Thank you for the thoughtful reply. Truth be told 10 years ago when we were going through IVF I was not a religious person or a man of faith by any stretch of thr imagination. We never to church, I never cracked open a bible.
Fast forward to today and I am 3 years into my journey with Christ. I've seen and read things that do make me question the ethics of IVF and multiple embryos.
I certainly do not regret that we chose the IVF route and honestly looking back there is evidence of the hand of God nudging things in our favor.
For instance my wife's insurance only covered 2 IVF cycles. Both cycles were a failure BUT some how some way there was no record at all of our 2nd cycle. It was definitely billed to our insurance but our insurance only had . evidence of 1 cycle being completed. That never happens. Insurances don't just pay an extra $50-70k. And the our son was our final embryo and his embryo was extremely low quality to the point the embryo would not normally be used.
I'm also a 28 year cancer patient/survivor. I was told I was going to die in 2002 by my doctors. I was given sorry we can't do anything but make you comfortable speech. But here I am making this post 22 years later as a happily married husband and father.
Today I feel excessively blessed to have a 9 year old son when we should not have a child at all. I pray and thank God profusely every single day. We are nothing without God and I strive to walk the straight and narrow every day. I'm very much a work in progress but I love the progress that I've made following His path and will continue to try my best for Him.
I just didn’t want to leave that sour reply as the final say, because there is good information to consider here, and he, if he sees it, needs to remember the guidance about not being a clanging cymbal as well. Glad it was worded better!
Thank you for the thoughtful reply. Truth be told 10 years ago when we were going through IVF I was not a religious person or a man of faith by any stretch of thr imagination. We never to church, I never cracked open a bible. Fast forward to today and I am 3 years into my journey with Christ. I've seen and read things that do make me question the ethics of IVF and multiple embryos. I certainly do not regret that we chose the IVF route and honestly looking back there is evidence of the hand of God nudging things in our favor. For instance my wife's insurance only covered 2 IVF cycles. Both cycles were a failure BUT some how some way there was no record at all of our 2nd cycle. It was definitely billed to our insurance but our insurance only had . evidence of 1 cycle being completed. That never happens. Insurances don't just pay an extra $50-70k. And the our son was our final embryo and his embryo was extremely low quality to the point the embryo would not normally be used. I'm also a 28 year cancer patient/survivor. I was told I was going to die in 2002 by my doctors. I was given sorry we can't do anything but make you comfortable speech. But here I am making this post 22 years later as a happily married husband and father. Today I feel excessively blessed to have a 9 year old son when we should not have a child at all. I pray and thank God profusely every single day. We are nothing without God and I strive to walk the straight and narrow every day. I'm very much a work in progress but I love the progress that I've made following His path and will continue to try my best for Him.
HalleluYah, and amein!
I just didn’t want to leave that sour reply as the final say, because there is good information to consider here, and he, if he sees it, needs to remember the guidance about not being a clanging cymbal as well. Glad it was worded better!