Christian ladies TTC, we can encourage one another.

[HisGrace]

Nevermind. Everyone canceled on me.

 

[HisGrace]

Hello ladies

Can I join this thread? I was stalking 1st tri and wishing I was there when I came across PrincessBree's thread and she suggested I look you guys up so I have. I'm sure I have been led here as the post on patience on the 11th was made only a few hours after I posted "I feel I am being taught the art of patience which I don't have much of!" I am also a hobby farmer . . .

Anyway I am currently cycle 7 TTC. I had a suspected early mc cycle 2 and nothing since. I feel I have been doing everything right, charting, OPK etc. Everything except praying. So this month I've pretty much scrapped everything and am trying to work on trust. Trust that I will BD on the right days, trust that it will happen when its supposed to but its hard and praying isn't my forte - worrying and googleing is more my thing!

Welcome! My name is Isabel. We understand what you're going through and are here to support you. DH and I have been TTC for over a year now. We experienced a pregnancy loss two months ago. I was devestated but I found comfort in God. I pray the same for you. It's hard to wait on God but we must remember that His timing is perfect. He is meticulous and He has a specifically designated egg in you right now that will eventually grow into a beautiful baby. We just have to trust Him. Welcome!

 

[genesismarie]

hello everyone my name is tantteana
me and my hubby are ttc #2 after going through some very hard trails and mistake we've made with the first one looking to make a fresh start with #2 and get a chance to raise a child the right way now that we have both given are lives over to Christ
i would love to join you wonderful christian ladies i could use all the support i need and would love to be used but our lord to lead a few sister in Christ and kind word
respectfully,
Genesis Marie

 

[Mumma09]

Just had a scan 13.5 weeks pregnant today, we saw our sweet baby kicking up a storm and rubbing its eyes, all looks great and we are now officially out of danger of miscarriage, don't give up hope ladies it will happen

 

[Wanting2BMom]

Hi ladies I ask for your prayers. My DH and I have been ttc for the past three years and the one thing I do not want to hear anymore is that everything happens in Gods timing. I have questioned and asked what I did to deserve being deprived of this beautiful gift that only God can give. My level of faith is low to the point where I cant and dont even want to believe anymore because every month that it doesnt happen hurts and breaks my heart. I know that I can not doubt what God has done and can do....I doubt his love for me is what it all comes down to.

 

[LillyLee]

Hi ladies I ask for your prayers. My DH and I have been ttc for the past three years and the one thing I do not want to hear anymore is that everything happens in Gods timing. I have questioned and asked what I did to deserve being deprived of this beautiful gift that only God can give. My level of faith is low to the point where I cant and dont even want to believe anymore because every month that it doesnt happen hurts and breaks my heart. I know that I can not doubt what God has done and can do....I doubt his love for me is what it all comes down to.

The ladies on this thread are amazing. You are in my prayers tonight. On days when I feel beyond depressed at certain things in my life and it feels like Gods timing is not happening at all the one song I think I learned in kindergarten can always lift my spirits. It's the "This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made". Somehow when everything is going wrong I have to realize that I did nothing to make the sun rise that morning and no matter what curve ball is thrown at me and my family I still need to rejoice in each new day that I have.

 

[minimoocow]

Hi ladies I ask for your prayers. My DH and I have been ttc for the past three years and the one thing I do not want to hear anymore is that everything happens in Gods timing. I have questioned and asked what I did to deserve being deprived of this beautiful gift that only God can give. My level of faith is low to the point where I cant and dont even want to believe anymore because every month that it doesnt happen hurts and breaks my heart. I know that I can not doubt what God has done and can do....I doubt his love for me is what it all comes down to.

Thinking of you today. Sometimes I feel the same as you and I haven't been trying that long. Sometimes I don't want to hear things because I know they are true and that just makes it harder. Praying that you find the "still small voice of calm" some comfort amongst your obvious anguish. Looking back on my life I can see how things have "worked out" but it didn't seem that way at the time and certainly doesn't seem that way now I'm in the moment. Ultimately belief is a leap of faith, don't beat yourself up about having doubts - a faith needs to be tested in order to grow and develop.

Have you have any tests to give some answers as to why you haven't conceived yet?

 

[Just_married]

Hi ladies I ask for your prayers. My DH and I have been ttc for the past three years and the one thing I do not want to hear anymore is that everything happens in Gods timing. I have questioned and asked what I did to deserve being deprived of this beautiful gift that only God can give. My level of faith is low to the point where I cant and dont even want to believe anymore because every month that it doesnt happen hurts and breaks my heart. I know that I can not doubt what God has done and can do....I doubt his love for me is what it all comes down to.

I posted something similar to this subject recently. We both agree God is sovereign and that children are a blessing from Him, but the fact is we live in a fallen world & this means for some of us our body doesn't do what God designed it to.

Don't blame yourself & wonder what you have done or haven't done to deserve it. God loves us all the same, His love doesn't rise & fall, it's constant & full. When you are a believer & you ask for forgiveness the bible says He is faithful to forgive and will remember your sins no more. Not only that, Jesus has already took full punishment for our sins. To suggest that God will still punish you suggests that Jesus punishment wasn't enough - so please don't consider waiting for your baby a punishment, there is no punishment for you! Thank God, if I was punished for every time I fell short of His standards I'd be in a very bad place right now. I'm glad He doesn't work on a basis of giving us what we deserve! Xxx

Dont drive yourself crazy trying to work out why God does certain things (believe me, I've tried!) as His ways are higher than our ways and we can't understand them right now.

I feel your frustration & I'm sorry it's getting to you, sending you big hugs & waiting with you on that blessing we both desire!

 

[tulip11]

hi
I am having brown lil discharge on day 23 od my cycle with pain in my abdomen..what is it..n I have cycle of 28-30 days

 

[Godsjewel]

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 4:16

A few years ago, I actually got a phone call from the White House. Yes, the real White House. The one the President of the United States calls home. Unfortunately, I was not home when the call came in, but there was a message on my answering machine. You cannot begin to imagine how shocked I was to see “White House” on my caller ID. I was really, really excited--until I heard what they were saying to me!

“This is Mrs. Whoever from the White House in Washington, D.C. I am calling to tell you that you must stop harassing the White House. Please do not send any more messages.” My knees instantly went weak. I looked out the window to see if Secret Service was hiding in my bushes! I began to run my hands under the kitchen cabinets to see if my home had been bugged. It’s a little scary to hear the White House tell you to back off and not bother them anymore.

Before you think I’m some sort of political stalker, allow me to explain. It was my parents 50th wedding anniversary and I found out that you could request a congratulatory letter signed by the President for such an occasion. I decided that if I faxed a request every day, I would stand a better chance of actually getting the letter in time for their party than if I faxed just one measly little request. For several weeks, I would fax a copy of my request every day. Until I got that phone call, that is! I didn’t realize that sending one request was considered appropriate. Sending 35-40 requests was not!

Aren’t you glad that God isn’t like the lady working in the correspondence office of the White House? Your desire for a baby is most likely one of the strongest desires your heart has ever known. You know that God is the giver of life, and you cry out to Him for help. Keep crying out! Unlike the White House, God will never tell you to stop harassing Him. In fact, He does just the opposite. He invites you to come to Him.

Hebrews 4:15-16 says

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

We have a marvelous high priest in Jesus Christ, who understands the hurts and frustrations of our lives. He invites us to come into the throne room of God to find the help we need.

I love to learn the literal translations of Scripture, and this verse has to be one of the reasons why. Look at the part of this verse that says “draw near with confidence”. The literal meaning of these words is “come recklessly unannounced”! God is telling you to come recklessly unannounced to Him to receive mercy and find grace to help you in your time of need. Come recklessly unannounced! You don’t have to make an appointment. Come recklessly unannounced! You don’t have to ask if it’s okay, or wonder if you are harassing God. Come recklessly unannounced! Cry out to Him when your period starts again. Call on His Name and ask for His guidance when you are faced with another decision or another friend gets pregnant and you don’t. You don’t have to worry that God is going to get tired of your repeated requests for a baby, or that He’ll send a holy messenger to you to tell you to stop calling Him. He says to you today, come recklessly unannounced! You’ll find mercy and grace to help you in this time of your need.

(By the way, I eventually got my letter from the White House!)

~Author Unknown

 

[Godsjewel]

Hello ladies

Can I join this thread? I was stalking 1st tri and wishing I was there when I came across PrincessBree's thread and she suggested I look you guys up so I have. I'm sure I have been led here as the post on patience on the 11th was made only a few hours after I posted "I feel I am being taught the art of patience which I don't have much of!" I am also a hobby farmer . . .

Anyway I am currently cycle 7 TTC. I had a suspected early mc cycle 2 and nothing since. I feel I have been doing everything right, charting, OPK etc. Everything except praying. So this month I've pretty much scrapped everything and am trying to work on trust. Trust that I will BD on the right days, trust that it will happen when its supposed to but its hard and praying isn't my forte - worrying and googleing is more my thing!

Of course, welcome. My name is Sarah and have been on this journey for quite some time. I find that the journey tends to get easier when you get your focus off ttc, give it to God and start to enjoy everyday life. I've heard so many stories of ladies that don't focus on ttc and then end up pregnant, I'm thinking it has to do with the stress of ttc that may be preventing it in some cases.

It's a good thing you're still early in the ttc stage. My doctor says it can take a year for a healthy couple to conceive.

Looking forward to hearing good news soon

 

[Godsjewel]

hello everyone my name is tantteana
me and my hubby are ttc #2 after going through some very hard trails and mistake we've made with the first one looking to make a fresh start with #2 and get a chance to raise a child the right way now that we have both given are lives over to Christ
i would love to join you wonderful christian ladies i could use all the support i need and would love to be used but our lord to lead a few sister in Christ and kind word
respectfully,
Genesis Marie

Hi Tantteana

I'm glad you are joining us on this journey.

There is so much love and encouragement on this thread, that there won't ever be a time where we aren't here to listen and comfort you.

I'm looking forward to see what God is going to do in your life.

 

[Godsjewel]

Just had a scan 13.5 weeks pregnant today, we saw our sweet baby kicking up a storm and rubbing its eyes, all looks great and we are now officially out of danger of miscarriage, don't give up hope ladies it will happen

Thank you Jesus!!!

I bet that's a weight lifted off your shoulders

Thanks for keeping us updated and I pray for continued health for you and baby.

 

[Godsjewel]

Hi ladies I ask for your prayers. My DH and I have been ttc for the past three years and the one thing I do not want to hear anymore is that everything happens in Gods timing. I have questioned and asked what I did to deserve being deprived of this beautiful gift that only God can give. My level of faith is low to the point where I cant and dont even want to believe anymore because every month that it doesnt happen hurts and breaks my heart. I know that I can not doubt what God has done and can do....I doubt his love for me is what it all comes down to.

I know what you mean. Being on this journey for as long as we have tends to come with unaswerable questions. I have my pity parties crying out to God, Why not me?!?, I have lived a good, wholesome life, What did I do to deserve this?!?, and so on and so on....

All we can do it trust that the Lord has our best interest at heart. During those times we need an extra boost of faith. I have prayed many times that the Lord take this desire away if it's not meant to be, well it's still there...So my faith says that since my desire is there, I believe that one day...one day I will be blessed with a child of my own.

When we begin to question the love of God, we need to remember who we are. We have absolutely no claim on His love. We don’t deserve one bit of God’s goodness to us….I know of nothing that will so quickly cut the nerve of a petulant, “Why did this happen to me?”attitude as a realization of who we are before God, considered in ourselves apart from Christ.

We see then that God loved us when we were totally unworthy, when there was nothing whatsoever within us that would call forth His love.

Any time that we are tempted to doubt God’s love for us, we should go back to the Cross. We should reason somewhat in this fashion: If God loved me enough to give His Son to die for me when I was His enemy, surely He loves me enough to care for me now that I am His child. Having loved me to the ultimate extent at the Cross, He cannot possibly fail to love me in my times of adversity. Having given such a priceless gift as His Son, surely He will also give all else that is consistent with His glory and my good.

Note that I said, we should reason. If we are to trust God in adversity, we must use our minds in those times to reason through the great truths of God’s sovereignty, wisdom, and love as they are revealed to us in the Scriptures. We must allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth. This does not mean we do not feel the pain of adversity and heartache. We feel it keenly. Nor does it mean we should seek to bury our emotional pain in a stoic-like attitude. We are meant to feel the pain of adversity, but we must resist allowing that pain to cause us to lapse into hard thoughts about God….

If God’s love was sufficient for my greatest need, my eternal salvation, surely it is sufficient for my lesser needs, the adversities I encounter in this life.

 

[Godsjewel]

hi
I am having brown lil discharge on day 23 od my cycle with pain in my abdomen..what is it..n I have cycle of 28-30 days

I have a 28-30 day cycle as well and I start spotting up to a week before AF comes.

Praying for you sis!

 

[tulip11]

thx sis Godsjewel...so was that ur implantation bleeding or AF?

 

[Godsjewel]

Currenly I'm on CD 13 and have been having light pink and brown spotting since CD 11. I've only had mid cycle bleeding once and I believe that's when they found the cysts on my ovaries.

I'm not tracking ovulation this month, taking a breather, but I usually ovulate on CD 14-15, so I don't believe it's ovulation spotting. Plus it seems like I've been hitting the bathroom more often lately, which may be all in my head...lol

Any ideas on what this could be?

 

[Godsjewel]

thx sis Godsjewel...so was that ur implantation bleeding or AF?

Unfortunately AF...she gets me every month

I don't know why she doesn't get the memo not to come back...lol

 

[tulip11]

sister Godsjewel dont worry everything will be awright...but this happened to me first time like b4 I used to have brown blood but that was at time of my period was expected n this time it is like before the period is due thats why it seems strange to me...I will pray for u sister n my best wishes r with u have a v bright future ahead stay happy

 

[genesismarie]

hello everyone my name is tantteana
me and my hubby are ttc #2 after going through some very hard trails and mistake we've made with the first one looking to make a fresh start with #2 and get a chance to raise a child the right way now that we have both given are lives over to Christ
i would love to join you wonderful christian ladies i could use all the support i need and would love to be used but our lord to lead a few sister in Christ and kind word
respectfully,
Genesis Marie

Hi Tantteana

I'm glad you are joining us on this journey.

There is so much love and encouragement on this thread, that there won't ever be a time where we aren't here to listen and comfort you.

I'm looking forward to see what God is going to do in your life.

thank you for the warm welcome