Ethan's Birth Story Part 1

I have been wanting to write about Ethan's birth story for a while now, I just kept putting

it off because it may be a little long! But I am taking the advice of a friend and breaking it 

into several parts! I hope you will come back to read the whole story, it is a true story of 

God's hand being right in the middle of it all! :)

I want to start with how we got to the decision to adopt, I will try and keep it short! Kyle

and I got married in 2002 (I will tell our story in another blog!) and knew immediately 

we wanted children. We were not getting any younger and decided to start trying quickly! 

We were both 28, settled in our careers, had bought a new home and were ready for babies! 

I have had several problems growing up with having endometriosis and complications that 

come with it.We knew it wasn't going to be an easy road but were ready for the challenge! And 

challenge it was! I went through several surgeries and as a result of having endo, I had both 

fallopian tubes removed.  IVF would be our only option. We jumped right in and did 

our first In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) cycle and I got pregnant!!!!!!!! We were so very 

excited but God had other plans. I miscarried at 7 weeks and we were devastated of course. 

Thankfully we had several embryos that were able to freeze so we decided to not wait too

long and do it again, and again with no success. I was done. My body could not take it 

anymore having to give my self shots daily, Kyle giving me shots and having to be stuck 

every time I went to the doctor and gaining a TON of weight! It wasn't fun 

anymore and my heart just wasn't in it. I knew deep down this was not God's plan for us, me

getting pregnant. Although at the time I was not OK with that and just kept asking why! Why 

do all of my friends and family have babies, why is God giving people babies that can't take 

care of them, why, why, why. I am not proud to say that I questioned God but it was where I 

was at that time. I avoided baby showers, birthday parties, Mother's Day at church. It was 

just too painful. I was so bitter that I almost couldn't function. I pulled away from everyone 

except my husband, I just didn't think anyone had any idea of what I was going through inside 

(although they did!). I was just in a very dark place! 

But I still knew that God would not put the desires in my heart for the heck of it!! 

Psalm 37:4. I knew I had to get through it and trust Him. We did our last IVF cycle in 

August of 2004 when I told Kyle I couldn't do it again. We  still had 2 embryos frozen but 

decided we would take a break and do another cycle later. People had asked if we would 

consider adopting and really we didn't think it was an option for us, looking back now it is 

because we were not educated on the subject. I started doing some research and we decided to 

look into it. By this time we had depleted all of our funds and were doing what we could to 

pull money from different places, we were that determined to have a baby! In October of 

2004 we contacted an agency and started the process of adoption. We had been told it

would take 6 months to a year but we were willing to wait. God again had another idea 

and the following February we were blessed with our sweet angel Ethan Samuel Gibbs! 

 Because of God and this lady, we were finally blessed with the baby that we had
longed for, prayed for and waited so many years for! 

Stay tuned for part 2, it is so much sweeter! :)

Be Blessed!

Kim