Christian ladies TTC, we can encourage one another.

[Shelbs21]

Hello everyone!

I would like to join this forum, I'm new here and this is my first month TTC. I need some advice and support because I don't want to tell my family or friends that were trying. I would just rather surprise them. My husband is 25 and I am 21, we have been married for over 2 years and are ready to expand our family.

I need your input on my current situation.

My periods are always very regular. Every 31 days and the first day is really heavy and painful. This month is different though. I was supposed to start on 10-17-13. But on 10-14-13 at 3:30 pm I started bleeding very lightly. Then it stopped on 10-16-13 and was brown. I was completely dry on the 17th ( day period supposed to be due) then on 10-18-13, I woke up and I had brown spotting. And I'm cramping and bloated. The spotting isn't enough to fill a pad or tampon, barely a pantyliner.

I took a test on 10-18-13 and got a BFN. Dr. said to wait a week and retest. I was just wondering if any on you knew what this meant? I fully believe that i would be having a normal period this month if i weren't pregnant. Could this possibly be implantation bleeding? Or just a really wacky period?

These are my symptoms.

DPO tracker

4 dpo- veiny swollen boobs, peeing a lot, hot, ovary twinges, dry mouth, rash on chest and between boobs, had baby makin sex, heart palpitation,

5dpo- cried at the croods. slight headache, tired, ache in right ovary area

6do- woke up at 5 am extremely hungry. Feeling puffy all over, breaking out like crazy, constantly having to pee

9dpo- laid in bed all day, extremely exausted and very emotional, discharge, congested

10dpo- nauseas after eating, super hot!, smelling my lotion really strong, lazy, discharge, congested , ovary twinges all day~somewhat strong

11dpo- pants fitting tight, congested, feeling a little sick, hot, feeling full in my uterus area, cramping a little bit, twinges on ovary areas, back ached like crazy

12dpo- horrible cramping like on my period, bloated, eating constantly, sore boobs!

13dpo- cramping off and on, twinges in ovaries, sore boobs, tired

14dpo- cramps and bleeding. Light bleeding that's very smooth. Bright red, but has zero clots. 4 days before expected period. Boobs still sore.

15dpo- light bleeding, no clots.

16dpo- light bleeding turned brown-stopped that evening at 7ish.

17dpo-nothing! dry

18dpo-woke up to brown spotting. Took pregnancy test and it was BFN. Had a dream that i took a pregnancy test and it was positive, but it was a used pregnancy test. Weird? So then i took another one to be sure and it was positive also, but it was a tampon not a preg test.

19dpo-brown spotting-barely

20dpo- no spotting, BFN =( Congested and tired. Cried while watching After Earth. I never cry at movies, ever! So these last two i cried at are weird.

I'm happy to have christian women supporting me. =)

 

[Godsjewel]

Hello everyone!

I would like to join this forum, I'm new here and this is my first month TTC. I need some advice and support because I don't want to tell my family or friends that were trying. I would just rather surprise them. My husband is 25 and I am 21, we have been married for over 2 years and are ready to expand our family.

I need your input on my current situation.

My periods are always very regular. Every 31 days and the first day is really heavy and painful. This month is different though. I was supposed to start on 10-17-13. But on 10-14-13 at 3:30 pm I started bleeding very lightly. Then it stopped on 10-16-13 and was brown. I was completely dry on the 17th ( day period supposed to be due) then on 10-18-13, I woke up and I had brown spotting. And I'm cramping and bloated. The spotting isn't enough to fill a pad or tampon, barely a pantyliner.

I took a test on 10-18-13 and got a BFN. Dr. said to wait a week and retest. I was just wondering if any on you knew what this meant? I fully believe that i would be having a normal period this month if i weren't pregnant. Could this possibly be implantation bleeding? Or just a really wacky period?

These are my symptoms.

DPO tracker

4 dpo- veiny swollen boobs, peeing a lot, hot, ovary twinges, dry mouth, rash on chest and between boobs, had baby makin sex, heart palpitation,

5dpo- cried at the croods. slight headache, tired, ache in right ovary area

6do- woke up at 5 am extremely hungry. Feeling puffy all over, breaking out like crazy, constantly having to pee

9dpo- laid in bed all day, extremely exausted and very emotional, discharge, congested

10dpo- nauseas after eating, super hot!, smelling my lotion really strong, lazy, discharge, congested , ovary twinges all day~somewhat strong

11dpo- pants fitting tight, congested, feeling a little sick, hot, feeling full in my uterus area, cramping a little bit, twinges on ovary areas, back ached like crazy

12dpo- horrible cramping like on my period, bloated, eating constantly, sore boobs!

13dpo- cramping off and on, twinges in ovaries, sore boobs, tired

14dpo- cramps and bleeding. Light bleeding that's very smooth. Bright red, but has zero clots. 4 days before expected period. Boobs still sore.

15dpo- light bleeding, no clots.

16dpo- light bleeding turned brown-stopped that evening at 7ish.

17dpo-nothing! dry

18dpo-woke up to brown spotting. Took pregnancy test and it was BFN. Had a dream that i took a pregnancy test and it was positive, but it was a used pregnancy test. Weird? So then i took another one to be sure and it was positive also, but it was a tampon not a preg test.

19dpo-brown spotting-barely

20dpo- no spotting, BFN =( Congested and tired. Cried while watching After Earth. I never cry at movies, ever! So these last two i cried at are weird.

I'm happy to have christian women supporting me. =)

Welcome!!!

Wow, you sure do have a lot of symptoms that point in the direction of a BFP, but the only thing I can tell you is to wait it out like the Dr said. For some women it takes a bit longer for the pregnancy hormone to be entered in the blood stream.

Do your best to relax and take it easy

 

[Jett55]

Welcome Shelbs21 I'm 21 also.... I agree with Sarah just wait it out. It could be implantation or just a wacky cycle. Our bodies love to do strange things once we have started TTC. Just try to relax & you have a nice group of ladies here to help you,support, and pray for you

 

[Shelbs21]

Thank you ladies. It is so hard to be patient. I had this fairy tale built up in my head that it would be so easy and quick. Boy, was i wrong.

I will keep you ladies posted on what I find out, I think Im going to wait till Friday at the earliest to test.

Praying for a BFP

 

[xxx_faithful]

Thank you ladies. It is so hard to be patient. I had this fairy tale built up in my head that it would be so easy and quick. Boy, was i wrong.

I will keep you ladies posted on what I find out, I think Im going to wait till Friday at the earliest to test.

Praying for a BFP

Hi Shelbs21,

It might be easy and quick lovely, after all this is your month #1 cycle ttc.

It appears you have alot of the symptoms of a BFP, though in saying that some woman experience no symptoms at all and find out to be pregnant. Keep us updated on your journey

Your in a good place here on this thread You will find many of us have had the privilege of learning patience, prayer persistence, the sweet comfort of sisterhood, miracle blessings and anointed children. {Might i add those that have or yet to be brought into this world}

WELCOME !!

 

[blue33]

Welcome Shelbs21

You're symptoms do sound like pregnancy symptoms, and the irregular bleeding could be implantation or your cycle could be off since you just recently started ttc. Hopefully when you test again you'll get a bfp!!

You've definitely came to the right place for support, all of the ladies here are great and very supportive. Please keep us posted

 

[Godsjewel]

“Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.”
Matthew 6:8

Whoever thought infertility was solely a physical condition? We can endure the medical testing so much easier than we can the emotional trials we face. There are times when we struggle to find the words to describe the war raging in our hearts when a period starts or another friend joyfully announces her pregnancy and passes around her sonogram pictures. We want to be happy for her, but we can’t seem to get past the broken pieces of our own shattered hearts to find a way to congratulate her. Throughout your entire life, you’ve learned to bring your joys and your sorrows to God, and you long to pour your heart out to Him now, but you don’t know how to describe the upheaval and conflicting emotions infertility has birthed inside you. How can you approach God with your hurt when you can’t even put words to the intensity of what you’re feeling?

Do you realize just how much Jesus loves humanity? When you think about how much He gave up when He left the realms of Heaven to clothe Himself in flesh to live among His created, flawed human beings and become one of us, it is truly mind boggling. The love of the Creator for the created! We’ll never truly understand. We’ll just forever be loved.

Nevertheless, Jesus knew we needed Him desperately then as we need Him today. He knew we needed to be taught and He was such a magnificent teacher. He was teaching one day when He sat down on the side of a mountain and began talking to crowds of people as it is recorded in the book of Matthew. He was teaching people how to pray. He was telling them that they didn’t have to keep repeating themselves over and over and over again just for the sake of repeating themselves. There was no need for empty, vain repetitions and meaningless phrases just so people could hear them pray. Imagine the relief when Jesus said to them, “Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” No need to come up with just the right phrase. No need for eloquent speech, or the proper description. No need to worry about explaining things clearly enough to make God fully understand. He told them God already knew their need. God knew.

Do you realize that the same Jesus who sat on the mountain side 2,000 years ago and spoke to the people He loved that day, sits beside you as you read from your computer, loves you just the same, and also says to you, “Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” He knows how much you need someone to understand how frustrating it is when your period starts. He knows how much you need wisdom to know the next step to take in treatment. He knows before you ask Him. He knew you’d need encouragement before you knew. Before you knew you would have a problem with your fertility, He knew you would need encouragement in that area of your life and included the stories of Hannah, Sarah and Elizabeth in His word. He knows what you have need of and He knows the answers to your problem. He walks before you and prepares the way. God knows!

Infertility is a difficult battle, no doubt. There are days when it seems you don’t even know what to pray for. On those days, remember that your Heavenly Father knows what you have need of before you can even ask Him. He has known your need long before you even knew you had a need. He is fully capable of meeting your need, and passionately in love with you enough to work all things for your good.

-Beth Forbus

 

[xxx_faithful]

Often we speak of sadness in times of longing for a child, we focus on what God isn't doing in our lives instead of what he CAN do, what he is a master at. We easily forget the testimonies that God pours out to the once barren, the once infertile.

It is good to be reminded God answers our cries. Weather it is your prayer, my prayer, the lady who had difficulty down the street. He answered. He always answers. God is not on strike. He didn't raise his arms up and say, 'this one is too hard'. He says, 'I can handle it.' To me, that is a God that is big enough for my problems, one that can say, 'I'll take over.' 'You can keep giving up on me, but ill never give up on you.'

More often then not, God looks for the impossible in our lives for him to stand out when he does come through for us. For us to say, it was this technique or that piece of advice, it was the help of that medication, or the assistance of IVF, or finally relaxing about it all or even giving up on ttc. He wants us to say………. I have nothing, it was all God. Yes things can come into play to help us get there, but most of the time it's God whispering to us and guiding us to the next step that will help us get there. It is always God.

Stick to hope. Stick to any testimony, any story that had God working in it, stick to where there is light. Stay equipped with hope, and strength. Don't grow weary… grow in him. Stay beside him. It is us that fall away from him, not the other way around. He is always there.

He HASN'T forgotten you. He is LISTENING. Your prayers are being HEARD. Yes he does want you to be a MOTHER. Yes you are DESERVING to be one. Yes he LOVES you. Yes he is ABLE.

By xxx_faithful

 

[xxx_faithful]

CALLING ALL LADIES TTC THEIR FIRST CHILD !!!

I have been thinking alot about fears, woman's fears in general. As loving as we are by nature to others, we have a hard time coming around to loving ourselves. Even the best of us are haunted by our conscious or sub-conscious fears. Weather we like it (or aware) of it or not.

Are we pretty enough? Are we slim enough? Are we loved enough? Or is your fear, Am i enough?

The fears dont seem to be an outward notion, but an inward thing. It starts off with fear, then with anxiety of the fear. We then go to the Dr's and are told confirmation of what we feared and so on.

We can be walking alongside God and still fear, we must speak authority OVER the fear. We must CAST OUT the fear. Not simply see it and be fearful of the fear.

Today i ask, what are you fearing about your fertility? Are you casting out your fears? Or are you speaking them into reality? I am a firm believer of modern medicine, and just as a fan of the spiritual whelm too. God has given us a powerful weapon, our tongue to confess what is. And what is, is God and God's word. God wants us to become mothers, to become parents. Will you let your words today destroy your fear or water it?

I ask ladies, if you are ttc your first child could you please refresh me on who you are and what you are fearing. I would like to PM and pray for you. Thanks xxx

I'm so happy I came across this thread! My dh and I are Christians and truly believe the Lord will bless us with a child. I have been off bcp's since june 2012 and thought we would just get pregnant when the Lord was ready. Well a year later we really started trying, and charting ovulation and doing OPKs. I try not to get my hopes up by saying "I don't know if this is the month" but my dh alwaysss tells me not to say that! I never really looked at it as doubting the Lord until I was reading my bible Friday night and came across the story of Jesus walking on water to calm his friends fears of the storm at sea. When one of the men asked Jesus to call out to him so he could walk on the water, he soon started to fall because he had doubted Jesus. That really reminded me that Jesus will answer our prayers and send us a child because that's our hearts desire, we just need to keep our faith in Him!!

How are you Steph? xxx

 

[xxx_faithful]

I have a question.. So my husband and I are ttc. Today would be day 4 of my period but it has not come so far. I have not had any symptoms of my AF. Today I am having very light cramping and some spotting, at first it was light brown and now light red. Freaking out, we were really hoping this would finally be it :/ has anyone experienced this?

Update us !!

 

[QueenKingfish]

Welcome, Shelbs! Praying for your journey!

UPDATE! The Metformin has started my new cycle, so instead of starting at day 31, it was on day 28! After some reading, I see this is a re-set and my body is responding well to the treatment. PTL! Also, down 7 pounds with no change in my activity level. Ladies, I've never been so excited about my cycles in my life!

 

[Shelbs21]

I feel so blessed to be part of such an amazing thread. ALL of you ladies are truly inspirational. Thank you for being so supportive, I am planning on testing sometime this weekend.

I will post as soon as i know!! =)

 

[Godsjewel]

Often we speak of sadness in times of longing for a child, we focus on what God isn't doing in our lives instead of what he CAN do, what he is a master at. We easily forget the testimonies that God pours out to the once barren, the once infertile.

It is good to be reminded God answers our cries. Weather it is your prayer, my prayer, the lady who had difficulty down the street. He answered. He always answers. God is not on strike. He didn't raise his arms up and say, 'this one is too hard'. He says, 'I can handle it.' To me, that is a God that is big enough for my problems, one that can say, 'I'll take over.' 'You can keep giving up on me, but ill never give up on you.'

More often then not, God looks for the impossible in our lives for him to stand out when he does come through for us. For us to say, it was this technique or that piece of advice, it was the help of that medication, or the assistance of IVF, or finally relaxing about it all or even giving up on ttc. He wants us to say………. I have nothing, it was all God. Yes things can come into play to help us get there, but most of the time it's God whispering to us and guiding us to the next step that will help us get there. It is always God.

Stick to hope. Stick to any testimony, any story that had God working in it, stick to where there is light. Stay equipped with hope, and strength. Don't grow weary… grow in him. Stay beside him. It is us that fall away from him, not the other way around. He is always there.

He HASN'T forgotten you. He is LISTENING. Your prayers are being HEARD. Yes he does want you to be a MOTHER. Yes you are DESERVING to be one. Yes he LOVES you. Yes he is ABLE.

By xxx_faithful

Ok Bec...I get it!!! I guess The Lord really wants to do the impossible in my situation.

Thanks for listening to The Lord and sharing your wonderful messages love ya Bec!

 

[Godsjewel]

Welcome, Shelbs! Praying for your journey!

UPDATE! The Metformin has started my new cycle, so instead of starting at day 31, it was on day 28! After some reading, I see this is a re-set and my body is responding well to the treatment. PTL! Also, down 7 pounds with no change in my activity level. Ladies, I've never been so excited about my cycles in my life!

that is awesome news sweetheart. Thank you Jesus!!!

 

[shorty42383]

I just stumbled across this thread and I am so excited to go through and read all of the posts! This is probably the best forum that I have seen, sharing in each other's journeys and encouraging each other to grow closer with Christ through all of this! Thank you for this forum!

My husband and I have been trying to conceive baby #1 fir a little over a year. Today I was diagnosed with PCOS and will begin metformin tomorrow morning. I am catiously optimistic! I am excited to finally TTY with the ability to actually conceive!

 

[shorty42383]

“Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.”
Matthew 6:8

Whoever thought infertility was solely a physical condition? We can endure the medical testing so much easier than we can the emotional trials we face. There are times when we struggle to find the words to describe the war raging in our hearts when a period starts or another friend joyfully announces her pregnancy and passes around her sonogram pictures. We want to be happy for her, but we can’t seem to get past the broken pieces of our own shattered hearts to find a way to congratulate her. Throughout your entire life, you’ve learned to bring your joys and your sorrows to God, and you long to pour your heart out to Him now, but you don’t know how to describe the upheaval and conflicting emotions infertility has birthed inside you. How can you approach God with your hurt when you can’t even put words to the intensity of what you’re feeling?

Do you realize just how much Jesus loves humanity? When you think about how much He gave up when He left the realms of Heaven to clothe Himself in flesh to live among His created, flawed human beings and become one of us, it is truly mind boggling. The love of the Creator for the created! We’ll never truly understand. We’ll just forever be loved.

Nevertheless, Jesus knew we needed Him desperately then as we need Him today. He knew we needed to be taught and He was such a magnificent teacher. He was teaching one day when He sat down on the side of a mountain and began talking to crowds of people as it is recorded in the book of Matthew. He was teaching people how to pray. He was telling them that they didn’t have to keep repeating themselves over and over and over again just for the sake of repeating themselves. There was no need for empty, vain repetitions and meaningless phrases just so people could hear them pray. Imagine the relief when Jesus said to them, “Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” No need to come up with just the right phrase. No need for eloquent speech, or the proper description. No need to worry about explaining things clearly enough to make God fully understand. He told them God already knew their need. God knew.

Do you realize that the same Jesus who sat on the mountain side 2,000 years ago and spoke to the people He loved that day, sits beside you as you read from your computer, loves you just the same, and also says to you, “Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” He knows how much you need someone to understand how frustrating it is when your period starts. He knows how much you need wisdom to know the next step to take in treatment. He knows before you ask Him. He knew you’d need encouragement before you knew. Before you knew you would have a problem with your fertility, He knew you would need encouragement in that area of your life and included the stories of Hannah, Sarah and Elizabeth in His word. He knows what you have need of and He knows the answers to your problem. He walks before you and prepares the way. God knows!

Infertility is a difficult battle, no doubt. There are days when it seems you don’t even know what to pray for. On those days, remember that your Heavenly Father knows what you have need of before you can even ask Him. He has known your need long before you even knew you had a need. He is fully capable of meeting your need, and passionately in love with you enough to work all things for your good.

-Beth Forbus

Thank you so much for sharing this! My heart is full right now!

 

[xxx_faithful]

Often we speak of sadness in times of longing for a child, we focus on what God isn't doing in our lives instead of what he CAN do, what he is a master at. We easily forget the testimonies that God pours out to the once barren, the once infertile.

It is good to be reminded God answers our cries. Weather it is your prayer, my prayer, the lady who had difficulty down the street. He answered. He always answers. God is not on strike. He didn't raise his arms up and say, 'this one is too hard'. He says, 'I can handle it.' To me, that is a God that is big enough for my problems, one that can say, 'I'll take over.' 'You can keep giving up on me, but ill never give up on you.'

More often then not, God looks for the impossible in our lives for him to stand out when he does come through for us. For us to say, it was this technique or that piece of advice, it was the help of that medication, or the assistance of IVF, or finally relaxing about it all or even giving up on ttc. He wants us to say………. I have nothing, it was all God. Yes things can come into play to help us get there, but most of the time it's God whispering to us and guiding us to the next step that will help us get there. It is always God.

Stick to hope. Stick to any testimony, any story that had God working in it, stick to where there is light. Stay equipped with hope, and strength. Don't grow weary… grow in him. Stay beside him. It is us that fall away from him, not the other way around. He is always there.

He HASN'T forgotten you. He is LISTENING. Your prayers are being HEARD. Yes he does want you to be a MOTHER. Yes you are DESERVING to be one. Yes he LOVES you. Yes he is ABLE.

By xxx_faithful

Ok Bec...I get it!!! I guess The Lord really wants to do the impossible in my situation.

Thanks for listening to The Lord and sharing your wonderful messages love ya Bec!

FINALLY !!!!! hehehehe jokes Take in every ounce of revelation you receive from this sweetheart because i truly believe your gift is going to blow your socks off. I won't give up on your little one, i won't stop praying for your womb. And neither will God.

Love ya bucket loads ! XXX

 

[xxx_faithful]

I just stumbled across this thread and I am so excited to go through and read all of the posts! This is probably the best forum that I have seen, sharing in each other's journeys and encouraging each other to grow closer with Christ through all of this! Thank you for this forum!

My husband and I have been trying to conceive baby #1 fir a little over a year. Today I was diagnosed with PCOS and will begin metformin tomorrow morning. I am catiously optimistic! I am excited to finally TTY with the ability to actually conceive!

Welcome Shorty42383,

With all sincerity this thread has been a light onto my path, in times i could not see where i was going. I pray this thread and most importantly the girls on here will provide support and love to you also as you begin this journey with us by your side.

It is exciting to find answers when ttc, glad to hear you were recommended metformin and will begin it shortly. Keep us updated

xxx_faithful

 

[QueenKingfish]

I just stumbled across this thread and I am so excited to go through and read all of the posts! This is probably the best forum that I have seen, sharing in each other's journeys and encouraging each other to grow closer with Christ through all of this! Thank you for this forum!

My husband and I have been trying to conceive baby #1 fir a little over a year. Today I was diagnosed with PCOS and will begin metformin tomorrow morning. I am catiously optimistic! I am excited to finally TTY with the ability to actually conceive!

Sounds like you and I are in about the same spot of the journey make sure you take the Met with a meal! Welcome to the thread!

 

[Godsjewel]

I just stumbled across this thread and I am so excited to go through and read all of the posts! This is probably the best forum that I have seen, sharing in each other's journeys and encouraging each other to grow closer with Christ through all of this! Thank you for this forum!

My husband and I have been trying to conceive baby #1 fir a little over a year. Today I was diagnosed with PCOS and will begin metformin tomorrow morning. I am catiously optimistic! I am excited to finally TTY with the ability to actually conceive!

Welcome My name is Sarah and I'm so glad you joined us. I truly believe you were sent to the thread for a reason and I look forward to sharing this journey with you.