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Godsjewel...what an incredible blessing! For as much grumbling as we all probably do about health insurance, when it comes through for us it is HUGE.

You know, our pastor did a message once on what happens when you pray for and wait on God's favor...that it usually is a full-on deluge of blessings. I think this one qualifies!
 
Godsjewel said:
I have been stressing lately about the cost of all the injectable medications I will be taking in a couple of weeks to start the stimulation of my ovaries. One of the pharmacies I sent my prescription to sent me an email of the cost for each med.

Here they are...
https://i.imgur.com/uYrE9ox.jpg

Do you see the total?!?

Praise God again for hubby's insurance, they cover all the meds for a complete IVF cycle, I just have to go through their pharmacy in order for it to be covered. I didn't know that at first and was going :wacko:

My total for all the meds is only going to be $137.39 :wohoo:

I just had to jump on and share this wonderful news!!! Thank you Lord for being in every detail, even in the financial aspect of it :happydance:
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:happydance: Praise the Lord! That is beyond amazing! He is so wonderful, I catch myself completely speechless and smiling, thinking of the works He has done. But you've reminded me that I have a Praise Report myself!


I don't know if I mentioned it, but I am active duty in the Air Force. I miscarried my son on August 30. In the military, a pregnancy profile usually lasts until your due date, and then we get another 6 months after that to get back in shape and take a Physical Fitness test. Since I didn't make it to the 20 week mark, I was supposed to take my fitness test this month. I got the email Friday morning (before we knew) and my heart dropped. I was in no way ready to take a fitness test with the nausea and cramping going on. Then Sunday we found out, and there was a rush put on things to get a profile generated to show that I'm "officially" pregnant, and can't take a fitness test. Thank God the wonderful man writing my profile today worked at lightning speed! We did our phone interview, and no more than 5 minutes later, my profile was done! Later that afternoon, I received the email saying my fitness test was cancelled and in its place, my pregnancy fitness class was scheduled! Praise Him for working it out! Feeling very peaceful about this pregnancy, all due to His grace.
 
SlimBrit said:
:happydance: Praise the Lord! That is beyond amazing! He is so wonderful, I catch myself completely speechless and smiling, thinking of the works He has done. But you've reminded me that I have a Praise Report myself!


I don't know if I mentioned it, but I am active duty in the Air Force. I miscarried my son on August 30. In the military, a pregnancy profile usually lasts until your due date, and then we get another 6 months after that to get back in shape and take a Physical Fitness test. Since I didn't make it to the 20 week mark, I was supposed to take my fitness test this month. I got the email Friday morning (before we knew) and my heart dropped. I was in no way ready to take a fitness test with the nausea and cramping going on. Then Sunday we found out, and there was a rush put on things to get a profile generated to show that I'm "officially" pregnant, and can't take a fitness test. Thank God the wonderful man writing my profile today worked at lightning speed! We did our phone interview, and no more than 5 minutes later, my profile was done! Later that afternoon, I received the email saying my fitness test was cancelled and in its place, my pregnancy fitness class was scheduled! Praise Him for working it out! Feeling very peaceful about this pregnancy, all due to His grace.
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Praise God! Thank you Lord for taking care of your children.
 
“Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength;”

Isaiah 40:31


Yesterday we began a study of the word “wait” as found in Isaiah 40:31. Let’s break down the definition we found of the literal meaning of this word.


“A straining of the mind in a certain direction with an expectant

attitude…a forward look with assurance.”


A straining of the mind in a certain direction…It is so easy to keep your mind on negativity during the battle with infertility. It may not be easy to keep your thoughts going in the right direction, but it is possible. How can you strain toward God and knowing Him more if there are so many negative and hurtful thoughts bouncing around your mind? Here are two other Scriptures for you to lean on:


Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.”


(Don’t forget that when Paul wrote these words he understood hard times. He was actually in prison at the time he wrote this. It probably would have been easy for him to write about his beatings, rats crawling on him, his being wrongly imprisoned. Instead he tells us to think on these things instead of hardships. Several times in this book, he even commands us to “Rejoice!”)


2 Corinthians 10:5 “We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.”


You can take negative, damaging thoughts and place them under the obedience of Christ, Himself. This was written also by Paul, who told you what things to think on.


Use these Scriptures to strain your mind in this direction. We are given instruction in Philippians as to what type of thoughts to think, and told in 2 Corinthians that we can take negative thoughts and make them captive to Christ. Train your mind to strain toward Christ and the kind of thoughts He wants you to have in your heart and mind. It will probably feel totally foreign to you at first, to disallow negative thoughts, and replace them with whatever is good, lovely, right. It is exponentially easier to give in to negative thoughts. Fight it. Strain toward another direction. Strain toward God and knowing Him more.


Tomorrow, we’ll look at having an expectant attitude. I cannot wait to share this good news with you!


-Beth Forbus
 
My Mom just called. The results are BENIGN!!!! She is cancer free! They found calcification and a cyst...both will be monitored, but absolutely no signs of cancer!!

To God be the glory!!
 
ProfWife said:
My Mom just called. The results are BENIGN!!!! She is cancer free! They found calcification and a cyst...both will be monitored, but absolutely no signs of cancer!!

To God be the glory!!
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Praise the Lord!!! :happydance:
 
Praise Him! Thank You, Lord, for watching over ProfWife's mother and keeping the cancer away. :wohoo:
 
Oh that's awesome! Thank God!

AFM....I am off to my first midwife appointment at 4:30. Little bit nervous, I have kept telling myself today that I am up for whatever God gives me. Gotta keep that in mind on these symptomless days.
 
Well...my doc's office just called. I'm being referred to a fertility specialist. They didn't give me the firm diagnosis on the phone, but the nurse said the blood work confirmed what they'd thought based on the ultrasound (which was that I have PCOS).

I do ovulate. BBT confirms that. It's just very sporadic. My body does what it wants, when it wants. So, I'm going to be looking over treatments with my husband to decide on what we will do.

Please pray for us to make the right decision to remain smack in the middle of God's will.

Thanks!! :-D
 
Praise God, ProfWife! That's such great news!!
There is SO much they can do for PCOS these days - especially if you're ovulating on your own already (albeit sporadic). Keep praising Him in your storms, I know you will be blessed with the baby He has for you! :)
 
“Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength;”
Isaiah 40:31

“A straining of the mind in a certain direction with an expectant
attitude…a forward look with assurance.”


…with an expectant attitude…When you have a problem like infertility or grief over the loss of your baby, your mindset can be depressed. Satan can begin to convince you that God has forgotten you and that you will live in heartache for the rest of your life. Your view of your future is dim. That makes the waiting portion of this season very heavy.

Rather than focusing on what God has not placed in your life at this time, decide to look forward to the plan He has lovingly designed for you. Determine in your heart to develop an expectant attitude. God is working through this season in your life. Expect that His plan for you is good. Expect to grow closer to God through this. Even if your heart cannot keep time with an expectant attitude, try to develop one anyway. Eventually your heart will catch up to your head.

Here are a couple of Scriptures to back this up:

Jeremiah 29:11 ‘“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”’

My favorite verse! If the Lord has a plan for you, you can expect that He will bring it to pass!

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”

Guess what the word “hoped” literally means. That’s right! The literal translation for the word “hoped” is “expect”. Faith is the assurance of things we expect.

Are you praying for something? Of course you are! Do you believe God hears you? Do you believe He has a plan for your life? Then expect an answer.

-Beth Forbus
 
Since it’s been awhile and we have so many new ladies who have joined the thread, let's play a little game to get to know each other better :flower:

It’s called the Four Facts game, here’s how it’s played.

Each person writes down four facts about themselves, one of which is not the truth. Each person will read what everyone wrote about themselves and reply back with which one they think isn’t the truth. Tomorrow we can tell which one isn’t the truth and see how many people got it right.

I’ll start…

1- I did gymnastics when I was 5yrs old
2- I have been in 4 car accidents and none were my fault
3- I had a youth dance ministry at my church when I was 15yrs old
4- My middle name is Evonne

Now guess which one is not the truth
 
Wow!! I've missed quite a bit!
Thank you Lord for the awesome things you are doing for my sisters and I and for all the blessings you are pouring on us!

Virginia- congrats on your BFP!!! I pray you have a very happy and healthy 9 months! :happydance: How did your midwife appt go?

Slimbrit- congrats to you too!!! :happydance: I pray you also have a happy and healthy 9 months!!

I think it's amazing to see God working in our lives, and we can all rejoice when one of our sisters receives her miracle... I hope nobody feels they can't share that special moment with us!

ProfWife- Welcome and thanks for your service! I'm so glad that your mom turned out ok! As for your PCOS, don't lose faith! As mentioned before, you have so many options and treatments available to you if you choose to go that way, and you have the blessing of being able to ovulate on your own :) I've mentioned my cousin with PCOS and I do so again to give you some hope: she has PCOS as well and two happy and healthy baby boys, both conceived naturally after a few years and several failed IUIs. Nothing is impossible with God :)

Becky- I'm so glad you and your little one are ok. Thank God for answered prayers!


AFM- Praise Jesus I am healed from this really nasty cold/flu bug going around!!! So after many failed IUIs, our doc has told us that it is no longer a viable option for us and has put us on the IVF waiting list! So, in 6-12 months (after Sis Sarah blesses us with the arrival of her sweet little one... Or two :winkwink: ) we will be jumping on the same train! While we wait, we are planning to use the time to prepare ourselves by further strengthening our relationship with The Lord, and each other :) We've actually joined a parent group to teach us coping strategies for our ADHD child and reinforcing positive behaviors, discipline techniques, etc. I feel like this would be good to know for our future children as well :)
 
Yay! The facts game! Ok, here goes:

1.) My eyesight is so bad, I have a pair of glasses whose lenses are nearly 1/4 inch thick

2.) I had a chocolate Labrador named Lula

3.) I have 5 brothers and 2 sisters

4.) I've run a mile in 6 minutes
 
Godsjewel said:
Since it’s been awhile and we have so many new ladies who have joined the thread, let's play a little game to get to know each other better :flower:

It’s called the Four Facts game, here’s how it’s played.

Each person writes down four facts about themselves, one of which is not the truth. Each person will read what everyone wrote about themselves and reply back with which one they think isn’t the truth. Tomorrow we can tell which one isn’t the truth and see how many people got it right.

I’ll start…

1- I did gymnastics when I was 5yrs old
2- I have been in 4 car accidents and none were my fault
3- I had a youth dance ministry at my church when I was 15yrs old
4- My middle name is Evonne

Now guess which one is not the truth
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Hmmm... 1?
 
Ooohh, I want to play. Ok...

1. My favorite movie is Rent.
2. I was a cheerleader in high school.
3. I am the daughter of a preacher.
4. I once saw Sinbad in an airport.
 
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