Before you read any further, you should know that this section is about our infertility journey. I know every infertility story is different and each person’s struggle is unique. Believe me when I say that I know there are people out there whose struggle has been much longer, more arduous and filled with much more heartache. Nonetheless, I want to tell our story. I want to be brutally open and honest in sharing some of our hardest moments and sharing thoughts from the deepest places in our hearts. I write this for my own personal healing and as a way of coping. I have chosen to share this, not to solicit your sympathy or pity but that perhaps our story may be a voice of comfort to others that are undergoing the pain and loss of hope that infertility brings. Above all, I document this journey hoping to more clearly see God’s hand at work in my life. I hope that you can too.
*Medically, infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected sex. Thus, for many couples, infertility does not refer to an absolute inability to conceive but that becoming pregnant may be more difficult and may not be achieved without some form of medical intervention.
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David Hartman
September 23, 2017 at 2:44 amMy heart aches for you, my son and my daughter, because I know how much you desire to have children. And in my private time with God I pray for His special intervention, blessing, and timing. Thanks for sharing your heart, pain, and journey with all of us. I love you, Dad Hartman.