Infertility Awareness Week

This week is National Infertility Awareness week. I want to stop and take a moment to acknowledge all of the women that are struggling with infertility and/or loss. I do not ever want to get so wrapped up in this pregnancy that I forget what it took to get us here. It wasn't one night of passion, let me tell you that. Literal blood, sweat and tears went into this process. It is a process that will always be a part of me. It will always be a part of my soul. I will always feel a kindred spirit between me and other ladies that are suffering. Honestly, I still feel infertile. I get in in comments like, "Did you have twins naturally?" "Do they run in your family?" to which I answer simply, "Yes, my grandfather was a twin." It is none of their business how I am having twins...the only thing that matters is that God has blessed us with twins...however they got here! A comment really made my pregnancy feel less important the other day.... "Well, a friend of mine has twins on the way, I am not sure if it was IVF or the real way." Do people think that every twin pregnancy is an IVF pregnancy, and are my babies not REAL??? They most certainly ARE real! They were put here by God. They are little gifts from God that to me.... one night of passion could never encompass the love, devotion and sacrifice that it took to get them here. I will always be a part of the "infertile club"...it is a club that I would have NEVER joined on my own free will, but it is a club that I am now SO very proud to be member of. We understand the pain, the guilt, the solitude, and my prayer is that every woman that involuntarily joins this club learns the deep sense of gratitude for having been given the gift to join. I would have never truly sensed the beauty and awe of God's grace and the Faith that it takes to walk behind Him. There are so many things that I would have taken for granted without infertility...and for that, I am grateful.