F.A.I.T.H. (Forsaking all, I trust Him)

[Cornbread]

Happy birthday willba!

 

[mrskcbrown]

Welcome Sunshine!

Happy Bday Terangela and Willbeamom!

@Guppy: Im praying for your friend! I dont know how she could have mustered the strength to get her babies room together with no baby. SHe is really strong. I still will not go into a baby store to buy anything. I know it must be hard.

Hope everyone is blessed in some form today!

 

[Cornbread]

Guppy, it was humid and icky here. The whole weekend was icky, humid, and off and on rainy, thanks to Hurricane Alex. We didn't get the hurricane itself (we usually don't) but we usually get the rain. Naturally all weekend it screwed up our plans for Sea World and the zoo but as soon as the weekend's over and DH is back to work, it's clear skies again. LOL

 

[cheerios]

Cheerios- so glad you're back! that's wonderful that you were able to get your appointments so soon! Praying that your mans test come back normal. I can't give any advice for you on this, sorry. Not sure what a normal sperm count is. I think ihave heard and read that 50% is "normal" not sure what that translates into as far as numbers go (i.e., 8,000) but good news is that it only takes one so I say that you're def not out on that account have you ever considered temping? It has been super helpful for us. And it would help you better know when to to get the most out of Your mans .

Hey Guppy, Thanks for your comment. My hubby has very low sperm count. We will only get the full report of his sperm analysis next Wednesday...oh well, that's just another stone to cross. I tried temping for 2 months, but find it so strenuous, since my waking times are different each day, PLUS my cycles were still not regular, so I didn't see a point in temping.

Oh regarding your friend, I echo what KCbrown said. Its tough to not have a baby, I have no idea how she could make a nursery like that?!? Wow...I really won't know what to say!!! Honestly. I think I would just ask her how best I can support her ---- ie. if You shouldn't talk about your pregnancy at all with her / pray together / or just to let her know that you're thinking about her welfare and you have not forgotten about how she must be feeling now.

We will head to the FS in 2 weeks and hope that we get some guidance from there. And you're right, we only need 1 sperm to get pregnant, which is why I have no idea why doc says we need at least a sperm count of 20 million to get pregnant.....

 

[Rdy2BaMom]

Hey girls

Can I share something? I just found out today that OH has low sperm count too. I don't know about motility yet. It came as a shock, but I think somewhere deep down inside, I kinna knew something was "wrong" on his part too.

Its only 8 million. That's really low right? Of the last 5 cycles that I had, I'm very sure I ovulated 3 times at least, cos I had all the ovary twinges, sore boobs everything! And I only started spotted these symptoms after starting on Metformin.... so I'm sure Metformin IS helping me to ovulate.... I don't track my temperatures though. But once my AF comes, all the sore boobs, ovarian pain stops... so I'm quite sure it WAS ovulation.

And I thought, we did BD at least 2 - 3 times a week which should be enough to cover our ground, but still nothing happened.

Anyway, we got another blood test for OH tomorrow.... I hope it will shed more light! Our FS appt is in abt 2 weeks. I was hoping to start Clomid for the next cycle but think I might have to wait it out until OH's SA count goes up to "normal"....Think I got to give up all hope of getting PG in summer- since it takes 3 mths for sperm to be produced, doesn't it?

Anybody here with similar background???? I feel quite lost suddenly.

Someday - Thanks for the well wishes! Your granny is really funny.... thinking and wanting the baby to be a girl. I think both ways, it will be awesome to be a parent!

willbe - Happy Birthday! So amazing! By your next birthday, you will be a Mom!

Cheerios-
My DH had low count, morphology, and motility. His first test his numbers were REALLY low, his second test they had all doubled at least but were still below "normal". I would strongly suggest that he get re-tested soon. There is just so much that can influence his numbers. Just so you know, 8 million is pretty low, but lots of couples have gotten pregnant with low count. I can relate to how you are feeling. Our doctor told us that we could still get pregnant with his low #'s, but that we only had a 3% chance. Not what I wanted to hear or believe, my God is bigger than that! Anyway. . . they have started him on Clomid and an L-Carnitine supplement. He will have to retest in a couple weeks to see if the meds helped. Hang in there dear! Nothing is too big for God.

 

[Terangela]

So true nothing is too big for our God!

I will be praying for our group. I am going to go through and write down all the requests so I cover them all.

Still on holidays so I have limited time on the computer.

 

[Darkest]

[Anyway. . . they have started him on Clomid and an L-Carnitine supplement. He will have to retest in a couple weeks to see if the meds helped. Hang in there dear! Nothing is too big for God.

I had no idea guys could have Clomid too, what does it do for them?

My DH is off to get tested next week sometime. I've got a blood test next Fri (16th) to see if anything is wrong.

Willb and Terangela, hope you both had amazing birthdays.

Guppy, hope you're not too sore with the sunburn today. And really hope your friends gets her baby soon.

Mrskcbrown, hope you are feeling well. Almost 8 weeks, how exciting!

Hope everybody here had a great 4th July. One of my friends is on holls in Florida at the mo, he always goes at this time of year and always loves the festivities.
Baby dust to everyone

 

[Darkest]

Also,I need some advice on confronting Christian friends...My One Christian friend is deeply TTC, in fact she has been at it for nearly a year now- bless her. She goes to church, reads her Bible, and loves the Lord. The only thing....she's not married . I'm not trying to pass judgement on her but I know the Bible says that we should be holding each other accountable and letting one another know about what's right and wrong. I'm not one to point fingers as I am certainly not any better than her especially that I had one sexual partner before meeting and marrying my husband. Anyways, someone did point out to her a very long time ago "you love your church and talk a lot about it so much but what do they think of you living with your bf and TTC out of marriage? Isn't it wrong in the Christian faith to have premarital sex?" she said she knew it was wrong and a lot of people fro her church have mentioned it,but they know not to bring it up to her anymore bc she wants this baby so badly. Her and her bf are planning on getting maaried....one day, but they rant planning on it anytime soon,by the sounds of it. I need advice, do I risk loosing a friendship over this? Risk appearing as if I am better? (bc I know I'm not) and do I risk the friendship of others as this is a BnB friend?

Guppy, i was just wondering how things are going on this? I was sure it was you who posted but had to find the post just to make sure lol!

 

[Guppy051708]

Also,I need some advice on confronting Christian friends...My One Christian friend is deeply TTC, in fact she has been at it for nearly a year now- bless her. She goes to church, reads her Bible, and loves the Lord. The only thing....she's not married . I'm not trying to pass judgement on her but I know the Bible says that we should be holding each other accountable and letting one another know about what's right and wrong. I'm not one to point fingers as I am certainly not any better than her especially that I had one sexual partner before meeting and marrying my husband. Anyways, someone did point out to her a very long time ago "you love your church and talk a lot about it so much but what do they think of you living with your bf and TTC out of marriage? Isn't it wrong in the Christian faith to have premarital sex?" she said she knew it was wrong and a lot of people fro her church have mentioned it,but they know not to bring it up to her anymore bc she wants this baby so badly. Her and her bf are planning on getting maaried....one day, but they rant planning on it anytime soon,by the sounds of it. I need advice, do I risk loosing a friendship over this? Risk appearing as if I am better? (bc I know I'm not) and do I risk the friendship of others as this is a BnB friend?

Guppy, i was just wondering how things are going on this? I was sure it was you who posted but had to find the post just to make sure lol!

Hey dear. I havnt brought it up to her...still not sure what to do and I just don't want to come across the wrong way I think I will hold off just bc it seems that other ppl have said something...

 

[mrskcbrown]

Cheerios- so glad you're back! that's wonderful that you were able to get your appointments so soon! Praying that your mans test come back normal. I can't give any advice for you on this, sorry. Not sure what a normal sperm count is. I think ihave heard and read that 50% is "normal" not sure what that translates into as far as numbers go (i.e., 8,000) but good news is that it only takes one so I say that you're def not out on that account have you ever considered temping? It has been super helpful for us. And it would help you better know when to to get the most out of Your mans .

Hey Guppy, Thanks for your comment. My hubby has very low sperm count. We will only get the full report of his sperm analysis next Wednesday...oh well, that's just another stone to cross. I tried temping for 2 months, but find it so strenuous, since my waking times are different each day, PLUS my cycles were still not regular, so I didn't see a point in temping.

Oh regarding your friend, I echo what KCbrown said. Its tough to not have a baby, I have no idea how she could make a nursery like that?!? Wow...I really won't know what to say!!! Honestly. I think I would just ask her how best I can support her ---- ie. if You shouldn't talk about your pregnancy at all with her / pray together / or just to let her know that you're thinking about her welfare and you have not forgotten about how she must be feeling now.

We will head to the FS in 2 weeks and hope that we get some guidance from there. And you're right, we only need 1 sperm to get pregnant, which is why I have no idea why doc says we need at least a sperm count of 20 million to get pregnant.....

Cheerios: My DH had low count, low morphology and low volume. I forget what all the numbers were, but I know the morphology was the biggest concern we had. I constantly prayed to God. I kept believing too that we would get pregnant. I would say to God, "I know that you have blessed my DH with millions of sperm and all we need is just one to create this baby, and I will not give up until you bless us". It may be easier said than done but it was out faith that kept us going month after month. We could have easily gotten IUI but month after month we kept saying lets give God a chance to work. It took 15 months but He did it. Im praying for you and dont you give up. Like you said, just another stone to cross.

 

[mrskcbrown]

[Anyway. . . they have started him on Clomid and an L-Carnitine supplement. He will have to retest in a couple weeks to see if the meds helped. Hang in there dear! Nothing is too big for God.

I had no idea guys could have Clomid too, what does it do for them?

My DH is off to get tested next week sometime. I've got a blood test next Fri (16th) to see if anything is wrong.

Willb and Terangela, hope you both had amazing birthdays.

Guppy, hope you're not too sore with the sunburn today. And really hope your friends gets her baby soon.

Mrskcbrown, hope you are feeling well. Almost 8 weeks, how exciting!

Hope everybody here had a great 4th July. One of my friends is on holls in Florida at the mo, he always goes at this time of year and always loves the festivities.
Baby dust to everyone

Hey Darkest!

I cant believe almost 8 weeks either. How are you doing? Where are you in your cycle?

 

[Rdy2BaMom]

Darkest- It hasn't been scientifically proven, but medical tests have shown that clomid can increase sperm count in men. Just like it increases the number of eggs in women. Some men see huge increases, and some only minor. We will soon find out though!

 

[Darkest]

Hey Darkest!

I cant believe almost 8 weeks either. How are you doing? Where are you in your cycle?

Today i'm on CD11. Started using som IC OPK's this cycle so will see if they work or not.
My AF is anywhere from 26-35 days so hard to try and work out when i might be Ov'ing.

 

[Darkest]

Darkest- It hasn't been scientifically proven, but medical tests have shown that clomid can increase sperm count in men. Just like it increases the number of eggs in women. Some men see huge increases, and some only minor. We will soon find out though!

Thx.
Fx'd for you guys. xx

 

[willbamom1day]

Hiya ladies!

thank you for all the bday wishes you gals are great! Hubby bought me a pregnancy journal and something for my angel garden as well as dinner. My 3 year old nephew decorated me a cke that he was super proud of and boy was it to cute.

Happy birthday to terangela I had no idea we shared the same bday

I hope all is well with everyone. My tiredness seems to be getting in the way and I have been helping my mom in her office a lil while each day so between those things and house work I have no time or energy for the computer .

We still have not told anyone . and I still have no appt with the midwife

I hope each and every one of you hads a blessed day

 

[mrskcbrown]

Hiya ladies!

thank you for all the bday wishes you gals are great! Hubby bought me a pregnancy journal and something for my angel garden as well as dinner. My 3 year old nephew decorated me a cke that he was super proud of and boy was it to cute.

Happy birthday to terangela I had no idea we shared the same bday

I hope all is well with everyone. My tiredness seems to be getting in the way and I have been helping my mom in her office a lil while each day so between those things and house work I have no time or energy for the computer .

We still have not told anyone . and I still have no appt with the midwife

I hope each and every one of you hads a blessed day

Yeah we held ours a secret for as long as we could.
We werent telling anyone either but lately we have found ourselves telling people. We figure if something happens then so be it. We trust God and he knows whats best right?
Why no midwife appt yet? Are they booked?

 

[Deb111]

Sorry I've not been around much lately but I continue to pray for you.

AFM, no TTC news, still waiting for hubby to have his hormone blood tests this coming week. Still have my dental abscess, despite a 5 day course of antibiotics so am feeling rough from taking those and am fed up that they seem to have had no effect. Have to go back to the dentist on Tuesday so am praying for healing as I really don't feel like I'm strong enough mentally to cope with the stress of major dental treatment / surgery right now

Hugs to you all xx

 

[willbamom1day]

Well we broke the news lastnight my mom, aunt and grandmother cried, my moms best friend jumped up and down and screamed and everyone else just smiled and gave us big hugs

no midwife appt and now they are saying it could be 1-2 more weeks before I can get in I said God everything happens for a reason and your still in control so I will wait my turn - will keep yall posted

deb hope you get that healing

I hope everyone is doing good and having a blessed day

Even when your just resting in the shade I am with you - God

 

[mrskcbrown]

Hey ladies. I have been so busy hanging out. I went to six flags yesterday and I have never walked so much in my entire life. My daughter wanted to get on every ride in the park. So all I did was wait, while she rode. Today I am going to hang out with friends eating and shopping. My hubby, poor guy, misses me so much! He cant believe I will be here one more week. It does seem like a long time, so now when I come to visit maybe just a week, or week and half. Im 8 weeks now and we get a scan next tuesday. Hopefully bubs has gotten bigger. Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[willbamom1day]

just wanted to stop in and let you all know you guys are in my prayers