October is here and it is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Join us all month long as we honor and celebrate our babies who have gone to heaven far too soon.
Pregnancy after a miscarriage can be filled with many fears, anxious thoughts, and nervousness that you may lose another baby. Today’s guest shares how her faith fueled her desire to continue to try again after her miscarriage. Sherita Thompson experienced a miscarriage while on a trip helping friends babysit and was devastated. She returned from her trip and realized she hadn’t prayed about it because she was angry and frustrated at herself. In this episode Sherita takes us on her grief journey towards healing, how her faith and prayer helped her conceive her rainbow baby a month after her miscarriage, and encouragement for those moms who are overwhelmed. This episode is for you to listen to if you have experienced a miscarriage and want to know what pregnancy after a miscarriage with faith and prayer is like.
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Description of Who you Are (Short Bio)
I am a Christian, a wife, and mom of three beautiful children: Josiah, James, and Jade. I am a stay at home mom and I absolutely love teaching my children. In 2018, I started writing out of desperation. I needed a way to get my frustrations and disappointments out rather than directing them at my Husband or my children. I needed a constructive or proactive way to express my feelings, my hurt and my brokenness. I needed a way to hear God’s voice again. I had stopped listening.
During one of devotionals the Holy Spirit led me to two fundamental scriptures: “The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand, I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.” Psalm 37:23-25 and If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:22.
That morning, I was reminded of God’s perfect love. That morning, I returned to my first true love.
It is my prayer and sincere hope that my experiences, journey, and story will encourage other wives and moms who are struggling and at times overwhelmed by the cares and chaos of motherhood and wifely duties.
Tell me about your journey to motherhood? What obstacles have you overcome?
I got married December 2012. My husband and I tried for a few months to get pregnant but nothing happened. We weren’t too concerned. May 2013, we got pregnant. We were super excited and pre-maturely share the news with a few friends and family members.
But nine weeks into my pregnancy, a friend reached out to me and asked if I could babysit her children. I gladly accepted because I was a nanny before getting married and moving to Iowa. My friend and her husband were going on a cruise and I needed to travel to Florida to care for her babies. My husband did not hesitate and was glad to let me go because he knows how important my friends are to me.
These dear friends of mine did not know that I was pregnant, but they found out once I was there.
Two days into my stay/babysitting, I began spotting, I didn’t think much of it but decided to call my husband anyhow. He quickly told me I needed to go to the hospital. When I got to the Emergency Department, they did a thorough check but no one said anything to me except that the doctor would have to come and speak with me. I began crying by now.
I knew something was wrong.
The doctor walked in. “Hi, Mrs. Thompson. I am sorry to inform you that you lost the baby. We will have to wait a few days to know if you had a complete miscarriage or if we will need to do a D&C.” I was speechless. I had a million questions. What was I going to tell my husband? Was he going to be mad? Was he going to blame me? I reluctantly made the call, trying my hardest to hold back the tears. “I had a miscarriage. The baby is gone. I am so sorry.” With the most reassuring voice, he said: “It’s okay. We will be okay.” I cried until I got back home to Iowa. I did not tell my friends that I had a miscarriage because I didn’t want to interfere with their trip.
The moment my husband picked me up from the airport he again reassured me that he was not mad and that it was not my fault.
But I was still hurting and blaming myself.
We got home and I couldn’t help but notice that I hadn’t prayed the entire time. But one of my greatest assets is priding myself in being a woman of prayer. I am a believer and I know God personally. So I got into my car and I drove to the lake with my Bible.
I sat in my car and I prayed and read numerous scriptures.
At the end of my prayer, God reassured me that I would be okay. He also reassured me that His plans are perfect and that I didn’t need to cry. I drove home a happy, much better and stronger woman. I began sharing my story with my friends and family who knew I was pregnant.
The happy ending:- The very next month, we got pregnant again. I was overjoyed and knew that God’s hand was at work. My son will be 5 years old on May 15.
I know that my story might sound impossible to some, but remember that no two people experience loss in the same way. However, I hope that my story will help to encourage someone else who has experienced the loss of a child. Remember that God will always take care of you and give you the strength that only He can give.
Any books, tools, resources that have helped you on this journey that you want to share with the audience?
The Power of a Praying Wife (book), pray even when you don’t feel like it, and do not make any decisions when you frustrated, overwhelmed, or angry.
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