Christian ladies TTC, we can encourage one another.
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I believe the God that started His work in their lives will definitely accomplish it. Peace and Strength unto them IJN.
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I believe the God that started His work in their lives will definitely accomplish it. Peace and Strength unto them IJN. So happy i found this thread, lets keep trusting the Almighty God who have said that "None shall be barren among us".
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Wow! What a woman of faith to stand on God's word for over 20 years! Praying for that precious child and the family. Please keep us updated.
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ByHisGrace, I'm praying for your friend. 
I've been more of a stalker than actually posting anything. To be quite frank, I feel left out in a large majority of the forums now.
I almost have a sense of being an outsider. It's been a year since my DH and I moved on. I asked God a year ago that if it wasn't His plan for me to be a mother, to remove the desire from my heart. I'm at a loss though. Is asking Him to remove the desire from my heart a way of me not standing on His word? I don't feel the desire there anymore. I'm sure there are women out there who feel like it is God's plan for them to be childless after a several year battle with infertility...right? I'm so confused. Can anyone here refer me to some Bible verses or passages that can give me comfort and reassurance?
My job is still a very stressful place to be. I have had so much work stacked up on me. My husband believes that my anxiety and depression are starting to really strengthen. I am in an emotional mess with everything going on. I had to change doctors for my foot problem because his nurses don't seem to care about me getting things taken care of. I basically have to start over from that. It's been rather frustrating for me lately.
I'm sorry to bring the mood down in this thread. I just don't know who to turn to for advice.
I've been more of a stalker than actually posting anything. To be quite frank, I feel left out in a large majority of the forums now.
I almost have a sense of being an outsider. It's been a year since my DH and I moved on. I asked God a year ago that if it wasn't His plan for me to be a mother, to remove the desire from my heart. I'm at a loss though. Is asking Him to remove the desire from my heart a way of me not standing on His word? I don't feel the desire there anymore. I'm sure there are women out there who feel like it is God's plan for them to be childless after a several year battle with infertility...right? I'm so confused. Can anyone here refer me to some Bible verses or passages that can give me comfort and reassurance? My job is still a very stressful place to be. I have had so much work stacked up on me. My husband believes that my anxiety and depression are starting to really strengthen. I am in an emotional mess with everything going on. I had to change doctors for my foot problem because his nurses don't seem to care about me getting things taken care of. I basically have to start over from that. It's been rather frustrating for me lately.
I'm sorry to bring the mood down in this thread. I just don't know who to turn to for advice.
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My favorite is Jeremiah 29:11, in saying that I have to keep in mind that our plans are not always His plans. I believe that when we pray for things we must pray for His will, not ours be done. I believe, even though I can't understand alot of things, when its said & done I will be exactly where God intends me to be. Its hard to accept what may never come to pass & let it go, I have no advice on that except immerse yourself in His word & spend lots of time on working on your relationship with Him. I pray for all the ladies on these threads, no matter where they are in their Journeys, & will gladly lift you up also. May He bring you peace & guidance on your path & surround you with such love & joy that you can feel His work in your life!
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Asking for some prayers!
We are TTC round 1! We have an 18 year old (my stepson) that lives with us full time. he's recently been causing so much stress in our household! I just want to enjoy this time in our life when hubb y& I are trying to start a family, but it's so so hard!
My son just had his first ever break up with a girl. He has asperger's & just generally does not know how to handle his emotions & he's taking this REALLY REALLY hard! He took out all his anger on us & got his butt grounded for a week. He's really not thinking logically, not eating & is just overall severely depressed & has no motivation to do anything!
Please pray for this situation, for Austin's heart to change towards his situation & our stress level to go down- I'm hoping for a BFP next week!
Thanks all!
We are TTC round 1! We have an 18 year old (my stepson) that lives with us full time. he's recently been causing so much stress in our household! I just want to enjoy this time in our life when hubb y& I are trying to start a family, but it's so so hard!
My son just had his first ever break up with a girl. He has asperger's & just generally does not know how to handle his emotions & he's taking this REALLY REALLY hard! He took out all his anger on us & got his butt grounded for a week. He's really not thinking logically, not eating & is just overall severely depressed & has no motivation to do anything!
Please pray for this situation, for Austin's heart to change towards his situation & our stress level to go down- I'm hoping for a BFP next week!
Thanks all!
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That verse is my favorite one too. I have it in my siggy with my ticker.
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Asking for some prayers!
We are TTC round 1! We have an 18 year old (my stepson) that lives with us full time. he's recently been causing so much stress in our household! I just want to enjoy this time in our life when hubb y& I are trying to start a family, but it's so so hard!
My son just had his first ever break up with a girl. He has asperger's & just generally does not know how to handle his emotions & he's taking this REALLY REALLY hard! He took out he anger on us & got his butt grounded for a week.
Please pray for this situation, I'm hoping for a BFP next week!
Thanks all!
Praying for a BFP for your round 1!
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oh my goodness, what a scary time! How many weeks was she?
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ByHisGrace, I'm praying for your friend.
I've been more of a stalker than actually posting anything. To be quite frank, I feel left out in a large majority of the forums now.
My job is still a very stressful place to be. I have had so much work stacked up on me. My husband believes that my anxiety and depression are starting to really strengthen. I am in an emotional mess with everything going on. I had to change doctors for my foot problem because his nurses don't seem to care about me getting things taken care of. I basically have to start over from that. It's been rather frustrating for me lately.
I'm sorry to bring the mood down in this thread. I just don't know who to turn to for advice.
I'm so sorry to hear of your depression! You are not bringing the mood down, I understand how it helps to have a place to vent & not have to worry about judgement from friends & family!
My husband & I have only been trying this month to have a baby but we've already made a decision ahead of time that if we don't get pregnant after a year, that we are going to stop trying & just adopt several babies, most likely international adoptions! There are so many orphans out there that need loving homes!
I will pray for you to find the right path for your family!
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uwa_amanda - God's plan may be something else right now. Might not be forever, but He may have removed the desire at least temporarily in order to prevent your heart from continuing to break month after month. One book I've been reading lately is really helping me come to grips with some of the issues infertility brings up. The author - at least at the time of the writing - had not had a miraculous healing from her infertility...so she was speaking from a place like many of us.
https://www.amazon.com/Infertility-Finding-Gods-Peace-Journey-Flowers/dp/0736911804
Praying for the pain to be reduced, for you to experience a peace with the circumstance, even for the desire to be taken away puts you in good company. Even Christ asked for another way, but submitted to God's will over His will. It could simply be that God's will is allowing you a season of living without the desire so your desires could become His over yours.
I've been praying for the same thing - the desire to pass - if it's not God's will. I'd rather have a door close where the perfect will of God does not lead than continue on this path. So far, we're in this waiting room - which stinks - but we aren't being led to anything else or away from this. However, God's allowing my pain to reduce over all the new announcements and births.
Praying for you. Have you tried going to counseling for your stress and anxiety? I'm considering it this summer myself.
https://www.amazon.com/Infertility-Finding-Gods-Peace-Journey-Flowers/dp/0736911804
Praying for the pain to be reduced, for you to experience a peace with the circumstance, even for the desire to be taken away puts you in good company. Even Christ asked for another way, but submitted to God's will over His will. It could simply be that God's will is allowing you a season of living without the desire so your desires could become His over yours.
I've been praying for the same thing - the desire to pass - if it's not God's will. I'd rather have a door close where the perfect will of God does not lead than continue on this path. So far, we're in this waiting room - which stinks - but we aren't being led to anything else or away from this. However, God's allowing my pain to reduce over all the new announcements and births.
Praying for you. Have you tried going to counseling for your stress and anxiety? I'm considering it this summer myself.
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Laska, I'll be praying for your situation hun. Blending families is not easy and trying to grow one on the process can make it more difficult.
Amanda, I'll be praying for you too hun. No, you're not alone. Plenty of women ask God to remove the desire when they feel it's just not what God has for them...I did. And no it doesn't mean that you're not trusting God, it means you're human. The ttc battle is a serious struggle and can bring us to a place where we are truly literally exhausted and can't keep going like we have been, hence we say "if this isn't it, then take it away". As far as your foot, good. You need to be somewhere they care, you may have to start over, but at least you'll receive appropriate care, so let's look at that one as problem solved. As far as work, I manage a team of people where they have all been overwhelmed with the amount of work they have and I always tell them "it's just work and it will be here tomorrow...do what you can today and let tomorrow worry about itself". We're supposed to work to the best of our abilities for God's glory, not our own, not our boss, but God. Maybe try to put things im that perspective and work to the best of your abilities in everything for God. I think you'll feel the stress lift as far as work, cause even though your job is pestering you, when you give God your best He is pleased. And in the end that's what we care about, right? Now, as far as everything as a whole, cast your cares upon Him, lay them down and hear me when I say this, DO NOT PICK THEM BACK UP. We pray and ask God to help us and exchange our cross for a lighter one, but we keep going back to drag the heavy one back out! We may run and grow weary, but God will give you strength (help me out ladies, I'm thinking of Isaiah 40 I believe...cant remember the verse number). But take His strength and lean on Him. These thoughts of feeling like you're alone or the only one is nothing but a trick of the devil to keep you in the mindset and spiraling further. You're not the only one, you're not alone...Lord take it all away, the depression, anxiety, anger...anything not of You, remove it Lord. Give our sister a spirit of peace and calm. Renew her Father, renew her spirit. Let her come to You and rest in Your shade. Prepare her for her daily struggles and remind her that you are always there ready and willing to be everything she needs. In Your mighty name. Amen!
Amanda, I'll be praying for you too hun. No, you're not alone. Plenty of women ask God to remove the desire when they feel it's just not what God has for them...I did. And no it doesn't mean that you're not trusting God, it means you're human. The ttc battle is a serious struggle and can bring us to a place where we are truly literally exhausted and can't keep going like we have been, hence we say "if this isn't it, then take it away". As far as your foot, good. You need to be somewhere they care, you may have to start over, but at least you'll receive appropriate care, so let's look at that one as problem solved. As far as work, I manage a team of people where they have all been overwhelmed with the amount of work they have and I always tell them "it's just work and it will be here tomorrow...do what you can today and let tomorrow worry about itself". We're supposed to work to the best of our abilities for God's glory, not our own, not our boss, but God. Maybe try to put things im that perspective and work to the best of your abilities in everything for God. I think you'll feel the stress lift as far as work, cause even though your job is pestering you, when you give God your best He is pleased. And in the end that's what we care about, right? Now, as far as everything as a whole, cast your cares upon Him, lay them down and hear me when I say this, DO NOT PICK THEM BACK UP. We pray and ask God to help us and exchange our cross for a lighter one, but we keep going back to drag the heavy one back out! We may run and grow weary, but God will give you strength (help me out ladies, I'm thinking of Isaiah 40 I believe...cant remember the verse number). But take His strength and lean on Him. These thoughts of feeling like you're alone or the only one is nothing but a trick of the devil to keep you in the mindset and spiraling further. You're not the only one, you're not alone...Lord take it all away, the depression, anxiety, anger...anything not of You, remove it Lord. Give our sister a spirit of peace and calm. Renew her Father, renew her spirit. Let her come to You and rest in Your shade. Prepare her for her daily struggles and remind her that you are always there ready and willing to be everything she needs. In Your mighty name. Amen!
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Thank you ladies for your posts. I felt better after reading your responses. They provided me with the comfort and reassurance that I needed. I guess I was just having a moment of weakness. For that, I apologize. I hope I didn't upset anyone for that. Even though I don't post much, I am glad that I can ask for advice and encouragement. Thank you.
Even though I don't post much, I am glad that I can ask for advice and encouragement. Thank you.
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We care about you. I don't think you being an honest human being necessitates an apology.
Thanks...I appreciate it.
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Amanda; I am so glad that you feel safe to share those kinds of feelings on here! We are all grappling through our own struggles, and each voice and each story helps me see some side that I might be missing.
I have been TTC for over 2 years now, and have no real answers as to why we cannot conceive. I feel like the pain sometimes is bigger than my whole being. I try not to over think, over analyze, over doubt.... but of course I pray all the time to let go of my own will and embrace God's will!
You have responded to me in the past in a way that speaks to my deepest fears, and your words have been wise and full of empathy. This is sometimes all we need. To be reminded that the things we are feeling and experiencing are real, and that we will find ways to move forward.
I really do believe that God has a plan for us all, and part of that plan is our confusion and doubt and wonder, because it leads us to seek a closer relationship with Him.
I have been TTC for over 2 years now, and have no real answers as to why we cannot conceive. I feel like the pain sometimes is bigger than my whole being. I try not to over think, over analyze, over doubt.... but of course I pray all the time to let go of my own will and embrace God's will!
You have responded to me in the past in a way that speaks to my deepest fears, and your words have been wise and full of empathy. This is sometimes all we need. To be reminded that the things we are feeling and experiencing are real, and that we will find ways to move forward.
I really do believe that God has a plan for us all, and part of that plan is our confusion and doubt and wonder, because it leads us to seek a closer relationship with Him.
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I want to share with y'all a blog from a lady in South Carolina with a very unique story. I found this blog a while back somewhere (I can't remember though), but I felt like sharing it with you. This woman is a very inspirational young woman. I admire her strength!
https://ourpeaherpod.wordpress.com/
https://ourpeaherpod.wordpress.com/
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Thank you for sharing this...I really needed to read this blog today.
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Plantar fasciitis. 
My new podiatrist diagnosed my foot problem as plantar fasciitis. One of the most common foot problems out there. He all but laughed when I told him what my first podiatrist did. He asked me if I wanted just his opinion or if I wanted him to treat me. I told him I'd rather him treat me. So...I got some weight bearing X-rays, shown how to do some stretching exercises and proper icing, and was sent home with a soft cast. I took it off last night and my foot hasn't felt this good since March! I still have to wear the little support thing that was wrapped up in the cast thing for the rest of this week, but it feels great. I have to go back in a couple of weeks for a follow up. I'll probably be fitted with some insole things, but that sure beats an operation! The first guy just poked on it, called it a tumor, and gave me two incredibly painful injections before talking surgery. God is so good!!
Hubby and I are getting ready to skip town for the day. We're probably going to do a little shopping. Then tomorrow, we're headed off to his parents house for a Memorial Day cookout. I only work four days this week and four days next week! Our ninth wedding anniversary is June 6th and I'm burning my last vacation day before my work anniversary to spend some time together. I can't wait. We're probably going to a great steakhouse for dinner and maybe catch a movie or something. I am so glad that God brought my husband to me in college. He is definitely a keeper for life!
Sooooooo thankful to be married to him. 
My new podiatrist diagnosed my foot problem as plantar fasciitis. One of the most common foot problems out there. He all but laughed when I told him what my first podiatrist did. He asked me if I wanted just his opinion or if I wanted him to treat me. I told him I'd rather him treat me. So...I got some weight bearing X-rays, shown how to do some stretching exercises and proper icing, and was sent home with a soft cast. I took it off last night and my foot hasn't felt this good since March! I still have to wear the little support thing that was wrapped up in the cast thing for the rest of this week, but it feels great. I have to go back in a couple of weeks for a follow up. I'll probably be fitted with some insole things, but that sure beats an operation! The first guy just poked on it, called it a tumor, and gave me two incredibly painful injections before talking surgery. God is so good!!
Hubby and I are getting ready to skip town for the day. We're probably going to do a little shopping. Then tomorrow, we're headed off to his parents house for a Memorial Day cookout. I only work four days this week and four days next week! Our ninth wedding anniversary is June 6th and I'm burning my last vacation day before my work anniversary to spend some time together. I can't wait. We're probably going to a great steakhouse for dinner and maybe catch a movie or something. I am so glad that God brought my husband to me in college. He is definitely a keeper for life!
Sooooooo thankful to be married to him. 
