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Lucy West in her debut book, The Wait, shares the pain and anguish she and her husband Lindz felt when they were diagnosed with 'unexplained infertility'. After an eight-year journey of trying to start a family, the couple went on to adopt their two 'chosen children', thus fulfilling their dream of becoming parents.
Christian Today spoke with West to hear more about their journey, the misconceptions surrounding infertility, and how the church supported them through their difficult season.
For some people, to be told their infertility is 'unexplained' can feel like an enormous relief. It gives hope that it could still happen if they just keep on trying. Sadly for me, it kind of prolonged the agony, it suddenly threw away any signposts that told me where I was going would someday end and what help we could get, and threw a long empty road ahead of us, with no answers along the way. Strangely, we have been told that we could still get pregnant any day, so there has never quite been closure on it, although I am completely at peace with that now.
The subtitle of your book is 'finding peace when facing the challenge of infertility'. What does peace in the midst of challenging times look like to you?
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Christian Today spoke with West to hear more about their journey, the misconceptions surrounding infertility, and how the church supported them through their difficult season.
For some people, to be told their infertility is 'unexplained' can feel like an enormous relief. It gives hope that it could still happen if they just keep on trying. Sadly for me, it kind of prolonged the agony, it suddenly threw away any signposts that told me where I was going would someday end and what help we could get, and threw a long empty road ahead of us, with no answers along the way. Strangely, we have been told that we could still get pregnant any day, so there has never quite been closure on it, although I am completely at peace with that now.
The subtitle of your book is 'finding peace when facing the challenge of infertility'. What does peace in the midst of challenging times look like to you?
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Experiencing the peace of God in the midst of infertility
Christian Today spoke with author Lucy West about her new book, 'The Wait', detailing her eight-year struggle with infertility, the path to adoption, and how the Church supported her through this difficult season.
