🤍 Motherhood Snapshot: A Testimony of Overcoming Infertility

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🏡 Motherhood Snapshot

Background: Chelsea is a mom of two who shares an amazing and encouraging story of God’s goodness in the mist of infertility plus some more mom wisdom.

Introduction: “I’m a mom of 2 trying to do my best, I love to worship Jesus in song and dance, and I do my best to live a very natural holistic life and teach my children who Jesus is...and I love my husband.” ❤️ 

What are some unique aspects about your motherhood story? “I got married at 23 and we had our first miscarriage at 25, it was an ectopic pregnancy and I lost a tube. It took us 6 years to have Elsie and there were lots of doctors visits, and medicine, and issues between me and my husband besides the missing tube that made it hard for us to get pregnant. So Elsie is our miracle baby because we did get pregnant with her naturally. There were lots of prayers that went into that and I think I have a different perspective on motherhood because it took us so long..I don’t want to miss any part of them, but I just don’t want to take it for granted in any way because it took us so long. And Opal is a miracle too because we also got pregnant naturally with her.”

So when you say naturally…meaning you didn’t have to keep taking medications? “Yes. So I have low progesterone, and my husband has what’s called low morphology (more misshapen sperm than normal), so between that and only having one tube, it made things very difficult. So yes, I took medicine for progesterone for 1 year and we never got pregnant. It was stressful and expensive. So we just said we weren’t going to do it anymore; and when we did that it was instant peace. We never regretted that decision.”

Answered Prayer: “So during this time God told me through someone else I would be pregnant within 9 months, and within 7 months of that timeline I did get pregnant (this was my first time since ectopic pregnancy) and I ended up with a miscarriage. I remember when month 9 came around I said to God audibly, “Why didn’t You do what You said You were going to do”. And the answer was, “I did, it just didn’t look the way you wanted it to look”. My response was “oh man, that is not fair, that is not what I meant!”. But He did do it, He did do a miracle because I was pregnant. And maybe 9 months after that I got pregnant with Elsie.”

How was your husband throughout all this? “He was always super supportive and he was heartbroken too every time we had a negative test. And at that point point, sex is just not fun anymore, the process sucks it out of you. We kind of got to a point after we stopped seeing the doctor when we were diligent but we tried to make it fun and that really helped our stress level.”

Last thoughts: “Through this process, I learned how to wait on Him and that things never look the way you want them to look or the way [you think] they should look. And when God says something, it may not always be what you think it’ll be. But it doesn’t mean He isn’t good through all of it. Some day I will ask the Lord why I had to wait so long…but I’m not going to know that answer until we get to heaven.”

Switching gears completely, you work PT hours as a Virtual Assistant…how did you get into that space? “When I was pregnant I was working as a wire specialist at a bank and they transferred us to WFH but I knew I wasn’t going back to work after Elsie. So I went to upwork.com and I used it to find clients. People and companies will post jobs there, everything from data entry, admin work, or just needing to get something edited. There’s a ton of scams, so you have to weed those out, but that’s how I found my first client. And that was a God thing too. I only worked for him for 8 weeks and he paid upfront for the entire 8 weeks without seeing any of my work. The client I have now actually ended up hiring me through their company but I still do other jobs I find on upwork on the side. You have to have a good cover letter and resume. And there was tons of stuff I didn’t know how to do that I just taught myself and figured it out along the way.

But how do you physically get the work done with your toddler and now your new baby? “The supervisor I work for doesn’t care if I work at midnight as long as the work gets done. I make myself available 3 times a week for video calls so we can hash through things. Elsie, my 4 year old, is used to it so she’ll play independently or I’ll play a movie if needed when working for longer chunks of time; and Opal naps on me so I have mastered the art of typing with one hand. Sometimes I work for 6 hrs in the day and it breaks my heart but I need to do it right now and always trying to find a better balance.”

What natural approaches do you apply to motherhood? “I thoroughly enjoyed nursing Elsie until she was over 2.5 years old, I’m so thankful I was able to do that. For me, I tend to go towards essential oils and other natural products more than medicine. But I think the biggest thing is eating clean, knowing what’s in my food, buying organic produce or growing it myself. I currently have 25 chickens in my backyard that are about to get butchered in a few weeks and we also have 19 laying hens. But I’m one of those people that, yes I’m gonna butcher my chickens but I’m also gonna to eat M&Ms…so there’s a balance! I won’t give them to Elsie, but I’ll eat them! haha”

I didn’t know Chelsea was a homesteader…and so wanted to ask her all about how she got into that but it will have to wait for a future part 2. If you’re in the Jefferson City, Tennessee area: check out Chelsea’s fresh eggs and sourdough bread at the Mossy Creek Farmers Market. Follow her on instagram @robinsonranch2 for details 🙂 

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