Christian ladies TTC, we can encourage one another.

[steph_466]

I would say about five days now, so shortly after ovulation I think. Thats why I was wondering if it will go away when af shows. But usually by now I have tender nipples from the hormones changing but I have nothing. I have no idea whats going on with my body. I just called and left a message for the doc to call me back, or at least his nurse. Hopefully answer some questions.

 

[uwa_amanda]

Hello everyone...Terribly sorry I haven't posted much lately...been a crazy hectic life for us.

My husband's grandmother is in need of some prayers. She has pneumonia and isn't doing well right now. She was in the hospital for most of the last week before demanding to go home. The doctors have been checking on her everyday at home and giving her medicines and things. Please pray that she comes out of this and gets better.

to each and everyone of you!

 

[xxx_faithful]

Signs

So often we look for signs to get us through, signs that pregnancy is around the corner. Signs that there is nothing wrong with our bodies, a sign that we will get that BFP we had been desiring for.

Time goes on, and God provides and answers our desire... a desire for a sign. We had asked to be pregnant so God answered that we would be.

So you wait... you wait for that BFP, you wait for the month you miss your period, you wait and you wait. You begin to doubt Gods word that you would become a mother, you let doubt sink in and you wonder if he heard you at all.

When we let out hearts become flooded with doubt, Gods word goes out the window. Doubt unlocks those windows and allows all that made us comforted, pass us. So we become cold, and cover ourselves with, 'what is wrong with me' tears… and whatever reasoning we can find to help soothe the pain. We lose hope, and ask God for a sign, once more.

The problem is not with him providing a clear enough sign, but with us hearing him. You see, God already spoke. He spoke in his word about barren bodies and he is today, speaking to you. He has already breathed life into your baby when he said you carry one. Let go of your sorrow, let go of the yearning, and hold onto the one thing that is secure. His word. It is by Gods' word alone we are be confident of having a family.

So… when you are having one of those moments during these holidays, and as 2013 is coming to a close. Hold on to what you know. Hold onto Him.



xxx_faithful

 

[Godsjewel]

Happy New Year!!!!

I can't believe today is the 2yr anniversary of the day I started this thread. God has been so good and I can't wait to see what He has in store for us this year.

Blessings to you all

 

[Kuawen]

Happy New Year!

 

[HisGrace]

Happy New Year!!!

 

[xxx_faithful]

How are you ladies feeling towards 2014? xx


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[Jett55]

I'm feeling excited & can't wait to see what God does this year

 

[ByHisGrace08]

Hello Ladies,

So I started TTC #1 (again) in Nov 13 and I admit it has been stressful!!! (see signature for a snapshot of my history) To help me deal with stress I love to clean and organize so I decided on Dec 30 & Dec 31 to clean out my storage unit (aka Moms basement ha ha) and this led to helping her clean out and organize her garage and attic.

In the midst of all this we found all kinds of relics from my childhood! They have all been lovingly cleaned repacked and lay in wait for my kids to use them. BUT the biggest find of the day was my baby blankets

My mom didn't think she saved them and thought they had been passed on with my crib as she hasn't seen them in 24 years! She cried when she found them she was so happy! As they had all been handmade for me by family! Each one has a story and she told me them all-that was as just special as the blankets.

Since I am trying for a baby of my own she gave them all to me and I have washed them and going to pack them away-hopefully be used very soon!

They are all in amazingly good shape and so soft!

I cant help but think is God trying to tell me not to lose hope...

Blessings & Babydust,

 

[Godsjewel]

Hello Ladies,

So I started TTC #1 (again) in Nov 13 and I admit it has been stressful!!! (see signature for a snapshot of my history) To help me deal with stress I love to clean and organize so I decided on Dec 30 & Dec 31 to clean out my storage unit (aka Moms basement ha ha) and this led to helping her clean out and organize her garage and attic.

In the midst of all this we found all kinds of relics from my childhood! They have all been lovingly cleaned repacked and lay in wait for my kids to use them. BUT the biggest find of the day was my baby blankets

My mom didn't think she saved them and thought they had been passed on with my crib as she hasn't seen them in 24 years! She cried when she found them she was so happy! As they had all been handmade for me by family! Each one has a story and she told me them all-that was as just special as the blankets.

Since I am trying for a baby of my own she gave them all to me and I have washed them and going to pack them away-hopefully be used very soon!

They are all in amazingly good shape and so soft!

I cant help but think is God trying to tell me not to lose hope...

Blessings & Babydust,

That is so awesome that your mom had all that stuff for you to pass onto your future children.


Thank you Lord for those signs that we need at our most desperate times.

 

[Godsjewel]

I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.

Philippians 3:12-14 (The Message)

Christmas is behind us and we begin to set out sights on a brand new year. For some, 2013 has been a difficult one. The thought of leaving behind the hardships of the past 12 months is a welcomed thing! What new sights can we set our eyes on for the coming year?

Infertility can make relationships with friends and family members feel strained at times. Sometimes, because of our seemingly constant struggle with infertility we can even feel as if we have somehow failed Christ with a lack of faith or by feeling angry or weak, and we can begin to feel strained in our relationship with Him. If you have struggled with your relationship with God because you feel as if you have let Him down, or that you haven’t been as strong as you think you should have been, don’t let past failures weigh you down! Don’t give up! Press on with your relationship with Christ.

Another way of putting Philippians 3:13-14 (the NASB version) is forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. If your prayer life has diminished, there is no better time than the beginning of a new year to start fresh . Pray about your infertility again. Ask Him to help you as you face infertility. If you haven’t read your Bible in 3 years, don’t be embarrassed. Let the beginning of a new year be the time you begin to read your Bible again. Read about all the infertile couples whose lives God’s interrupted! Forget the times behind you when you may not have done everything right, and begin fresh and new with this new year.

A great new place to start is with a prayer journal. If infertility has your heart discouraged, it is easy to let your prayer life suffer. If you have prayed for a baby for some time yet the baby has not yet come, it is easy to get discouraged and wonder why you should even ask God for a child. Habakkuk 2:2 says “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who read it may run.” When you are asking God for something, write down your specific request. The obvious thing for anyone who is struggling with infertility is to ask God for a baby. However, there are many other requests along the way. Why not record them as well!

Have you asked God to help you get through the baby shower you have to attend for your sister-in-law? Record that in your prayer journal. Did you get through it? Record that as well. You’ll have a record of how God has answered your prayer and brought you through a difficult time. Your faith will increase. Have you asked God to help you with the results of a specific blood test? Were your numbers good, even if that specific cycle didn’t result in pregnancy? Recording such a request and the results will show you how God is working and moving through your life and will encourage you in dark times! Writing down even the smallest things you ask God for and writing down how He helps you is an easy yet amazing way to remind yourself of God’s hand in your life!

As you write down the requests you make of God, don’t forget to record your praise for Him as well. Realize that much of the book of Psalms in the Bible is just that! A record of praise! Your prayer journal could be your own personal psalms! Record your requests, God’s answers and your praise! What a powerful tool!

An example of what a prayer journal might look like:


Date____3-14-14__________

What I’m asking God for:

God please help me when I go to the meeting at work today. I know Janet will be back from maternity leave today and will probably have pictures of her new baby.

How God helped me:

(3-14-09) I didn’t cry at work.

(3-17-09) I was able to interact with Janet and didn’t feel as jealous as I have before.

(3-18-09) I was feeling really discouraged because I started my period today and Jamie stopped by the office and said she wanted to take me to lunch. I know God sent her by!

Praise

Thank you God for loving me today! It might seem like a little thing to somebody else but it’s a big thing to me that I didn’t lose control at work. Thank you that my boss called me into his office when Janet was walking into the commons area area and I didn’t have to hear all her stories. Thank you for giving me an “out”.

-BF

 

[xxx_faithful]

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[Godsjewel]

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword,

and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow,

and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12

Yesterday we began focusing on new beginnings as we look forward to a new year. Have you begun to write down the prayers you pray about infertility as well as the other things you bring before the throne of grace? Have you decided to make a record of God’s provision for you? What an amazing treasure for you to show your child one day! Imagine what it would be like to present to your son or daughter a written record of the cries of your heart as you made your petitions for a baby. Imagine the faith builder it will be when your child reads your words describing how God answered your prayers--sometimes in obvious answers, sometimes in subtle ways. Such a simple tool to encourage you and generations to follow.

Perhaps one of the easiest aspects of the Christian life to overlook is that of Bible study. Life is busy. Are there ever enough hours in the day? There are so many voices crying out to you telling you what to believe--especially about infertility and God’s role in your life. Does infertility mean it is God’s will for you to never have children? Is it an indicator of a lack of faith or of a past sin in your life? How can you know for sure? Many people will base what they believe on a feeling or on what they have been taught from parents, but do these beliefs line up with the reality of Scripture? Some people can be sincere, but they can be sincerely wrong. The only infallible source of encouragement for you as you face infertility or any other aspect of life is the Word of God--The Bible.

Perhaps the best way to think of it is the view from a sewing room. Yes, a sewing room!

I would love to tell you that I am quite the seamstress, that there are numerous garments hanging in my closest that I have designed and created myself. I’m afraid my computer would burst into flames from the sheer audacity of the lie. I once determined that I would sew a simple garment no matter what. I decided I was intelligent enough to figure out how to do this. I would use a pattern and make it and wear it proudly. I cut out the pattern--sort of. I measured the pieces--kind of. I got my sewing machine ready and stitched everything together--in a way. After a couple of frustrating hours I held up the most pitiful excuse for a garment and started pouting...until I burst out laughing. I had “created” the ugliest, most lop-sided, unusable piece of nothingness I had ever seen. Why? I didn’t use the pattern correctly.

You see, the Bible is much like the sewing pattern I used so incorrectly. I decided the garment I wanted to make needed to be bigger than the pattern allowed, so I cut outside the lines of the pattern. It just didn’t work. The pattern instructed me to sew along a certain line. I thought I knew better. I didn’t. I did things my way and made a royal mess. The garment I made was unusable.

If I had used the pattern correctly, I would have cut away the material outside the lines of the pattern. I would have sewn the seams just where the pattern instructed me to. I would have hemmed where it told me to, made button holes where they were supposed to be. I would have ended up with a beautiful garment. Instead, I ignored the instruction given in the pattern and I ended up with a mess.

Read the Bible more than ever before this year. Just as with a sewing pattern, if anything falls outside the Word of God, cut it away and get rid of it. Do what it tells you to do and you’ll end up with something beautiful. It is because of the stories written within the pages of Scripture that we know God cares about your baby hunger. There are infertility stories all through the Bible--Old Testament and New Testament, and even in the lineage of Christ. If you wonder how God feels about a situation you face, study the Scriptures for your answer. If someone gives you advice, ask what they base their encouragement on. Is it based on Scripture? If so, you cannot go wrong.

The Word of God is living. It is active. It is full of infertility stories. If you need encouragement more than ever before for your journey through infertility, commit to reading God’s Word more than ever before in 2013. Even if you’ve been faithful in reading and studying God’s Word, dive in a little deeper. There are amazing Bible Studies in your local Christian Book stores, and Sarah’s Laughter has Surviving Infertility, a Bible Study specifically focused on what you face as you journey through infertility. Take advantage of the resources available to you and learn all you can about God and His love for you through the love letter He wrote for you. No matter how much you read and study, you can never exhaust all there is to learn about God and His Word.

-BF

 

[Godsjewel]

Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:5



There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--

A time to weep and a time to laugh;

A time to mourn and a time to dance.
Ecclesiastes 1:1, 4

452. That’s how many times the phrase “it came to pass” shows up in the King James version of the Bible! No wonder I’ve heard so many preachers expound on these Scriptures. There are so many of them. I’ve even heard a Christian comedian build an entire set around this one popular Biblical phrase--“it came to pass”!

Do you realize there is great comfort for you in this phrase--“it came to pass”? Today, it probably seems as if your life will consist of nothing more than infertility. You probably believe that for the next 60 years you will know your basal body temperature and exactly how many days has passed since the beginning of your last menstrual cycle. The desire for a child consumes your every waking thought and most of your slumber, and it is almost unimaginable to consider a day when you can face a day without the sting of baby hunger hurting your heart. “It came to pass...”

Infertility is a season in your life. This difficult, hurtful time will not last forever. It has come into your life, and it will pass into your history. God has allowed it to come into your life for a purpose and eventually it will be a part of the story of your life. It will be part of what has made you into the amazing woman or man you are, but believe it or not, it will eventually be a part of your history, not a part of your everyday existence. It’s so hard to see the end of infertility’s story when you are waiting for the results of a blood test or trying your best to decide what step to take next.

If infertility has brought you frustration and tears, remember that it is a season in your life. Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning.

If God has appointed this time in your life to be the season for you to face infertility and the purpose He has for its role in your life, then realize that He also has an appointed time for joy in your life. There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.

How will infertility’s story end? We all dream of the perfect ending of pink and blue bundles of joy at the end of our weeping. We at Sarah’s Laughter pray for babies for you! We ask God to give you the children you so desire and that when you conceive that you are blessed with perfect pregnancies with no miscarriages and no problems in your pregnancies. We ask that He grant you peace and that you can enjoy the full 40 weeks and not be fearful of loss. We ask that He make you godly parents who will raise your children as mighty men and women of God who will make a difference in the kingdom of Heaven.

Even if God chooses to take your story in another direction, whether it is the miraculous completion of your family through adoption or the blessed peace God grants to the couple who trusts Him when there are no children, God will bring you through your experience with infertility. It will not always be as hard as it is today. It came to pass... It has come into your life, but it will pass. God can use infertility in ways you never dreamed possible to reach you and teach you and show you amazing things about Himself. But it has come to pass. This may be your time for weeping, but your time for laughing is coming. You may have had a time for mourning, but you will dance again!

It came to pass!

-BF

 

[xxx_faithful]

- T.D Jakes

The finders are the seekers. The door is opened only to the knockers and the gifts are given to the askers!

Your deliverance will not start in your circumstances; it will always evolve out of your mentality.

The Lord doesn't like pity parties, and those who have them are shocked to find that although He is invited, He seldom attends.

If we don't have the passion to be relentless, then we should leave it alone.

Everyone is already blessed. We often spend hours in prayer trying to convince God that he should bless what we are trying to accomplish. What we need to do is spend hours in prayer for God to reveal His purpose.

Our struggle is in waiting for the appointment we have with destiny. God is a God of order; He does everything by appointment. He has set a predetermined appointment to bring to pass His promise in our lives. An appointment is a meeting already set up. Our comfort is in knowing that we have an appointment with destiny. It is the inner awareness that makes us realise that in spite of temporary circumstances, God has a present time of deliverance.

Feed what you want to live, and starve what you want to die!

I know so well how hard it is to trust Him when you can't trace Him! But that's exactly what He wants you to do-He wants you to trust Him with either hand. It may seem that everybody is passing you right now. Avoid measuring yourself against other people. God knows when the time is right. His methods may seem crude and His teachings laborious, but His results will be simply breathtaking. Without scams and games, without trickery or politics, God will accomplish a supernatural miracle because you trusted Him while He worked on the left side.

 

[me222]

How's everyone going??

 

[steph_466]

My fertility consult went exactly how I thought it would. Time to take a break from clomid for a couple months and just wait. So im on cycle day 14 and no signs of ovulation yet. Kinda bummed out but hoping maybe it will happen tomorrow or the next day? I am however one of those lucky ladies that has swollen lymph nodes on the side I will ovualte out of. So im half confident it will still happen. Trying to keep my hopes up!

Hows everyone else' progress?

 

[Jett55]

4 days until my first baby doc appointment I'm so excited & nervous.

 

[xxx_faithful]

4 days until my first baby doc appointment I'm so excited & nervous.

I can only imagine how you must be feeling!!! So excited for you. Don't wish the pregnancy along too soon, enjoy each week of those 40 because when she/he is here, they grow before your very eyes. And nothing is quite like your first xxxxx

 

[Jett55]

Another girl I go to church with she's due soon said she's jealous of me & I replied I'm jealous of you because you're soo close to meeting your lo & I have sooo long to wait

So a little about my involvement in my church I'm now learning how to work the electronic sign we have. Lots of people drive by the church on a regular basis & oyr church is located basically in the middle of town so updating it is important. I'm very excited & it's very easy but just pray God gives me the knowledge I need to run it & gives me more revelation of things I can put up for others to read & be encouraged.