JD3 and SMA is a series of blogs that are put together to explain the miraculous journey of our son, JD3. From Infertility to a diagnosis of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, take some time to read JD3’s story.
Infertility touches every individual in some way, shape, or form. You may have personally been affected by infertility or you may have a friend or family member that deals with the reality that having biological children is not possible. That was the story for Christy and I.
For years, Christy and I desired to have a family, but due to Christy having a condition called PCOS, we had little chance of becoming parents (by childbirth). We tried medicine. We tried treatments. Those means of hope always left us empty-handed. Meanwhile, we were dealing with the emotions that came with not being able to have children of our own.
Many nights were spent crying and pondering why God would have us experience infertility. The same emotions crept in as siblings and friends would announce that they were expecting a child, while we were still waiting for God to provide our miracle child. Many prophetic words were spoken that we would receive a miracle child, but year after year we were left empty-handed (we still held on to these promises in the darkest moments).
As a husband, there is a weight attached to watching my wife deal with the pain of infertility. It hurts watching your wife hurt, and on top of that, there is nothing I can do about it. I would spend all of my emotional energy supporting my wife, while I hid my pain. I did not hide the fact that I was in pain, I hid the extent of my pain. I understood that there was guilt and shame Christy was dealing with that stemmed from being infertile, and because of that, I did not want to add any more emotional weight. That is why it is important to have people in your circle who will listen to you in your toughest of seasons.
Nevertheless, we walked by faith. Through the pain, we continued to serve the Lord and stayed consistent in our relationship with God. We celebrated with others as they announced their pregnancies. We continued to walk in our callings in ministry. We learned to be content in all things. As we faced many failed attempts at becoming pregnant, we were faced with the decision of whether or not to spend the money to try IVF.
We spent much time in prayer, trying to discern if this was the next step for us. During that season of prayer, on a random Saturday morning, Christy (for some odd reason) decided to take a pregnancy test. She usually shunned the idea of taking pregnancy tests because it always ended in disappointment. I woke up to do my morning ritual of going to the bathroom to find a positive pregnancy test for JD3 sitting on the sink counter. My exact words were, “Christy did you see that pregnancy test on the counter?!”
“Just like that”, God had answered a prayer that Christy and I had been uttering for years.
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