Christian ladies TTC, we can encourage one another.

[ProfWife]

Hey Sarah - what's the update? How are you doing?

 

[Godsjewel]

Hey Sarah - what's the update? How are you doing?

Hi sweetie

I go to the Dr's today to make sure there aren't any cysts developing on my ovaries. If there aren't any, I can start the 2nd cycle on Monday.

I'm doing pretty good, been busy every weekend doing something, which is nice since it's making the days go by fast Hopefully I'm just as busy when it's time for my tww

How are you?

 

[Jett55]

Ooo Sarah I'm so excited for you to start your 2nd IVF cycle. I will pray that everything goes well. I know it's been a long haul but Gods got it all under control

 

[ProfWife]

Hanging on. CD3 for us today. Scheduled another HSG. Doc wants me to repeat since the last one was incomplete and not fully conclusive. I've got that Wednesday afternoon. DH goes in for his 3 month repeat SA on Wednesday morning.

Praying for an all-clear for both of us. It would mean we have "unexplained" infertility if we aren't pregnant by October but it would man that we otherwise are okay.

 

[Godsjewel]

Ooo Sarah I'm so excited for you to start your 2nd IVF cycle. I will pray that everything goes well. I know it's been a long haul but Gods got it all under control

All is well I will be starting soon

 

[Godsjewel]

Hanging on. CD3 for us today. Scheduled another HSG. Doc wants me to repeat since the last one was incomplete and not fully conclusive. I've got that Wednesday afternoon. DH goes in for his 3 month repeat SA on Wednesday morning.

Praying for an all-clear for both of us. It would mean we have "unexplained" infertility if we aren't pregnant by October but it would man that we otherwise are okay.

Hopefully the HSG was not painful for you. It wasn't for me, but I have heard a lot of ladies mention that it hurt them.

Is everything else normal...your blood counts, your menstrual cycle, do you ovulate monthly?

How long have you and hubby been ttc?

 

[Godsjewel]

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

An elderly woman returned to her home from an evening of Church services when she was startled by an intruder. She had caught a man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables. "Stop!" she yelled, "Acts 2:38!" (Repent and be baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven).

The burglar stopped dead in his tracks and froze while the woman calmly called the police and explained the situation. As the officer was cuffing him, he asked the burglar, "Just out of curiosity, why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture at you." "Scripture?!" gasped the burglar. "She said she had an ax… and two 38's!!"

It's a funny joke, yes, but on a serious note — I think we often underestimate the power of the Word of God! We have the source so very close — its right at our fingertips and should be right on our lips! Yet, we neglect to declare it over our circumstances, that we may see the victory!

Let's make it a point to start spending regular time in the Word, learning it and speaking it over our lives again and again! We need to be a walking testimony of His power and victory — there is so much work to be done!

by George Whitten

 

[ProfWife]

Hopefully the HSG was not painful for you. It wasn't for me, but I have heard a lot of ladies mention that it hurt them.

Is everything else normal...your blood counts, your menstrual cycle, do you ovulate monthly?

How long have you and hubby been ttc?

My first wasn't bad, but they didn't get the catheter all the way through. That is why I have to do it again. The dye couldn't get much pressure to flow into the tubes.

I was highly irregular, but the last several months have settled around 28-30 days. According to my bbt, I'm ovulating every cycle so far this year.

Bloodwork revealed PCOS (non-standard case). Hubs and I are in cycle 10 right now. So far, just getting the ground work settled so that we can start Clomid and/or set up for an IUI if needed in the spring.

 

[Godsjewel]

Hopefully the HSG was not painful for you. It wasn't for me, but I have heard a lot of ladies mention that it hurt them.

Is everything else normal...your blood counts, your menstrual cycle, do you ovulate monthly?

How long have you and hubby been ttc?

My first wasn't bad, but they didn't get the catheter all the way through. That is why I have to do it again. The dye couldn't get much pressure to flow into the tubes.

I was highly irregular, but the last several months have settled around 28-30 days. According to my bbt, I'm ovulating every cycle so far this year.

Bloodwork revealed PCOS (non-standard case). Hubs and I are in cycle 10 right now. So far, just getting the ground work settled so that we can start Clomid and/or set up for an IUI if needed in the spring.

Oh, ok! Yeah, once you see that your tubes are clear, IUI is usually the next step in the process and I have heard many success stories of it working out.

I have also heard that some ladies get a BFP after having a HSG done, because it helps open up the tubes if they weren't completely opened.

Praying for nothing but good news

 

[ProfWife]

We still want to avoid IUI. If hubs' SA comes back improved and I'm clear, I'm going to request Clomid for the next few cycles with just timing. If by January we still aren't getting positives, we'll look at the IUI.

 

[Godsjewel]

We still want to avoid IUI. If hubs' SA comes back improved and I'm clear, I'm going to request Clomid for the next few cycles with just timing. If by January we still aren't getting positives, we'll look at the IUI.

Gotcha! Hopefully all works well with just using the meds. Does your insurance cover a portion if you end up doing an IUI?

 

[ProfWife]

They cover anything that treats or diagnoses an underlying condition causing infertility. So, Clomid is covered. IUI procedure, sperm washing, injectables, and ultrasound monitoring would all be completely out of our pockets. We can't even use our flexible spending account for it.


In other news - I had an AMAZING doctor do my procedure. It did hurt for about 30-45 seconds. They had a little trouble getting a tight enough seal and getting the dye in at first, but a bit more pressure and a few belly coughs later, I had clear "textbook" spillage on both sides! He saw one potential anomaly in the uterine wall that he said was likely a shadow and that a routine radiologist would likely not even have noticed (he's an RE & infertility specialist). He has been doing this since 1985. So, he said he's picky.

So PRAISE THE LORD, I'M HEALTHY!! Just need to wait for hubby's SA to come back.

 

[HisGrace]

Praise God, ProWife! I'm believing you'll get pregnant soon.

 

[No Doubt]

Hiya ladies! Sorry I haven't been on much, but I do long on and read up on you ladies.

Pro so glad everything was clear and you were given an awesome doctor!

Gibbs I hope everything works out well for you.

Hisgrace, I love your avatar pic!

Praying for all you ladies always!

 

[Godsjewel]

Praise God, ProWife! I'm believing you'll get pregnant soon.

Oh my goodness!!! Ethan is adorable!!! I can't believe he is 2 months already.

 

[eyemom]

Hello Ladies! I'm new to this thread. Looking forward to getting to know you all.

 

[Godsjewel]

Hello Ladies! I'm new to this thread. Looking forward to getting to know you all.

Welcome We are so glad you have joined us. I look forward to sharing this journey with you

 

[ProfWife]

Hey, eyemom! Glad you made it over from the other thread. Hope you'll enjoy a home in this thread as much as I do. Welcome!

 

[eyemom]

Hi Ladies. I hope you all had a great weekend. God really worked on my heart at church today. It's "Shark Week" here, and it's always a particularly difficult time to be at church because it seems like EVERYONE is pregnant. Especially since we have a two year old daughter. Many, if not most, of the kids dd's age have brand new siblings or their mommies are expecting. It is pretty hard to see week after week, whether it's in our own Sunday school class or just in coming and going with our daughter.

Well there's one kid a little younger than dd. Let's just say his parents have their work cut out for them. We first met him when it was our week to help in the nursery, and he misbehaved often and he bit another child. Apparently he bit a different child previously. I know it's a phase a lot of kids go through, and they turn out fine, but it sort of put me off at the time because when they told his parents, they didn't seem the least bit bothered, nor did they seem that apologetic. Well anyway, I saw his mom today with his new baby brother. And I just thought bad thoughts.

Then I went to the main service (I sing in the choir) and we were taking communion today (I go to a church where it's not done every week). As I was trying to get my heart and mind in the right place to take communion, I felt very convicted about my attitude. I am not going to be better overnight probably, but I at least made the conscious choice to start thinking differently. God loves all the children, whether or not they misbehave, and he loves their parents too, and thank God all these other parents haven't gone through what we are going through to have another child. And who knows what people have gone through in other aspects of their lives, maybe areas in which I have gotten off relatively easy.

It'll probably always be hard not to be jealous and sometimes angry. But I had kind of gotten used to my slightly jealous/angry state, so I felt very convicted about that.

After the music was over, choir was dismissed, and I left that service to meet my husband in the contemporary service which is held at the same time in a different room. As I was walking in, the pastor (not the usual pastor, but a guy who is on staff at the church) was talking about how he and his wife had difficulty conceiving for a long time. Sounds like they ended up having some kind of fertility help, but before that, he mentioned how he had just been driving down the road praying that God would give them a child, and right then he saw a pregnant woman standing by the road smoking a cigarette. And he was angry. Because it felt unfair. Because it is unfair. He had another example or two. He was preaching out of Ecclesiastes (that has been the series lately). And basically the take-home message today was that life is unfair, and it is hard, but God wants us to enjoy it, too. So I can't let this ttc journey suck the joy out of my life because truly I have many blessings.

Funny how so many things are easier said than done.

Sorry for the rambling/wall of text! Just thought I'd share what was on my mind.

 

[VGibs]

Eyemom - I used to struggle with my attitude towards other parents as well. This past week we were camping and I saw a woman who was so preoccupied with her children that she often ignored her husband. And I saw many examples of what I called "bad parenting". As I was sitting outside yesterday morning I knew I was in a grumpy mood, as I got almost no sleep, and I thought to myself "I really need to focus on myself and my life instead of worrying and caring so much about what other parents do." I then got so wrapped up in the eventual disaster that was our day yesterday that everything I tried to do just shot out the window. So as I was finally going to bed last night I thought "Ya know what? Today was a BAD day, but tomorrow I will love better." Sometimes when you have those bad thoughts allow yourself to really feel them and experience where they are coming from, then let them go. Because tomorrow you get a chance to love better.