peace about jumping into IUI, so we continued trying to conceive naturally. My husband took high doses of vitamins said to increase sperm health, and we prayed for our miracle.

I began to hear “November” from the Lord, and deciphered that it must mean I will be pregnant then. As time passed and we got closer to November, I was discouraged. I began thanking Him for November anyway, despite not knowing what it meant.

I asked God to give me a clear sign like He did with Gideon, and on November 30th, 2021, I heard very clearly during my prayer time, “Tonight is the night.” 11 days later, I had a positive pregnancy test!

Our rainbow pregnancy was not without complications, but we welcomed our baby girl on July 18, 2022. She is healthy and perfect and was conceived naturally despite our diagnosis! God is faithful!
Towards the end of 2022, our ministry started planning for our 2023 leader retreat. Since our leadership team has grown, the expenses to host the retreat grew too. But because we wanted it to be a blessing to our leaders, we greatly reduced their registration cost and incurred the majority of the expenses, leaving us with a $25,000 expense.

Although the $25,000 felt like a lot of money, we took a step of faith and put all of our trust in Him that if it was His will, it would be His bill. We began to move forward with our planning, and sent a deposit to secure our venue for the weekend.

And then, with the help of so many of our leaders, we began fundraising and inviting people to partner up with us financially so that our leaders could have a weekend of healing and refreshment.

Within 6 weeks of starting our campaign we were FULLY funded. Through the generosity of over 100 individuals, we reached our goal of raising $25,000.

Whatever your financial need is today, we hope this ministry-wide testimony encourages you that God is faithful to supply all of your needs. He simply asks that you take a step of faith and when you do… He will be faithful to take care of you.

PS. A HUGE thank you to each individual who donated to our leader retreat. Your donation made it possible for 60 women to receive breakthrough, healing and freedom. Thanks for being a part of this testimony!
At the 2022 Leader Retreat, we were asked to ask Holy Spirit what He wanted to say to us and write it on a card, those cards were mailed to us later. I received mine in September of 2022 and it was right on time and exactly what I needed to hear.

At the 2023 retreat, we were give a prophetic card written by someone who doesn’t know us or what’s going on in our day-to-day life that had a word from Holy Spirit on it. How sweet is the Lord? That card matched up and had almost the same verbiage as what the card Holy Spirit had me write to myself a year prior. Come on!

What the Lord wanted to remind me of is that He is in all the details of my life. Nothing is out of his purview, He holds it all. I do not need to stress but rather rest in Him, Matthew 11:28-30. I hope this truth encourages you today as well!