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

[somedaymama]

Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

 

[xxJennaBearxx]

Thanks hun! An OPK stands for Ovulation Predictor Kit, basically it tells you when you have s Lueteninizing Hormone surge (the hormone release immediately before Ovulation). This is VERY good because it means i will be Ov within the next day or two

oh ok! thats VERY VERY good then!! i hope this is your month!!!

 

[Sayuri]

Morning Ladies! its so funny because most of you are in the US are probably sleeping when I write this! Well its a cold and grey UK morning but praise God anyhow for his mercies.

Ready2beamom I should be testing on Christmas Day thats if AF doesn't appear.

Congratulations groovygirl I really love to hear such good news in the morning! Right I need to get up I am sure we will speak later hopefully with more great news!

 

[Sayuri]

Urgh I have the first of two christmas lunches today I don't even want to go!!!! EVeryone will be drunk by the end of it (except me) I just can't be bothered . *sigh* chat later lol

 

[groovygrl]

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for your love and support, this is a special place with some special women. I wish that I had found it sooner! I kept so many of my questions, anxieties,frustrations, testing and symptom checking secret for too long. I let my DH in on it rarely 'cus I didn't think it fair to take him along on the roller coaster ride all the time.

Somedaymama - yes the digital test kit was a beautiful thing!

Guppy- fantastic news on getting a smiley face on the OPK gives you a great opportunity to focus your stick with the OPK that works best for you! i have been using the same 'ole cheap internet bulk jobs and they worked really well for me. The trouble with detecting the LH surge is that it is so fleeting. I would test sometimes 2x a day because it can come and go within a 24 hour period.

mrskc - glad you and your beloved are in the 'happy place' once more

yes, I did have symptoms. mostly the same as AF on the way but...different things were...slight nausea (smell of my cat's food was x-tra yuck) okay here's a bit of anatomical detail so for the faint of heart...turn away. abundance of cervical mucous on undies and a stronger smell (not stinky, still normal clean girl smell but just stronger) raised little bumpies on and around aereola (sp?)-dark skin around my nipples) were 'seriously' raised and had a wee crust on tip of them (i know, ewwww) Quite a bit of nasty zitty break-outs on face and bottom in luteal phase of cycle - which continue still. ok here's a wierd one...teeth hurt (sensitive teeth.) The biggy is sore boobs, I know they're sore before AF but i'm only a 34B and it started to hurt to sleep on them. I didn't get the PMS emotional 'pick a fight for no reason' and 'wish to poke out DH's eyes with dull sticks' days.

For all you girls, I have been taking pre-natal vitamins for a long time now. I did 6 months of acupuncture last year (very $ and nothing happening) not saying that it's not beneficial, there's lot's of postive data re: acupuncture and fertility. It was a personal choice to quit.

only things I did different in last 3 months was cut down on consumption of wine to max. 3 glasses a week - I live in NZ, trust me it's hard to do in the summer months. Completely cut caffeine, no coffee,tea, diet coke.
and started taking two capsules of bee pollen in the am and evening primrose oil capsule everytime I ate or thaught of it (approx 3x a day)

Oh yeah the other difference in recent past was all of your prayers!

Gratitude and love! I will keep checking in to look for christmas posts

xoxo

 

[Vilranda]

I will be testing on December 21st. Its the day before AF is due, so hopefully I'll get something. ^.^

Prayers all around ladies. ^.^

 

[somedaymama]

Great symptoms, groovygrl, and thanks for describing what you've been doing to help TTC. I've been getting acupuncture for awhile now and haven't had any results (it's supposed to be helping regulate my cycle). Right now it's just an expensive weekly nap. Stick around even though you're not TTC anymore--we like having you!

Praying for you Vilranda! I hope you get your just in time for Christmas!

 

[Guppy051708]

Well, i am hoping for 3 days of temp rises! I retested very early this morning with an OPK and it was negative. i then retested this afternoon (just in case i need to wait till then, like usually should) and it was still negative! So i am confident that i did Ov somewhere between 5:30PM yesterday (CD17) and 4:00AM today (CD18). I am thrilled! I think that B6 and B-Complex is def working!!! Also excited because that means i Ov. 1-3 days earlier!!! I do think that my hormones are getting back to normal though, so that could be why too (normal because they were crazy from BCP and miscaariage, ive had one normal cycle since).

&& I am VERY positive that I will be getting a this cycle!!! I recognize the lower abdomen feelings that i had when i was preggo. I also had "that feeling". Seriously, i was laying in bed last night and i thought to myself, i am soo pregnant! Didn't have that the last time, but for some reason i did this time...i think thats God telling me that this baby will go full term.

I LOVE JESUS!!!! ahh! Call me a Jesus Freak LOL

 

[xxJennaBearxx]

guppy that wonderful news!!! i will be praying hard that this is your month!!!

 

[somedaymama]

Guppy, I so hope you are right and you get your BFP this month!! What a wonderful Christmas that would be!

Your chart hasn't shown any temp increase yet--do you expect that will be in the next day or so since the increase happens after ovulation?

How does the B6 and B-complex thing work? How much of it to you take?

 

[Sayuri]

Guppy

Praying for you really hoping you get that special gift this Christmas, I am so loving this thread so positive

 

[Guppy051708]

Thanks girls

Guppy, I so hope you are right and you get your BFP this month!! What a wonderful Christmas that would be!

Your chart hasn't shown any temp increase yet--do you expect that will be in the next day or so since the increase happens after ovulation?

How does the B6 and B-complex thing work? How much of it to you take?

Indeed, it would be the best Christmas gift ever

FF wont draw conclusions about Ov until there is 3 days of sustained temp rise. I am [almost] positive that once i do get those 3 days in, FF will conclude that i Ov today (CD 18).

Well, i thought i only had a 10 day Luteal Phase (LP). After doing some extensive research i learned that B6 & the B-Complex can help lengthen the LP by a day or two (many woman see a difference within the first cycle). Now, i dont really know (or think) that B vitamins will cause one to Ov earlier, but i do think it is going to help w. the Luteal Phase thats necessary to keep a pregnancy going. (i think thats why I MC last time). Plus, B6 helps with morning sickness, and they say its a good and safe remedie to help relieve MS.
Currently, I am taking 50mg of B6, one B-Complex pill, and one Prenatal pill a day. (All healthy levels, B6 is considered a low dose and is very safe at that amount).

 

[somedaymama]

Indeed, it would be the best Christmas gift ever

FF wont draw conclusions about Ov until there is 3 days of sustained temp rise. I am [almost] positive that once i do get those 3 days in, FF will conclude that i Ov today (CD 18).

Well, i thought i only had a 10 day Luteal Phase (LP). After doing some extensive research i learned that B6 & the B-Complex can help lengthen the LP by a day or two (many woman see a difference within the first cycle). Now, i dont really know (or think) that B vitamins will cause one to Ov earlier, but i do think it is going to help w. the Luteal Phase thats necessary to keep a pregnancy going. (i think thats why I MC last time). Plus, B6 helps with morning sickness, and they say its a good and safe remedie to help relieve MS.
Currently, I am taking 50mg of B6, one B-Complex pill, and one Prenatal pill a day. (All healthy levels, B6 is considered a low dose and is very safe at that amount).

Thanks for the vitamin B information! I think I'll have to try that.

I guess I'm just confused because looking at your chart I don't see any increase at all, actually it looks like today was one of your lower temps. With your positive OPK and your EWCM, you probably did ovulate, I'm just not seeing it on your chart. I'm not the greatest chart stalker, so I'm probably just missing something.

 

[Guppy051708]

A lot of women get what is called an "Ovulation Dip". This basically means the day before or the day of Ov. your temp drops. In 3 days it should rise. Other women will just get one temp that shoots up super high, FF draws a coverline, and then most post-Ov. temps stay above that line. If you take a look at my chart from the cycle i got pregnant (the August 2009 one- NOT my last cycle), you will see that my temp dropped some (thats the Ovulation Dip as well as the day of Ov.), and then within 3 days my temps increased and maintained that increase.

P.S. I do believe that I would have had an Ov. Dip, but i also think that my apartment temperature may have bumped that temp even lower- my heater didn't kick in last night)

 

[im_mi]

steph i have a good feeling about this cycle for you!!!

A friend of mine sent me a load of books to read the other day, i am slowly starting to make my way through them. they are all christian theme ones. have you guys ever read them? i have:

His story
the shock of your life
the highway code for marriage
the case for christ
beside every good man: loving myself while standing by him

really looking forward to reading the shock of your life, and the case for christ, especially.

 

[somedaymama]

Okay, I see it now. (I figured you knew what you were talking about, I was just trying to see it for myself.)

Brrr, no heater? I hope it works tonight! It snowed in Illinois today.

Im_mi, I haven't heard of any of those books, but they sound good!!

 

[Guppy051708]

The Case for Christ is a great book (or so I hear). My pastor suggegsted it as a means to get my brother saved (he,recently has decided to be Athiest). Everything to him is "science says this, science doesn't say this". My Pastor said that is a great book that work wonders for ppl who dont believe (especially because of science). Not that science is a bad thing or anything, but i feel that we can't observe every little thing out there, so i say, Just because God hasn't been "proven" doesn't mean he doesn't exists. anyways, Great book!

Never heard of the other ones though. There is a book called "His needs, Her Needs" That was fantastic as far as marriage is concerned!
Also the book called "Men are like Waffles, Woman are like Spaghetti" is very good! My DH and i are currently reading it to teach our "Life group" about all that good stuff.

 

[Guppy051708]

No problem SomeDayMama, i like explaining stuff like this because im interested in it If you have any other questions, go right ahead and ask i would love answering them...though i must warn, i am def. not a doctor! LOL

Well we have "heat" but we didn't have it set to on, so even though when we went to bed it was 75 degrees F in here, the cold temps last night (we had a frost) dropped it down to like 69 degrees F ...it was freezing in here!

 

[J_K_L]

I've read A Case for Christ. Lee Strobel wrote it and he wrote some others too....all of them are wonderful!

He puts everything into perspective so simply. He started out as an non-believer trying to disprove and found that the evidence supporting our Lord could not be denied!

I have been stalking the site instead of writing. First month of my two month pause in TTC is over. I have a prayer from the Marinist for patience.

Dear Heavenly Father,
Praise be given to Your Holy name for Your forbearance and mercy. You have dealt gently with Your children in love. You have been patient with me in my humanness and stubbornness.
Lord, through the work of Your Spirit, prompt me to be more jubilant in hope, more patient in times of trouble, and more consistent in my prayer life. Teach me, Lord, to wait with faith and expectancy, and may my trials be seen as times for growth in grace. Through Christ our Lord, I pray. Amen.

Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Romans 12:12 (RSV)​

Thank you for the uplifting messages each day. Love to you all!

 

[im_mi]

Maybe i will start on the case for christ then i have quite a few non-religious friends and although i have absolutely no agenda to 'convert' anyone, it would be nice to be armed with facts and information for when debates and discussions arise. I am a new Christian so i dont really know all that much