It took me a while to share this story because I am having second thoughts, but then I want to keep my promise to the Lord to share the good news when it happens. I hope that this story will serve as an inspiration to others, to never lose hope and stay in faith, and that God is never deaf to our prayers. LP and I have been married for six years, when we got married in 2008, we planned to start a family right away, but it didn't happen. It was in 2009 when we found out that I am fertility challenged, I have a medical condition that prevented me from getting pregnant. That same year, I had a surgery to correct it, however, time passes by and I still I am not getting pregnant.  I was devastated and depressed, all our friends already have a baby, except us. I stopped going to the doctor since then. I thought, if it's meant to happen, it will happen. Then in 2012, my best friend kept on bugging me to see another specialist, she referred me to her friend's doctor who got pregnant through In Vitro Fertilization or IVF. At first I was really annoyed that I don't want to talk to her anymore, but then I gave in. So Sept. 2012, I went to see this doctor and there we found out that the previous surgery was unsuccessful and my left fallopian tube was in bad shape that it needs to be taken out. That means, it will lower my chance to really get pregnant. So I had another surgery that same year. Fast forward to 2013, 4 months after the surgery, we started the more advanced procedure. We tried artificial insemmination - four times to be exact, all unsuccessful. We're already emotionally, physically, financially and spiritually exhausted. The last plan is to proceed to the more intensive procedure which is IVF. I've been having second thoughts of doing it, what if it doesn't work? We'll be drowned to debt, and what we're going through is already straining our marriage. But I want to have a child so badly that I will do everything we can do. So we agreed to do the IVF, I said to myself, "this is our last chance". So in October 2013,  my doctor scheduled me to start the medications January 2014 and the procedure in February. I've been preparing physically and emotionally since then. My husband and I kept it to ourselves, even our family didn't know what we're going through. Then in December 2013, I thought of going to Simbang Gabi ( nine day novena in preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ) this time, with much conviction to complete it no matter what (i used to go to simbang gabi before but I couldn't complete it). So I did. Even if Im exhausted from work overtime plus I have cough and colds, I prayed and prayed, called all the angels and saints to wake me up so I can go to the early dawn mass. My intention then was for the IVF procedure to work. I prayed not only to God but to Mama Mary as well, I told her I want to experience the joy when she had Jesus. For nine days, I keep on praying for the IVF procedure to work as planned. Fast forward to January 2014, the month I am supposed to start taking medications before the procedure....my period never came. I decided to take a pregnancy test. I was so nervous and almost not wanting to do it as I was traumatized with previous negative pregnancy tests, being heartbroken month after month for several years is no joke and here we go again....but I have to do it, so there, peed on the stick... waited for 3 minutes...and saw the biggest shock of my life! Two lines! POSITIVE! I won't forget that day, it was January 19, Feast Day of Santo Nino. God has finally answered our prayer!!! I got pregnant naturally, no medical intervention. I said to myself, it was God. There goes my christmas miracle story.... I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl last September 30th, we told our family and friends our story, that our baby is a 'simbang gabi' baby. :) God really works in mysterious ways. He answers our prayers during the most unexpected moment, where he will be glorified the most. He doesn't say no to our prayers, but he answers it in His perfect time. :) Now I'm attending again the simbang gabi as a thanksgiving. And hopefully, in God's will, in His next perfect time, He will grant us another child, hopefully this time a baby boy. âș
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