The Stevens Family
A glimpse into our journey with infertility, stroke recovery, embryo adoption, twins, a heart baby, and more.
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
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I’m not surprised that the world hates embryo adoption. Overwhelmingly, Christians are the ones who adopt embryos remaining from IVF cycles, and the devil hates babies who will be raised in Christian homes. What has shocked me are those professing Christians who hate embryo adoption. Perhaps you’re thinking that no Christian hates adoption. No one…
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Throughout my pregnancy, I’ve prayed that I would make it to full term. Each week was a milestone celebration. I was looking forward to reaching the point of viability until we learned about Walt’s diagnosis and heard that he most likely would not survive at 24 weeks because of his heart condition. At that point,…
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National Infertility Awareness Week is April 20-26, 2025. One in six couples struggle with infertility, so unfortunately it is not a rare occurrence. Genetic conditions, toxic overload, medications, and poor nutrition have contributed to this epidemic. I recently shared a blog post about mine and Perry’s journey with infertility. Finding out you will likely never…
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Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or understand, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 A Mundane Monday Monday, September 19, 2022 was…
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On January 3, 2022, I posted the following quote on Instagram: Puritans got it quite a bit better. They often wished each other a blessed new year, by which they meant something like this: I hope that everything that comes your way by the hand of Providence this year may be sanctified to you in…
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Infertility is hard. No one expects a doctor to tell you that you’ll never have children who share your genetics. Yet today, 1 in 6 couples will struggle to conceive naturally. The nature of infertility is especially personal, which can make it difficult to share with others. For us, infertility was our five-year secret. About Us Perry…
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At 21 weeks, we elected to have a routine anatomy scan amidst a relatively event-free and easy twin pregnancy. We were excited to be working with midwives we love and trust, and we were still set on having a peaceful home birth. The ultrasound tech commented on how good each placenta looked. She noted that…
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Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in your book and planned before a single one of them began. Psalm 139:16 In October 2024, we announced on social media that we were adopting frozen embryos. But that journey began long before we shared it publicly. Perry and I…
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