This article originally appeared in The Record, the monthly magazine of the Free Church of Scotland, in March 2021 Miscarriage, infant loss and infertility sadly will be issues that many of us have journeyed through, either personally or alongside loved ones. The statistics are high for miscarriage in early term, and repeat miscarriages are the […]
I was finally going to do the thing that I knew God had called me into: full time Ministry of Word and Sacrament! I first felt called to ministry when my younger son was 18 months old and now he was 10. This had been a long time coming! Before I started to train, I woke […]
As late summer waves goodbye towards the middle of August with the odd leaf begging to change on the trees, I’m quickly reminded the end of the month is approaching and with it the anniversary of the loss of our first baby. I love the seasons here in Scotland. There is nothing quite like the […]
Several of my friends have recently suffered miscarriages. They endure the anguish of feeling their bodies begin to change to make room for a growing baby only to lose the child. I, too, have experienced it—four times. At first we thought perhaps I had a problem with fertility. It took us a year to get […]
I remember well walking into our living room on that first Christmas morning with my husband to open our Christmas presents, and the feeling of utter grief washing over me as we faced Christmas without our baby. We sat together on the couch and wept. The pain of that day has changed and further Christmas […]
When I discovered I was pregnant, it was Christmas Eve. This was our first baby and the first grandchild. The excitement of the first kicks came at eighteen weeks exactly. On the Monday of Holy Week I grew anxious that the baby had not moved for some hours. My midwife arranged to meet me in […]
My husband and I lost our baby towards the end of our first trimester. It was a complete shock when we went for a scan and saw that our baby didn’t have a heartbeat. We had what is known as a missed miscarriage; my body showed no signs of miscarrying by itself and we then […]
March Four weeks ago we discovered I was pregnant. I am diagnosed with a blood clotting condition which is linked to miscarriage. We have had three previous losses over the years. We are delighted however and are trusting God as we embark on a new journey. This is my sixth pregnancy in six years and we have […]
Congratulations on being matched with your wee boy! We were matched with ours 3 years ago and the adoption went through shortly afterwards. Our son, Daniel, was 18 months old at the time. I remember it being such an exciting time but also feeling very aware of this new and very important responsibility […]
Infertility. The word holds a multitude of connotations. Some may feel indifference towards it – it has never touched them, never entered their vocabulary and possibly never will. To others, the word brings with it a tidal wave of emotions: anger, fear, desperation, anguish, loss, envy. Every birth announcement, school play, birthday, Mothers’ or Fathers’ […]