Christian ladies TTC, we can encourage one another.

[ProfWife]

The nurse said the radiologist recommended a second HSG to be done since they couldn't get to the right side. I'll definitely be going to a different location for the next one. The people were WONDERFUL, don't get me wrong. Best techs I've had in a long time. I just want to make sure it's totally fresh eyes if I get it done again.

(I'd rather God have a miracle in the plans and us fall pregnant this cycle, I'm just not convinced of it right now.)

 

[Godsjewel]

Speaking of God's glory...how did Day 1 with injectables go? Feeling okay?

I start my stimulation injections tonight My past injections were very easy and I haven't felt a thing. Tonight I will have 3 injections to do, we will see how that goes since I think the needles are a little bit bigger

 

[Godsjewel]

https://i.imgur.com/gApY35B.jpg?1

 

[ProfWife]

You're a stronger woman than I am! I can't even stand getting my vaccinations! You get it, girl!!! :-D

 

[xxx_faithful]

https://i.imgur.com/gApY35B.jpg?1

THANKYOU for reminding me where my heart should be, and where my head was it. We all need to continually refresh our database, our programming of what is being processed through our awareness. Our minds are like computers that information is being fed through, but it is OUR responsibility to regularly upkeep the state of it's functioning by eliminating the trash sometimes gets in.

Let it be a decision to be AWARE and ALERT to what gets fed into out hearts, only GOOD words & thoughts that encourage us

XXX

 

[VGibs]

Man, I feel like a jerk. I see everyone having all these fears and worry over fertility issues and it reminds me how lucky I am. I've had some issues this week with my morning sickness all but disappearing and fearing the very worst. And then I see how hard just getting pregnant is for some people as I feel ashamed that I am so concerned over something so silly.

 

[ProfWife]

Vgibs, we are all given different paths. Your fears and reactions are no less important, significant or worthy of our attention and prayer. You've had your own difficulties and struggles...and we'll each continue to do so. God cares about your morning sickness and fears just as much as Sarah's injections or someone's miscarriage or my conception issues. We care about them too.

While I don't wish for you to get sick again, I do pray you'll have peace and confirmation that your sweet little angel is doing just fine and growing strong and healthy.

 

[VGibs]

Can you ladies say a quick prayer for me? I've had some brown spotting today. I don't know what to think. I am very nervous.

 

[KitteyKat2010]

Honey, I will definitely say a prayer for you.

I just wanted to let you know, don't give up hope. I had brown spotting for about 3 days when I was pregnant, and I have a healthy baby boy.

 

[HisGrace]

Can you ladies say a quick prayer for me? I've had some brown spotting today. I don't know what to think. I am very nervous.

Try not to worry. I spotted until I was 14 weeks. Just cast your cares on Him.

 

[Dynamicmae]

Hey ladies!! I'm normally just a silent stalker but I just wanted to ask you to keep me in your prayers... We gonna go onto NTNP.... We've been trying for 7 months this month and I'm just worn out...... I'm gonna TRY take a break from BnB also.... We'll have to see how that goes, I'm so addicted to it..... Will miss you all!!!

 

[VGibs]

Well it took me almost an hour but as I went to bed last night I pulled out my angel sounds Doppler "just to check". After an hour I heard a tiny heartbeat for about 5 seconds. I just said "Thank you Jesus!"

 

[Godsjewel]

Well it took me almost an hour but as I went to bed last night I pulled out my angel sounds Doppler "just to check". After an hour I heard a tiny heartbeat for about 5 seconds. I just said "Thank you Jesus!"

How awesome is that?!? Thank you Jesus! Praying and believing for a h&h pregnancy

 

[Godsjewel]

Hey ladies!! I'm normally just a silent stalker but I just wanted to ask you to keep me in your prayers... We gonna go onto NTNP.... We've been trying for 7 months this month and I'm just worn out...... I'm gonna TRY take a break from BnB also.... We'll have to see how that goes, I'm so addicted to it..... Will miss you all!!!

I understand sweetie

I pray that God touches you and hubby during this time and know we are here for you when you are ready to come back

 

[Godsjewel]

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Isaiah 55:8

I’ll never forget that flight. As long as I live, I’ll always remember the fear that gripped me that day as I faced my mortality and prepared for my death.

I remember glancing out the window of the airplane to see if I could yet see the earth below me. I wanted to watch people scurrying about their day, cars lining the highways as commuters continued on their frantic pace. What I saw instead was terrifying. I saw pieces of the wing of the airplane coming loose! Fear gripped me in a way I had never known before and in my panic, I began to search the cabin for someone to help. Didn’t anyone else see the red lights flashing? No one seemed concerned. My family members were dozing or carrying on with their mundane conversations, and I alone knew we would soon plummet to a certain death! I could find no one to help me.

Fortunately, I knew that God the Father was always with me. I began to pray and ask God to help us. I asked that He repair the wings of this plane and bring us to safety. I earnestly prayed that He would cause the wing of the plane to be solid again and that the pieces of metal that looked as though they would fall off at any moment would move back into place and the red flashing lights would go dark. Please God! I have my whole life ahead of me! I have friends who love me! I have to start the third grade in two weeks!

Obviously, there was nothing wrong with the plane that day. The certain disaster I feared was nothing more than the pilot preparing to land the plane and causing the landing mechanisms on the wings to bring us down to the earth in safety. I thought I understood exactly what was happening, but somehow, in my eight years of existence on this planet, I had not yet learned the physics involved in flight. As I sat there in safety, yet believed I would soon die a horrible death, I begged God to make things different. I’m so glad He knew better!

I didn’t understand why God didn’t answer my prayer the way I asked Him to that day. Surely He saw the same thing I did! He could have caused the landing mechanisms to go back into their starting place if He had chosen to. Thank God He didn’t!

What if God had done what I asked Him to do? What if He had forced the flaps of that plane’s wings to fold back up that day? A great tragedy would have followed all to appease the unmerited fears of an eight year old child. I didn’t understand that things were working for my good even though I couldn’t possibly see how.

As we struggle with infertility, we beg God to change our situation. We ask Him to allow us to conceive this month, not next month. We know this is the right time. We plead with Him to let this procedure work or to make this disease go away. What we don’t understand is that He has a plan. He knows what He’s doing, even when we’re like eight year olds who think they know how to land a plane better than the pilot does.

When you are disappointed with your fertility and with God and His apparent silence, remember an eight year old trying to land a plane. God’s ways were not my ways that day. God’s thoughts were not my thoughts. Did that mean He didn’t love me or didn’t care? Did it mean that He didn’t understand how afraid I was or how desperately I wanted Him to answer my prayer? Did it mean He didn’t have a plan? Not at all. It simply meant that He had a plan that I didn’t see or understand yet. I’m so glad He knew what I needed more than I thought I knew what I needed.

-Beth Forbus

 

[VGibs]

I'm still cramping a little but I am trying to stay positive

 

[QueenKingfish]

How did last week go by so quickly?! I wasn't ignoring BnB on purpose, just got really busy. Hello to the newbies!

Sarah, so excited to read of your exciting advancements in your IVF Journey! That prayer that you posted - WOW. I can neither confirm, nor deny that my mascara is no longer on my eyelashes...

VGibs, praying for you and your little bean!

ProfWife, I'm with Sarah! A second opinion is NEVER a bad idea.

I broke down and bought some OPK strips off of Amazon a couple weeks ago. The nurse in me is having WAY too much fun with them. I'm on CD15 and the test line has been getting a little darker the past two days. My cycle tracker app is predicting I O on Wednesday. I'm excited to see if it's right!

Another bit of spiritual confirmation came to us last night, this time to DH. We were sitting in the biblical marriage class we co-teach, listening to The Nature of God by Graham Cooke and DH had a vision (not totally uncommon for him). He said he saw himself sitting in the nursery with a baby, reading scripture to it, then sleeping on the bed in that room with the baby on his chest. He then asked, "Is this a prophecy?" The next word spoken on the CD was, "prophecy." Nothing quite like seeing him well up with tears about our impending pregnancy and parenthood.

Anyone watching "The Bible" mini-series on the History channel? It's beautiful... and what's best for me and my impatience? I know how it ends! hahahahahaha! (i kill me)

I also did a bit of nesting today. Decided to use some leftover paint and re-do the guest bathroom. Turned into a mini-update when I took down the builder-grade mirror and put up a mirror I used to have hanging over my piano. I LOVE IT! When DH left for baseball practice I told him when he got home he may find me in the bathroom because it's so pretty now! Also, my sister is giving us her freezer! I can't even imagine how bad my nesting is going to get once I am actually pregnant.

I pray that everyone has peace, rest and feels the anointing we have as daughters of the Most High King today. Be blessed, ladies!

 

[ProfWife]

My previous doc called today and said she would not have seen any stenosis or scar tissue during my annual exams since the Pap doesn't require that much examination. She did say she didn't see anything on my u/s that they did back in July of 2012 that indicated any issues - that uterus and ovaries showed nothing that would indicate a "sharp right" or that it was even tilted that far.

I'm interested in hearing what my current doc thought. However, they didn't call me back today. I'm incredibly antsy. I find it a little annoying that the nurse didn't call. It is what it is, though.

 

[KitteyKat2010]

Ladies, please keep me in your prayers.

Tomorrow I have an appointment to get tested and see why I have irregular cycles. Please pray that I actually get an answer as to why I have them, and if there is anything I can do to regulate them.

 

[No Doubt]

Gibs and kitty, praying for you both.

Pro hopefully the second opinion will have more clear information.

Queen your story is both beautiful and inspiring!