Jeremy, Bo, Jordyn, Ruby Kate, Amanda Mehringer
REDEEMED Jeremy & Amanda Mehringer met in college at East Texas Baptist University. After dating they eventually married and planned, like most newlyweds, to have children. They also hoped that after their future biological children grew up a bit, to pursue adoption of additional children. God had a different plan in mind. Jeremy, a fireman, and Amanda, a teacher, found that starting their family didn’t come as easy for them as it seemed to for others. “After that first year of trying we started the medications,” Amanda recalled. “And after that, came a new doctor and more interventions. We did countless IUI (Intrauterine Insemination transfers). I don’t even know exactly how many. But each transfer was unsuccessful and eventually our new doctor referred us to a fertility specialist.” The fertility specialist helped the Mehringers through the IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) process. After the first transfer, they did achieve the pregnancy for which they had prayed for, but lost the baby in a little over nine and a half weeks.
6 Fall 2019
An Interview with Jeremy & Amanda Mehringer
“That was really hard because it was as far as we had ever gotten and we had already told friends and family,” Amanda said. After the miscarriage they experienced an additonal chemical pregnancy and another unsuccessful transfer. When reflecting on that season Jeremy recalls “A big source of support came from our Connect Group, friends, our Sunday Group, and of course, our family. It was tough to go through. It’s such an intimate part of your life to share with others.” With that support and their burning desire for children, Jeremy and Amanda then made the choice to pursue adoption. “We had seriously talked about how, one day, we were going to adopt so it was always on our hearts. We just didn’t know it would be in this order,” Amanda smiled and said.
