Re: Do you feel your TTC journey made you more spiritual or religious?

I dont real that TTC has made me more religious but I do think about when I have my baby if I would raise them going to church.

Re: Do you feel your TTC journey made you more spiritual or religious?

Posted by katiebug

I was religious before TTC and think that this past year has made me more religious, and also made me feel more confident in raising my children in the Catholic church.

I can't say I never get frustrated and even angry sometimes, as I feel I have had a lot of challenges thrown at me, but when I really examine what happened, I take it as a learning experience and see what I have gained in myself from whatever I have been through.

I was agnostic for years, and there were two times in my life that I spoke with people that really helped me understand God a bit more. One time I was speaking to a priest, and I asked why God never seems to answer my prayers. And he said, "Just because God does not say yes to everything you pray for, does not mean he is not answering your prayers. Like any parent, sometimes the answer is no."

And another time I was speaking to my DH, and I asked him if God never gives you more then you can handle, why do people kill themselves? And my husband said, "Just because he never gives you more then you can handle, does not mean the person who is given the challenge wants to handle it."

They may seem like insignificant conversations, but for some reason they just really stuck out to me.

I have to say, I do feel very guilty asking for a baby. But to be honest, I never really ask for anything, so i don't feel too bad