My husband and I have already gone through three years of infertility. It is a trial that never entered our minds on our wedding day. We both had planned on starting our biological family, then adopting. God has given us a different path than the plans we set out for ourselves as you can see reading Our Adoption Journey. One very difficult part of this journey has been that we are both very private people. To begin a blog was the last thing on our minds. Until I realized that in doing so I hoped to encourage someone else walking in this path, or help others understand what it could be like to deal with infertility. I hope to share more about the walk we are on and things we learning on the way. We are waiting and praying that God will open the doors to the children that He has for our family. The waiting is hard but we have hope! We have begun the journey into private domestic adoption and want to provide a loving home for a little one who has been blessed with the gift of life.
In the midst of this we have been blessed by a friend who has graciously passed along her nursing clothes sewing patterns. These 3 patterns were designed by Angela Coffman of Blessed Designs. She has decided to switch from physical patterns to digital. She blessed us the rest of her physical sewing patterns which we will use to raise funds for our adoption. If interested these are the patterns I have:
Blessed Designs pattern BD1001 a nursing shirt, and 2 dress pattern styles sizes XS-XXL (260 patterns)
Blessed Designs pattern BD1002 a nursing shirt, jumper pattern sizes XS-XXL (360 patterns)
Blessed Design pattern BD1003 nursing hoodie styles pattern sizes XS-XXl (80 patterns)
You can see pictures of all three patterns here.
All patterns were printed by McCalls and have fabric needed, sizing, notions, etc printed on the back. All pattern envelopes and pattern pieces are standard McCalls pattern sizing.
The patterns are available for $3.75 each plus shipping. They sold retail for $11.99
If interested please email me at: allenadoptionjourney@gmail.com
We can accept payment by check or PayPal.
My husband and I have dealt with infertility for the past 15 years, and one failed adoption. God’s plans are not always what we had planned for our lives, but His Grace is sufficient. I never knew he could shower my sorrow with such peace, and it is amazing how our testimonies touch other lives. I know He will use you for His glory and I will be saying special prayers for you and your husband.
Love and prayers! ~Sarah
here’s part of my infertility story http://standbyfaith.com/2011/12/my-testimony-part-9-chemo-and-the-c-word/
Oh wow, Jennifer. I completely understand. My husband and I have endured 5+ years of infertility. Like you said, this was something I never thought we would have to walk through. Thankfully the Lord is perfectly faithful even when I am not. I’ve been putting my husband through Seminary for the past four years, but we are finally on track to begin the adoption process sometime this spring. Whether it will be domestic infant or older baby international is still yet to be determined, but God knows and I can rest in that. Thank you so very much for sharing your story – it is such a comfort to know we are not the only ones going through this. Blessings.