Christian ladies TTC, we can encourage one another.

[minimoocow]

I got some time alone so I took a test this morning and it was a BFP. I can't believe it! I started shaking when I saw that and am just so excited. The second line showed up before the control line, hoping that means it's a strong little one inside.

Thank You, Jesus, for this precious gift!

Congrats

What a lovely end to the week!




I'm just planning my sunday school session . . . I have completely free reign to do whatever I want (we don't have a plan or even a theme) which is good but kind of scary at the same time. There are only a handful of youngsters, mostly between 11 and 16 so we're going to listen to Lily Allen's The fear (clean version of course!) and then discuss celebrities and peer pressure finishing off with Matthew 6 19-34 which is my favourite Bible passage. I like to encourage discussion and then take it to the Bible for guidance rather than do Bible study since I think its more applicable to real life that way. Bible study is good but you can be a good theologian without having a faith . . .

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"

 

[Praying4bump]

Hi Ladies,

It’s been a while since I posted on this thread but I have been lurking. I was struggling spiritually, not getting pregnant was my source of frustration with Jesus. I’ve been saved for 14 years, most of my adolescent years and all of my adult life. I’ve never expected that God was going to make life easier and I never expected that my all my prayers would get answered the way I wanted or as fast as I would like. I’ve always tried to use bad things or struggles to get closer to him rather then get angry and turn away. Last year June, we decided to start TTC, what do you know, that very month I started experiencing horrible pain in my ovaries and bad AF type cramps almost every day. I started having frequent UTI’s which also included blood and clots in my urine , which I never had before, TMI ALERT – horrible painful bowel movements, and exaggerated pregnancy symptoms, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, high temps, etc. At least one cyst ruptured causing my pelvic to get inflamed and an infection.

We started the journey of trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I was fortunate enough most of my life, I never really had any health issues (besides an occasional cold, flu, etc). I went to the ER a couple times, I had a CT scan, a Uroscopy, got prescribed different antibiotics. I was seeing my OBGYN every 6 weeks for an ultrasound because I had cyst but he wasn’t really telling me anything or comforting me. The day of my 3rd ultrasound, I walked out of the office and called another OBGYN and scheduled an appt. A week later he, on the first visit, he did an ultrasound but didn’t charge my insurance for it so that he can see what was going on. He explained the type of cyst that I had and he suggested BC for a month or two. A month later , the cysts were gone but I was still having excruciating pain. He suspected that I had endo. I was sad and disappointed but I wasn’t scared because I have a sister with endo and after she had 2 laps she became too fertile (lol). Though I cried, I was so grateful to God that we knew what the issue was. A month and a half later we had the lap and I was diagnosed with severe endo and my ob told us to try for six months on our own and if it didn’t happen, he will refer us to a specialist. We are on month 4. The scary thing is that sometimes I think I feel the endo growing back.

Keep in mind that we started in June 2011, as if the health issues weren’t discouraging enough, 4 close family members got pregnant after we started trying. 1 was an “accident” and 3 got pregnant within 3 months. 3 of the babies are beautiful and healthy and the 4th will be here shortly. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy for all of them with all my heart and I prayed all the time for them to have a healthy happy 9 months and delivery, which they all have thus far.

My struggle was with the fact that I had this desire for something that didn’t seem like it is supposed to be for me. I questioned my faith and God’s existence…that was the hardest part because I have never questioned my faith and I was so ashamed for doing so. I stopped reading my bible daily, I stopped reading morning messages about God. I even justified not going to church because I just wanted to be mad enough that God would hear me (Lol). I wanted to force him into submission, sad huh! Thank God he doesn’t give up on us!! God made me realize that throughout this process of ttc, he was giving me what I had already believed and feared…that I was infertile. The strongest, oldest fear for me since I was about 18 years old was that I would not be able to get pregnant and have a baby. I even convinced myself that I would be just as happy adopting (I still want to one day). I didn’t expect to have this overwhelming desire to also have a child that is part of me and my husband, the desire to feel a life growing inside me. Even before this process begin, I had more faith in not getting pregnant then in what God can do, what he did for Sarah, Rebekah and Rachel.

I understand now that I must work on my faith in him and trust his timing and let go of my fears. I’d love to end this testimony stating that I’m pregnant but I’m not (lol). As much as I want to get pregnant, I don’t want God to reward my faithlessness and fear. AF is due today and I’m okay with that. I wanted to share my testimony. I know it will happen when he feels the time is right. Lord, I pray that you continue to use my struggles to get closer to you so that I can better serve you all the days of my life. AMEN.

Baby dust ladies!!! I'm praying for you!!

You are so precious hun! Thank you for not being afraid to share your story with us and I’m sure most of us have been in your shoes.

I too have endometriosis and had a lap done 2 years ago and another last October. I had moderate endo and this last time the doctor was very optimistic saying he got all the endo, scar tissue and cysts and I was all cleaned up and didn’t see a reason why I wouldn’t get pregnant within the next couple of months after the surgery. Like you, I wish I could announce I was pregnant, but I am currently on my 9 month after surgery and on my period.

God has a plan that we can’t see and one day, when it’s revealed to us, we are going to rejoice in His perfect timing.

Know we are all here for you and it’s ok to go through the ups and downs of ttc, we are human and have hearts that yearn to be a mother and that will sometimes drive us crazy. Keep your faith in the Father and all things will work for good.

Thank you! You should also know that my sister suffered with endo since she was a teenager. She tried for many years to conceive and when she did, she would miscarry or have to terminate. She also had two laps before finally carrying to term. And she just had her 4th healthy child.

 

[Praying4bump]

Hi Ladies,

It’s been a while since I posted on this thread but I have been lurking. I was struggling spiritually, not getting pregnant was my source of frustration with Jesus. I’ve been saved for 14 years, most of my adolescent years and all of my adult life. I’ve never expected that God was going to make life easier and I never expected that my all my prayers would get answered the way I wanted or as fast as I would like. I’ve always tried to use bad things or struggles to get closer to him rather then get angry and turn away. Last year June, we decided to start TTC, what do you know, that very month I started experiencing horrible pain in my ovaries and bad AF type cramps almost every day. I started having frequent UTI’s which also included blood and clots in my urine , which I never had before, TMI ALERT – horrible painful bowel movements, and exaggerated pregnancy symptoms, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, high temps, etc. At least one cyst ruptured causing my pelvic to get inflamed and an infection.

We started the journey of trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I was fortunate enough most of my life, I never really had any health issues (besides an occasional cold, flu, etc). I went to the ER a couple times, I had a CT scan, a Uroscopy, got prescribed different antibiotics. I was seeing my OBGYN every 6 weeks for an ultrasound because I had cyst but he wasn’t really telling me anything or comforting me. The day of my 3rd ultrasound, I walked out of the office and called another OBGYN and scheduled an appt. A week later he, on the first visit, he did an ultrasound but didn’t charge my insurance for it so that he can see what was going on. He explained the type of cyst that I had and he suggested BC for a month or two. A month later , the cysts were gone but I was still having excruciating pain. He suspected that I had endo. I was sad and disappointed but I wasn’t scared because I have a sister with endo and after she had 2 laps she became too fertile (lol). Though I cried, I was so grateful to God that we knew what the issue was. A month and a half later we had the lap and I was diagnosed with severe endo and my ob told us to try for six months on our own and if it didn’t happen, he will refer us to a specialist. We are on month 4. The scary thing is that sometimes I think I feel the endo growing back.

Keep in mind that we started in June 2011, as if the health issues weren’t discouraging enough, 4 close family members got pregnant after we started trying. 1 was an “accident” and 3 got pregnant within 3 months. 3 of the babies are beautiful and healthy and the 4th will be here shortly. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy for all of them with all my heart and I prayed all the time for them to have a healthy happy 9 months and delivery, which they all have thus far.

My struggle was with the fact that I had this desire for something that didn’t seem like it is supposed to be for me. I questioned my faith and God’s existence…that was the hardest part because I have never questioned my faith and I was so ashamed for doing so. I stopped reading my bible daily, I stopped reading morning messages about God. I even justified not going to church because I just wanted to be mad enough that God would hear me (Lol). I wanted to force him into submission, sad huh! Thank God he doesn’t give up on us!! God made me realize that throughout this process of ttc, he was giving me what I had already believed and feared…that I was infertile. The strongest, oldest fear for me since I was about 18 years old was that I would not be able to get pregnant and have a baby. I even convinced myself that I would be just as happy adopting (I still want to one day). I didn’t expect to have this overwhelming desire to also have a child that is part of me and my husband, the desire to feel a life growing inside me. Even before this process begin, I had more faith in not getting pregnant then in what God can do, what he did for Sarah, Rebekah and Rachel.

I understand now that I must work on my faith in him and trust his timing and let go of my fears. I’d love to end this testimony stating that I’m pregnant but I’m not (lol). As much as I want to get pregnant, I don’t want God to reward my faithlessness and fear. AF is due today and I’m okay with that. I wanted to share my testimony. I know it will happen when he feels the time is right. Lord, I pray that you continue to use my struggles to get closer to you so that I can better serve you all the days of my life. AMEN.

Baby dust ladies!!! I'm praying for you!!

Wow thank you so much for sharing your story and for your honesty. I guess we don't always understand why things do & don't happen, but at the heart of it is laying it down and handing it to God - really easily said, and not so easily done! I think that the journey that you've been on and how you have used it to get closer to Him is so awesome. Thank you so much for sharing and praying big blessings for you and that you would just know so much His hand on your life, I pray protection over that sense of closeness that in the hard times, He is still right by your side. You're so precious to Him and He loves you so much. Big blessings & thanks for blessing me with your story & sharing your experience xx

Thank you!

 

[Praying4bump]

hi ladies,

it’s been a while since i posted on this thread but i have been lurking. I was struggling spiritually, not getting pregnant was my source of frustration with jesus. I’ve been saved for 14 years, most of my adolescent years and all of my adult life. I’ve never expected that god was going to make life easier and i never expected that my all my prayers would get answered the way i wanted or as fast as i would like. I’ve always tried to use bad things or struggles to get closer to him rather then get angry and turn away. Last year june, we decided to start ttc, what do you know, that very month i started experiencing horrible pain in my ovaries and bad af type cramps almost every day. I started having frequent uti’s which also included blood and clots in my urine , which i never had before, tmi alert – horrible painful bowel movements, and exaggerated pregnancy symptoms, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, high temps, etc. At least one cyst ruptured causing my pelvic to get inflamed and an infection.

We started the journey of trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I was fortunate enough most of my life, i never really had any health issues (besides an occasional cold, flu, etc). I went to the er a couple times, i had a ct scan, a uroscopy, got prescribed different antibiotics. I was seeing my obgyn every 6 weeks for an ultrasound because i had cyst but he wasn’t really telling me anything or comforting me. The day of my 3rd ultrasound, i walked out of the office and called another obgyn and scheduled an appt. A week later he, on the first visit, he did an ultrasound but didn’t charge my insurance for it so that he can see what was going on. He explained the type of cyst that i had and he suggested bc for a month or two. A month later , the cysts were gone but i was still having excruciating pain. He suspected that i had endo. I was sad and disappointed but i wasn’t scared because i have a sister with endo and after she had 2 laps she became too fertile (lol). Though i cried, i was so grateful to god that we knew what the issue was. A month and a half later we had the lap and i was diagnosed with severe endo and my ob told us to try for six months on our own and if it didn’t happen, he will refer us to a specialist. We are on month 4. The scary thing is that sometimes i think i feel the endo growing back.

Keep in mind that we started in june 2011, as if the health issues weren’t discouraging enough, 4 close family members got pregnant after we started trying. 1 was an “accident” and 3 got pregnant within 3 months. 3 of the babies are beautiful and healthy and the 4th will be here shortly. Don’t get me wrong, i am happy for all of them with all my heart and i prayed all the time for them to have a healthy happy 9 months and delivery, which they all have thus far.

My struggle was with the fact that i had this desire for something that didn’t seem like it is supposed to be for me. I questioned my faith and god’s existence…that was the hardest part because i have never questioned my faith and i was so ashamed for doing so. I stopped reading my bible daily, i stopped reading morning messages about god. I even justified not going to church because i just wanted to be mad enough that god would hear me (lol). I wanted to force him into submission, sad huh! Thank god he doesn’t give up on us!! God made me realize that throughout this process of ttc, he was giving me what i had already believed and feared…that i was infertile. The strongest, oldest fear for me since i was about 18 years old was that i would not be able to get pregnant and have a baby. I even convinced myself that i would be just as happy adopting (i still want to one day). I didn’t expect to have this overwhelming desire to also have a child that is part of me and my husband, the desire to feel a life growing inside me. Even before this process begin, i had more faith in not getting pregnant then in what god can do, what he did for sarah, rebekah and rachel.

I understand now that i must work on my faith in him and trust his timing and let go of my fears. I’d love to end this testimony stating that i’m pregnant but i’m not (lol). As much as i want to get pregnant, i don’t want god to reward my faithlessness and fear. Af is due today and i’m okay with that. I wanted to share my testimony. I know it will happen when he feels the time is right. Lord, i pray that you continue to use my struggles to get closer to you so that i can better serve you all the days of my life. Amen.

Baby dust ladies!!! I'm praying for you!!

welcome back sis! Thank you for sharing your testimony I'll pray for you and the healing of your body. Nothing is impossible for the great physician!! We have to rest in him and trust that he has this all figured out. It's not always the easiest thing, but he makes it worth it

amen!!!

 

[beckysprayer]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone!

I'm keeping all of you in my prayers and can't wait for the next BFPs to come through

 

[Shellvz]

My husband and I went forward for prayer at Church yesterday. This is the first time I have gone forward to pray specifically for a baby. I burst into tears. Obviously there is more grief under the surface than I realised at not getting pregnant.

It probably didn't help that my period started that morning and I had been to a baby shower the day before.

So - cycle 5 has begun and I am feeling fragile but aware that God does hear our prayers and our cries. I know that He has His plan and it will all make sense in retrospect.

 

[xxx_faithful]

xxx_faithful- CONGRATULATIONS!! I will be praying for a healthy pregnancy for you.

I have been hanging over in the starting clomid thread, I started a 50 mg dose yesterday. Please pray for me, I had a job interview today and go for another one on Monday. I am hoping that one of these will end in a job offer, I would really like to move into a full time job. Thanks in advance for your prayers

Hi Sweety,

I will be praying for you as you go through your first cycle of clomid. It can be a little daunting at first to remember all the steps the Dr says to take but you get the hang of it. The more you get to know your body ie: your cervical mucous and when your ovulating it all helps to stay calm knowing your doing everything right so you can enjoy your time trying.
You know 50mg of serophene/clomid was all it took me with my first initial pregnancy. Is your husband taking any supplements to boost his s/ count? Remember to have folic acid at hand, incase you may need it shortly

 

[xxx_faithful]

Hi Ladies,

It’s been a while since I posted on this thread but I have been lurking. I was struggling spiritually, not getting pregnant was my source of frustration with Jesus. I’ve been saved for 14 years, most of my adolescent years and all of my adult life. I’ve never expected that God was going to make life easier and I never expected that my all my prayers would get answered the way I wanted or as fast as I would like. I’ve always tried to use bad things or struggles to get closer to him rather then get angry and turn away. Last year June, we decided to start TTC, what do you know, that very month I started experiencing horrible pain in my ovaries and bad AF type cramps almost every day. I started having frequent UTI’s which also included blood and clots in my urine , which I never had before, TMI ALERT – horrible painful bowel movements, and exaggerated pregnancy symptoms, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, high temps, etc. At least one cyst ruptured causing my pelvic to get inflamed and an infection.

We started the journey of trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I was fortunate enough most of my life, I never really had any health issues (besides an occasional cold, flu, etc). I went to the ER a couple times, I had a CT scan, a Uroscopy, got prescribed different antibiotics. I was seeing my OBGYN every 6 weeks for an ultrasound because I had cyst but he wasn’t really telling me anything or comforting me. The day of my 3rd ultrasound, I walked out of the office and called another OBGYN and scheduled an appt. A week later he, on the first visit, he did an ultrasound but didn’t charge my insurance for it so that he can see what was going on. He explained the type of cyst that I had and he suggested BC for a month or two. A month later , the cysts were gone but I was still having excruciating pain. He suspected that I had endo. I was sad and disappointed but I wasn’t scared because I have a sister with endo and after she had 2 laps she became too fertile (lol). Though I cried, I was so grateful to God that we knew what the issue was. A month and a half later we had the lap and I was diagnosed with severe endo and my ob told us to try for six months on our own and if it didn’t happen, he will refer us to a specialist. We are on month 4. The scary thing is that sometimes I think I feel the endo growing back.

Keep in mind that we started in June 2011, as if the health issues weren’t discouraging enough, 4 close family members got pregnant after we started trying. 1 was an “accident” and 3 got pregnant within 3 months. 3 of the babies are beautiful and healthy and the 4th will be here shortly. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy for all of them with all my heart and I prayed all the time for them to have a healthy happy 9 months and delivery, which they all have thus far.

My struggle was with the fact that I had this desire for something that didn’t seem like it is supposed to be for me. I questioned my faith and God’s existence…that was the hardest part because I have never questioned my faith and I was so ashamed for doing so. I stopped reading my bible daily, I stopped reading morning messages about God. I even justified not going to church because I just wanted to be mad enough that God would hear me (Lol). I wanted to force him into submission, sad huh! Thank God he doesn’t give up on us!! God made me realize that throughout this process of ttc, he was giving me what I had already believed and feared…that I was infertile. The strongest, oldest fear for me since I was about 18 years old was that I would not be able to get pregnant and have a baby. I even convinced myself that I would be just as happy adopting (I still want to one day). I didn’t expect to have this overwhelming desire to also have a child that is part of me and my husband, the desire to feel a life growing inside me. Even before this process begin, I had more faith in not getting pregnant then in what God can do, what he did for Sarah, Rebekah and Rachel.

I understand now that I must work on my faith in him and trust his timing and let go of my fears. I’d love to end this testimony stating that I’m pregnant but I’m not (lol). As much as I want to get pregnant, I don’t want God to reward my faithlessness and fear. AF is due today and I’m okay with that. I wanted to share my testimony. I know it will happen when he feels the time is right. Lord, I pray that you continue to use my struggles to get closer to you so that I can better serve you all the days of my life. AMEN.

Baby dust ladies!!! I'm praying for you!!

Praying4bump

I'm so sorry you have gone through all that you have gone through. It's not easy AT ALL! The testings and endo can be a real damper on your faith, esp for us girls that have known God for so many years. You sound like me how i was feeling this month. I was SO angry at God, and just wanted to ignore my best-friend I also stopped reading my bible and going to church every weekend in hope he would answer me (isn't it funny the things we try and do to get his attention?)

Thankyou for taking the time to share with us your pain and thoughts.

I feel hurt just as much as you when i read your words about close friends around you conceiving. I know the pain, and it hurts so much. As much as you want to be happy for them and their joy, your pain is bigger.

Dear Lord Father, I pray that this dear child of God will open her heart to you so that you can open her eyes to the glories of your Kingdom. Enable her to feel your presence and fall in love with you again. Allow her to express her fears to you while handing them all over to the one that knows best. Please create such an intimacy with her and her husband that the focus will not be on TTC but focusing on you, so that you can in your wonderful plan bless her with ALL her desires. Show her that you love her, and may she continue to be encouraged by those around her through this difficult time.

Xx

 

[xxx_faithful]

I got some time alone so I took a test this morning and it was a BFP. I can't believe it! I started shaking when I saw that and am just so excited. The second line showed up before the control line, hoping that means it's a strong little one inside.

Thank You, Jesus, for this precious gift!

Congrats to you beckysprayer!! Is this your first bubba? Please keep us updated precious and may you continue to praise him through this journey xxxxxx

 

[me222]

Wow! Congrats to those who got their BFPS!!! VERY EXCITING! Praying for a safe pregnancy and healthy delivery for you both.
Sara- I am so for natural medicine - incl. juicing. We recently bought a juicer (a couple of months ago) and have been juicing beet, carrot, and apple juice. I need to do it everyday though. I've read it can definitely help with infertility and break down cysts. Really get rid of toxins, etc.
What other natural things have other people done to increase fertility as well as just improve your health?

We have herbs to cleanse our bodies of parasites and toxins (this has helped so so much for both of us and really improved my periods each month- making them not so painful or me so sick), we've started buying organic fruit n veg (started this a couple of months ago), take maca root plus evening primrose oil, taking royal jelly, using more natural cleaners (mainly using vinegar), exercising more. We need to do a lot of these more regularly though- the exercising, taking maca, etc.
Any tips on improving our health from others?
I'm really considering cutting out caffiene since I've read cutting it out can really improve fertility. Also, just to improve general health. In researchign and reading about fertility, cutting out caffiene seems to keep coming up so maybe God is leading me to do so?

Please pray for wisdom for my husband and I on what else we should do. We haven't sought professional help regarding ttc (been ttc since Feb last year)- but are considering seeing a naturopath. We don't want to go down the western medical way.
Praying for wisdom for all of us and that we will focus on Jesus more than ttc.

 

[xxx_faithful]

This short story was inspired by a baby book I was given and began to write in, though felt saddened of the thought of rubbing away what I had previously written in days of full anticipation and excitement. It felt like I would be erasing the only memories I had, erasing her as if she was never here at all and didn't matter. When the truth is, she was just as much of a person as you and I. With her tiny heartbeat that once beated inside my tummy, she will be remembered always.

My Short Story

After miscarrying at 10.5wks, to what would have been my first, it was important that we tried again for a baby pretty much straight away. After hesitantly listening to my sisters advice, "You need to respect your body with what it has just gone through. Show it love, give it time to heal." From those words alone I knew I had to painfully refocus my attention back on myself, and begin along the path of self-healing. Little did I know I began the path of self-discovery.

I tried everything from colonics to detoxes, eliminating diets to exchanging my much loved high impact cardio classes to gentle swimming, steam rooms and meditation. For the next several months it was as if I had went into my own hand made, self-inflicted man cave and only came up for air when I felt it was completely necessary. I refrained from seeing certain friends, mums with toddlers, babies, anyone that was remotely close to trying for one! I washed all my vegies with vinegar, took supplements to decrease copper toxicity from water pipes, and even went as far as seeing a psychologist to a spiritualist. You name it, I had tried it.

I would reminisce over and over each month how far along I would be, the size my belly would of been, when it would of begun to kick. Being around people would continually remind me of what I just went through, and if they didn’t ask me how I felt, I would soon remind them. I felt like it took 5 whole months of crying out to God, asking God, and back to crying out to God at why I had to go through this. It was as if I felt I had gone through so much in my life already God couldn't possibly allow anything more to happen to me. He knew I was a genuinely good person, went out of my way to help those in need, and spent my entire life from a child devoted to him. But at the end of the day I’ve learnt, it wasn’t if I deserved it or not, it wasn’t if I had done something wrong in his eyes, it wasn’t down to his love for me. But what he wanted me to learn .. what he wanted to show me.

After the tantrums, the tears, and the self-indulged pity, one thing I know for sure was God never and I mean never left my side. Right after the first initial ache in my abdomen, he placed an immense, an indescribable blanket of love that covered my entire body from the top of my head to the tip of my purple coloured toes. Never in my life have I felt so much of his love through the deepest of pain. It was un-denying that he loved me.

I remember lying on my back on the shower floor with boiling shower water beaming down on my stomach, which was by then the only thing that numbed the pain of my cervix bone feeling like it was breaking. Lying there whilst water began to rise up around me, I was oblivious to realise what was clogging the drain was that which was leaving my body.

To this day I don't know if I can say I fully understand the reasons for his ways or his un-willingness to interfere and save my potential loss. But what a very wise friend once said to me is, "Sometimes you won't always know at the time the reason why things happen, but just accept that one day you will."

God has shaped me, tested me, taught me, tried me, convicted me. He has comforted me, protected me, cleansed me, purified me, cherished me.

I stand here again before my father with a blessing in my womb. I do not know what the days will bring me, nor have I learnt that I want to. But if there's any way I should stand, is it’s through the strength, courage and comfort of the one that knows me best.
Our father is the creator of love. May we never doubt his love through the tears. His love is intangible, unchangeable, everlasting.

xxx_faithful

Thank you so much for sharing this, you are awesome! I'm so inspired by your strength and faithfulness. Bless you and breaking off any sense of worry for you in Jesus name, Holy Spirit bring your supernatural peace that she may know your touch at this special time in her life. I just pray joy, happiness and blessings for you xx

for you InChristAlone, I am SO happy you were touched by this story of mine. I must not waste my pain, but use it in every way i can.

These words were written when i was at my most delicate, at my most vulnerable. It was one of the hardest realisations i had come to face. I was at the turning point of my past and my future, and i knew it was important if not crucial that i let go and give it ALL to God, in order to cross over into the supernatural. He had a higher purpose for me and i was terrified. Because we are not in control we feel not at ease. But little do we know, it's the most comforting feeling knowing we dont NEED to be in control, we really don't. God is, and that is where we need him to be in our lives.

It is in our most broken being that God can re-shape and build us like never before.

 

[xxx_faithful]

Wow! Congrats to those who got their BFPS!!! VERY EXCITING! Praying for a safe pregnancy and healthy delivery for you both.
Sara- I am so for natural medicine - incl. juicing. We recently bought a juicer (a couple of months ago) and have been juicing beet, carrot, and apple juice. I need to do it everyday though. I've read it can definitely help with infertility and break down cysts. Really get rid of toxins, etc.
What other natural things have other people done to increase fertility as well as just improve your health?

We have herbs to cleanse our bodies of parasites and toxins (this has helped so so much for both of us and really improved my periods each month- making them not so painful or me so sick), we've started buying organic fruit n veg (started this a couple of months ago), take maca root plus evening primrose oil, taking royal jelly, using more natural cleaners (mainly using vinegar), exercising more. We need to do a lot of these more regularly though- the exercising, taking maca, etc.
Any tips on improving our health from others?
I'm really considering cutting out caffiene since I've read cutting it out can really improve fertility. Also, just to improve general health. In researchign and reading about fertility, cutting out caffiene seems to keep coming up so maybe God is leading me to do so?

Please pray for wisdom for my husband and I on what else we should do. We haven't sought professional help regarding ttc (been ttc since Feb last year)- but are considering seeing a naturopath. We don't want to go down the western medical way.
Praying for wisdom for all of us and that we will focus on Jesus more than ttc.

Kudos to you for trying the alternate way wooohoooo. I studied Nutritional Medicine so superfoods and natural remedies are my secret treasures too
Depends how far you want to take your health, everyone take their health to various heights. Some have a relaxed view while others take it very seriously lol.
I on the other hand choose to eat the way I do not by intolerance or sensitivities (though I do have a slight sensitivity to some foods) but that I feel a remarkable different to my everyday life (and have lost more weight eating this way then ever before)

Here is a list of Superfoods I take (I don’t take all of these every day but I definitely take them consistently)

• Bee pollen - antioxidants
• Goji berries - antioxidants
• Chia seeds – essential fatty acids
• Maca powder/maca root –hormone balance/ sex drive
• Chaste tree/vitex – hormone balance/regulates cycles (ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND)
• Spirulina -energy
• Pyssilum husk – digestion (ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND daily)
• Apple cider vinegar – forms good bacteria in stomach, balances stomach acidity
• Olive leaf extract – strengthens immune
• Licorice root tea – rids ovarian cysts

*Please note: maca powder, chaste tree and pyssilum helps balance hormones for pregnancy but not recommended when you become pregnant


I also …
• Eliminate caffeine
• Eliminate alcohol
• Bath body in magnesium salts/ epsom salts – helps relax nerves and calm central nervous system (helps relax mind)
• Eat a gluten free/ unprocessed diet (nothing from packets or canned, all raw & live foods
• Watch comedies, hang around friends who make you LAUGH, UNDERSTAND your fertility
• Don’t speak to people who wouldn’t understand, don’t tell in-laws (lol)
• Planting ideas for your nursery & scrapbooking (this is just as important as anything as you self-loathing your mind eliminating self doubt, fear and worry. We have to proclaim what we believe will be)
• Make playtime exciting! teehee

That is it for now hehehe. Hope it helps! xx

 

[Godsjewel]

No longer shall your name be called Abram,
But your name shall be Abraham;
For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:5

You’ve really got a problem!

Whether you have battled infertility for many years or you have just now begun to suspect that it may take you longer than you hoped to have a baby, pregnancy delayed is a real problem! People around you will tell you to “just relax” or minimize your hurt by telling you how difficult their children are and how lucky you are. Most of the fertile world doesn’t have a clue as to how difficult a life colored by infertility really is. You are so tired of the constant struggle for fertility and sanity. When will this problem ever end?

Well friend, here’s the good news. Your problem is already solved!

Go look at the best known infertility story in the Bible, the tale of Sarah and Abraham. After years of waiting on God’s promise of a biological child, this godly couple still had no baby to hold, no child to love, no youth left in their bodies. I’ll bet they didn’t have a clue why God was making them wait. They probably didn’t understand why all their servants had tents full of babies, yet they remained childless. They knew what it felt like to weep through the long, lonely, quiet nights. What they didn’t know was that their infertility problem had already been solved!

Until the age of 99, Abraham was actually named Abram, and his wife’s name was Sarai. God promised them a child 24 years prior, but there was still no baby. However, their lives were about to make a dramatic shift. God interrupted Abram’s life and changed it forever. He reiterated His promise that He would give Abram and Sarai a son, no matter their age. (Did a hear a rousing ‘hallelujah!’ from some of you?) Not only did God remind Abram of His promise to give him a baby, He gave him a new name. No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. God didn’t forget Sarai. He told Abraham that his old bride’s new name was Sarah, and that she would be the mother of kings. God changed everything about them--even their names.

There is one thing that I want you to notice today. It is found in the message God gave this godly--still infertile--couple: “For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations...” Notice anything? That’s right! God spoke in the past tense. He had already solved Abraham and Sarah’s infertility problem before they even knew their desire for a child would be delayed.

What does that speak to you in your current childlessness? God has already got your problem solved. He doesn’t scratch His holy head, wondering how in the world He’ll bring you through to the resolution of your infertility. God had your problem solved before you ever even drew your first breath. Remember that God lives in eternity, and we live in a world bound by time. He is not confined by the turning of calendar pages. You can rest in the assurance that just as He did for Sarah and Abraham, God has had your problem solved for you, before He ever walked with you to the realization that infertility would play a role in the life He lovingly designed for you.

 

[beckysprayer]

I got some time alone so I took a test this morning and it was a BFP. I can't believe it! I started shaking when I saw that and am just so excited. The second line showed up before the control line, hoping that means it's a strong little one inside.

Thank You, Jesus, for this precious gift!

Congrats to you beckysprayer!! Is this your first bubba? Please keep us updated precious and may you continue to praise him through this journey xxxxxx

Yep, it's my first . I'm really worried about miscarrying because well I just always worry about everything...but I'm trying to push the fears aside and trust in the Lord. He is good so there's nothing to fear!

 

[BRK06]

It's not really about TTC, but I felt it was a valid message!



*

"See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands." Isaiah 49:16a (NLT)

How can we know for sure God is thinking about us today? There are so many people in this world, why would He be personally interested in us?

Not so long ago I was affected by something a pastor and his wife shared with me as we drove through the neighborhoods where they do inner-city missions work. Old cars littered the streets; warehouses with windows broken out were slashed by obscene graffiti, while unemployed men and women sat around lifelessly. The air was heavy with a lack of hope.

The pastor told me stories of his ministry in this area, working with the homeless and those with mental illness. One day, after he had preached a short sermon in a park about God's great love, a woman named Mae came up to him with drug-deadened eyes that couldn't hide her anguish. From Mae's story, it was clear she had been looking for love her whole life and had never found it.

She was abandoned by her father, had lived in poverty, been surrounded by drugs and alcohol from the earliest age, dropped out of school when she had several children by different fathers, and was now probably in her thirties with no life or hope.

She told the pastor, "I just don't know how God can love me." She felt small, lost in a sea of despair. How could God ever see her, know her, love her?

The pastor noticed she had written many notes to herself on the palm of her left hand and asked, "Why do you do that?"

"So I can remember things. I have such a hard time remembering things."

"Does that help?"

"Yes. If I have it on a piece of paper, I'll probably forget to look at it. But with the really important things, when it's written there, it's right in front of me so I see it and remember. I can't lose it or forget it."

The pastor looked at her with compassion. "Sister, that is what God says about you in the Bible. 'See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.' Mae, that means He's written your name on His hands. You are the really important thing to Him."

He took her hand and pointed to line after line of notes on her palm. "Just like these notes are right in front of you, God has your name always in front of Him. He is always thinking about you. Mae, an image of you is always on His mind. He loves you that much."

Mae burst into tears; great sobs released as she grasped the concept of how much God adored her. Not because she had done anything good, and in spite of everything she had done wrong. God had written her name on His hand.

We can hold onto that promise too.

Isn't it an amazing, glorious, freeing thing to realize God has our name engraved on His hand? He really sees us, cares about us, and knows us by name!

Dear Lord, I am constantly amazed at how great You are and yet still You remember me. It is amazing that You not only remember me, but You have engraved me on Your hand. Thank You for that assurance. Help me remember this truth on the days where I feel forgotten and unloved. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

 

[Just_married]

Hi ladies,

I haven't been on this thread much at all lately. Feeling super sensitive about everything since hsg. Every relative/friend seems to either give me unwanted 'advice' (e.g. Yesterday got a text saying I should be being positive & I 'just need to try harder') or ask personal questions in public (big cousin in asda 'have you not got her pregnant yet? To dh).

I'm an optimistic person, but sensitive, so it's taking a lot to keep believing that despite my age and only having one working tube, I will give dh the baby he desires so much.

I'd appreciate prayers, cos no other natural being can lift this from me.

Thanks guys x

 

[Godsjewel]

It's not really about TTC, but I felt it was a valid message!



*

"See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands." Isaiah 49:16a (NLT)

How can we know for sure God is thinking about us today? There are so many people in this world, why would He be personally interested in us?

Not so long ago I was affected by something a pastor and his wife shared with me as we drove through the neighborhoods where they do inner-city missions work. Old cars littered the streets; warehouses with windows broken out were slashed by obscene graffiti, while unemployed men and women sat around lifelessly. The air was heavy with a lack of hope.

The pastor told me stories of his ministry in this area, working with the homeless and those with mental illness. One day, after he had preached a short sermon in a park about God's great love, a woman named Mae came up to him with drug-deadened eyes that couldn't hide her anguish. From Mae's story, it was clear she had been looking for love her whole life and had never found it.

She was abandoned by her father, had lived in poverty, been surrounded by drugs and alcohol from the earliest age, dropped out of school when she had several children by different fathers, and was now probably in her thirties with no life or hope.

She told the pastor, "I just don't know how God can love me." She felt small, lost in a sea of despair. How could God ever see her, know her, love her?

The pastor noticed she had written many notes to herself on the palm of her left hand and asked, "Why do you do that?"

"So I can remember things. I have such a hard time remembering things."

"Does that help?"

"Yes. If I have it on a piece of paper, I'll probably forget to look at it. But with the really important things, when it's written there, it's right in front of me so I see it and remember. I can't lose it or forget it."

The pastor looked at her with compassion. "Sister, that is what God says about you in the Bible. 'See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.' Mae, that means He's written your name on His hands. You are the really important thing to Him."

He took her hand and pointed to line after line of notes on her palm. "Just like these notes are right in front of you, God has your name always in front of Him. He is always thinking about you. Mae, an image of you is always on His mind. He loves you that much."

Mae burst into tears; great sobs released as she grasped the concept of how much God adored her. Not because she had done anything good, and in spite of everything she had done wrong. God had written her name on His hand.

We can hold onto that promise too.

Isn't it an amazing, glorious, freeing thing to realize God has our name engraved on His hand? He really sees us, cares about us, and knows us by name!

Dear Lord, I am constantly amazed at how great You are and yet still You remember me. It is amazing that You not only remember me, but You have engraved me on Your hand. Thank You for that assurance. Help me remember this truth on the days where I feel forgotten and unloved. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

This was beautiful, thanks sis

 

[Godsjewel]

Hi ladies,

I haven't been on this thread much at all lately. Feeling super sensitive about everything since hsg. Every relative/friend seems to either give me unwanted 'advice' (e.g. Yesterday got a text saying I should be being positive & I 'just need to try harder') or ask personal questions in public (big cousin in asda 'have you not got her pregnant yet? To dh).

I'm an optimistic person, but sensitive, so it's taking a lot to keep believing that despite my age and only having one working tube, I will give dh the baby he desires so much.

I'd appreciate prayers, cos no other natural being can lift this from me.

Thanks guys x

I’m sorry you have been feeling a little down, but you know we are here to listen and encourage you.

My mom told me awhile back about a lady she knew that wanted to have children with her husband for many years and the doctors said she couldn’t have any children. So she went about her life year after year with no pregnancy in sight. My mom and her friend lost touch for a long time until she seen her one day at the store and noticed there was a little baby in the cart. First, my mom thought the baby was her grandchild, so she asked who’s baby that was. The friend looked at my mom told her the story about her not being able to conceive and how she lived her life without the torment of ttc, then one day…many moons later…here comes a baby totally unexpected. She was in her mid 40’s.

We don’t know what the future holds, be we can be at peace knowing who holds the future.

Remember, nothing…absolutely nothing is impossible with God.

 

[Godsjewel]

I have kind of a funny story to share with you. I decided I wanted to liven up a flower bed. (Before I go further, I must admit something. I should really hire someone to do this!) I had planted some caladiums there last summer and they looked so pretty that I decided I could do it again. However, I wanted petunias this year. Pink ones! Purple ones! White ones! It would be glorious!

As I wandered the aisles of my local Wal-Mart, trying my best to look like I knew what I was looking for, I happened upon this really neat black plastic stuff that said it would keep weeds out of your flower bed. Hey! I don’t love the idea of kneeling down in 110 degree heat and pull weeds every couple of days, so I bought it. I got it home, spread it out over the flower bed, poked the appropriate holes and planted my petunias. I spread the covering over the black stuff and my flower bed was complete. I was quite proud.

However, something strange happened in a few days. There were a bunch of bumps in my black stuff. The covering I put over the plastic was parting like the Red Sea and you could see little black mountains all over my flower bed. What in this world was that? Were there little creatures crawling up out of the ground? Surely they were not really still little mice, were they? Huge bugs? I decided to tear a hole in the plastic and see what was going on.

You’ll never believe what the little black mountains were! (Okay, if you know anything about gardening, you may know what the little black mountains were, but I was totally clueless.) They were my caladiums from last year! I tore a hole in the plastic and caladium leaves pushed their way past my fingers right into the bright sunlight! What I thought was dead and gone, was really lying beneath the surface waiting for just the right time to spring back to life. Those caladiums pushed their way through the dirt and through the black plastic stuff to reach toward the sun just when God spoke the word to them. Now I have a flower garden full of beautiful caladiums--and kinda pitiful looking petunias.

You see, this is really a beautiful time of year where I live. Trees are full of healthy green leaves that stretch toward the heavens with all their might. Birds flit from one to another and sing their sweet anthems of summer. Flowers cover the ground with every color of the rainbow, and the air is perfumed with the fragrance of the sweet olive. (Allergy sufferers may not be thrilled to be a part of the great outdoors right now.) All of nature is declaring the handiwork of God, Creation’s amazing Artist!

Just a few months ago, the landscape was a good bit different. Even though we may not experience harsh winters in the deep south, there is still a stark difference in the seasons. The trees looked like nothing more than dead sticks standing sentinel over my back yard. The flower bed was just a barren pile of dirt that spoke of nothing more than death and neglect. You didn’t hear the birds’ songs, and the whole picture was drab. Everything was still and bare.

But over the winter, an amazing thing was happening. Life was brewing below the surface of the soil. God was instructing each tree--and each caladium--to do what they needed to do to be able to bring forth color and life just when He designed them to. The caladiums I thought were dead were actually just sleeping beneath the soil. God was doing the work through the winter season even though I couldn't witness His work with my eyes. I had to wait until His appointed time to see His handiwork. Boy, is my yard beautiful today.

Do you realize that God works through the winter season of your infertility? When it seems that your dream of having a baby of your own is dying, perhaps there is life brewing just beneath the surface. God works and moves in ways you cannot even fathom. Just as it was with my flower bed, you must wait until the appointed time to witness His work with your eyes.

I didn’t know caladiums came back year after year. They were a complete surprise to me. I laugh every single time I walk past that flower bed. (Once again--neighbors must think I’m nuts.) God surprised me with His handiwork. Perhaps your infertility story will resolve the same way. He may just surprise you with the magnificent way He resolves your story. He may bring children to you in ways that you don’t even realize exist today.

 

[Rdy2bAMommy]

Its been a while, but I just wanted to say hello to everyone. Haven't been up here lately because of personal issues.....mainly dealing with my attitude about ttc. I saw my ob/Tyne and everything is fine and ready for a baby!!!!!! Praise God!!!! But the weirdest thing has been happening since Saturday. My nipples have been on fire and Ive been having these cramps like af is coming. The come and go but today more frequent than usual. My dh mom just giggle and said that I'm preggers. As for me, I can't think that far yet. Trying to keep my sanity! I'm not sick. Just tired with sore nipples and cramps. Af is supposed to be here in a week and I'm never early. Hmmmm. Well, you all have a blessed day!