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

[beanni #1]

Good morning all,

How is everyone doing? I have been listening to a wonderful and uplifting album called Shout to the Lord by Darlene Zschech (former singer from Hill Song) I am so filled with the Holy Spirit every time I listen to this album.

I have been praying for you ladies waiting to find out one way or the other. Stay strong and know that God's promise is awaiting you

 

[Aaisrie]

I've been listening to Hillsongs in my car! I love Darlene

 

[somedaymama]

Another for me today. Fertility Friend can no longer detect a pattern of ovulation.

 

[mrskcbrown]

Another for me today. Fertility Friend can no longer detect a pattern of ovulation.

So sorry to hear about the ! Even if you were expecting it, its still so very hard! Its like a slap in the face. Praying for you and DH!

@Aaisirie: (((HUGS)))!

 

[mommahawk]

someday... Have you ever had a LP this long? It sure looks to me like you ovulated. Last month, I had to take off a "fertile CM" day after O to keep my crosshairs...sometimes I think our common sense needs to override FF. It can be really frustrating, can't it? Hang in there! AF is not here yet, so there's still a chance!

Evie...HUGS! My temp dropped today, too, so even though my bbs have been so unusually tender and have seriously swelled up, I guess it's just a hormone anomaly...sigh...

I was hoping this was all of our months! Mrsbrown...any sign of AF?

Dahlia...how ya feeling?

Buttercup...Thank you for the PMA!! I seriously need it this month!

Lots of hugs for everyone girls!!!

 

[mrskcbrown]

someday... Have you ever had a LP this long? It sure looks to me like you ovulated. Last month, I had to take off a "fertile CM" day after O to keep my crosshairs...sometimes I think our common sense needs to override FF. It can be really frustrating, can't it? Hang in there! AF is not here yet, so there's still a chance!

Evie...HUGS! My temp dropped today, too, so even though my bbs have been so unusually tender and have seriously swelled up, I guess it's just a hormone anomaly...sigh...

I was hoping this was all of our months! Mrsbrown...any sign of AF?

Dahlia...how ya feeling?

Buttercup...Thank you for the PMA!! I seriously need it this month!

Lots of hugs for everyone girls!!!

Hi mommahawk: No sign of yet! I am 8 days late today too. Im thinking of retesting in the morning. I have a drs appt scheduled for next thursday for yearly stuff (Ob/GYN)so surely if no af by then, then I will have them to test me as well. If she refuses to do a blood test I will contact my RE and Im almost certain she will do one because she told me if no cycle by next week, they will proceed further. So its all a waiting game!

Cant believe this board is not getting any BFPS! We are the ones professing all of this faith and love for God, yet it seems all the other boards are getting the BFPs??!! Is it a test???

 

[im_mi]

mrskc, its definitely a test i think! Those who are close to God are the ones that Satan wants to get to. the struggles we go through just proves how much we love God and how close to him we are

Big to all of you waiting in limbo right now, i am praying that you all get answers soon and are celebrating bfps! and if not, may the Lord comfort you

I have a little prayer request guys, i hope you dont mind. My toddler is going through a hard time at the moment (the Terrible two's, although i hate calling it that) and i am struggling to stay patient, gentle and unconditionally kind with him. I have a short fuse anyway and with the pregnancy making me so tired and ill, i am finding it very hard to stay calm and not lose it with him. the last thing he needs right now is me throwing tantrums right alongside him so ladies, if you remember, please pray that the Lord fills me with patience and kindness for my little boy

 

[mrskcbrown]

I will pray now Im_mi, I understand. I have a 9 yr old and I have to pray with and for her and me as well. Such growing pains being a little tweenie girl! Prays your way!

 

[somedaymama]

mommahawk, I haven't ever had a LP this long since I've been charting. Is an 18 day LP even possible? I wasn't tracking CM because we weren't planning on trying this month, but if I put some watery CM on the day I though I ov'd, it gives me my cross hairs back.

Thanks for the support everyone. I hope we all get some BFPs soon!

Im_mi, praying for you and your son.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. James 1:2-8

 

[mommahawk]

Thanks for that verse, Someday...a great reminder!

Thanks for the update, Mrsbrown and someday...it's gotta be terribly hard and frustrating being in limbo like this!

Immi...with three children and myself home all day together, I know what it's like to need prayers for patience!! *Praying*!!

Well, girls...I did it...I shelled out the money for the OV Watch. After nearly two years of trying, and charting since August, I'm just wondering if I'm totally missing something?!? I'm also hoping that this will help with the "trying to catch the egg" guessing game and decrease my stress. Exactly what you were talking about, Dahlia. It will be so nice to have something tell me "Fertile Day 1" Now, Go for it!!

Now I just hope it gets here before AF shows up since you have to start wearing it on either CD1, 2, or 3! How long did it take you to get yours, Dahlia? I ordered mine from the main website and chose 2-day FedEx shipping.

GL to all those who are still waiting!!

 

[somedaymama]

Good idea with the ov watch, mommahawk! I really hope it works for you!

 

[im_mi]

thank you so much for your prayers girls! God works fast! jack just went into meltdown literally about 5 minutes after i posted and i handled it exactly as i wanted to

 

[Dahlia]

Momma -
Yea! I'm so happy for you! I know it took my stress level down to zero and actually made the time pretty exciting instead of pressured/frantic. I still temped b/c it was an experiment to see if it was the same as my temps indicated. and it was.

I know my friend got hers in just two days and she got the regular shipping...I'm sure you will get it quickly with getting fed-ex 2 day. I bought mine in a store on the day AF started...we had been waiting so long b/c I was stubborn and thought I might be able to do it more cheaply with bbt. not factoring in the stress involved - then cheap doesn't matter so much.

Really praying that it worked for us this month. I know I feel completely different about it all - like never before...very relaxed and not even stressing much about the long 2ww. but then again, I always get pretty hopeful during this time Although yesterday I ordered another sensor for the watch - in addition to another tube of preseed and more softcups. dh wanted to be sure it was all ready to go, instead of another frantic trip to the store. I secretly felt like, 'well, if I buy it all - I won't need it!' and then my next thought process was 'well, I'll have it all ready to go when our newborn is 4 months old and we can try for our next'...wow, I really like to plan ahead.

Prayers to you, Immi. and also Someday and Mrskc - this has gotta be so difficult for you both. Aaisrie - your time will come, sweets...hopefully soon!!

 

[Dahlia]

Momma - one more thing...each night - after you are wearing it for a half hour or so (I put mine on around 10PM) be sure to hit the test mode button to check that it is registering your body. if it says skin too dry - just leave it, enough perspiration will build up soon. 'ok' is the ideal reading. if it says 'not reading' after a half hour, you may need to tighten the band (I had to keep mine pretty snug the whole time). Anyway, a few days before fertile day 1, it wasn't reading at all - I had to follow the directions for soaking the sensor in just a tiny tiny bit of water on a plate. only took a minute to do, but I got all nervous that something was wrong. anyway, there is a chance the sensors dry out a bit and need the light soaking for 90 secs. that fixed it right away. there are directions for all of this - very easy to do and follow - plus you probably won't need to. just wanted to offer any help I can.

oh yeah, I did forget to wear it one night, so I called the helpline and they said it was fine to wear in the day as well, as long as I didn't go workout - or build up a good sweat at all.

finally, you can stop wearing it on fertile day 1. it will keep changing to fertile day 2, fertile day 3, etc without you wearing it. so that's kind of nice, you only really wear it for 9-16ish days, depending on your cycle.

sorry for the lonnnnnnnnnnng explanation - I love to chatter sometimes.

 

[Aaisrie]

Evening ladies!!

Well still no AF here, my CP is still high and I've been swabbing all day (which it is NOT happy about!) but no blood?! My LP is never longer than 12 days so I'm totally with you Someday!!!
I don't FEEL pregnant but I don't FEEL like AF is coming either?!

I was listening to a Hillsongs London song today called Free, the chorus is:

If I had wings I would fly
Cause all that I need you are
And if the world caves in around me
To you I'll still hold on
Cause you're all that I believe
You're the one that created me
Jesus
Because of you
I'm free

Sorry if those lyrics are wrong, I was doing it from memory!!

 

[somedaymama]

Well those signs sound good Aasirie! I won't get your hopes too much though, 'cause my high temps are a good sign too but I have a million negative pregnancy tests in the trash that don't agree. It looks like your Dec. 26 cycle followed pretty much the same pattern at the end as this one. Well hopefully your CP is a good sign for you!

I like that song! I don't think I've heard it before.

 

[Aaisrie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l6jMCV4DVI

That's the song.

I KNOW I said that to Immi today that my last cycle is IDENTICAL!

 

[Aaisrie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l6jMCV4DVI

That's the song.

I KNOW I said that to Immi today that my last cycle is IDENTICAL!

 

[somedaymama]

great song!

I posted this on my journal, but for anyone that doesn't read it, I think think this might be what's going on with me:

One of the main causes of a delayed period (extra-long luteal phase with high temps) with negative pregnancy tests is a luteal cyst. In a nutshell: when you ovulate, your egg ruptures from a small follicle. This follicle is known as the "corpus luteum" (literally means "yellow body," named for its color, and is the origin of the term "luteal phase.")

Anyway, the corpus luteum produces progesterone. In the event of pregnancy, this progesterone will support the growing embryo until the placenta takes over and makes enough progesterone for itself. Then the corpus luteum shrivels up and stops functioning.

In the event that there is NO pregnancy, the corpus luteum also shrivels up and stops functioning-- ending the luteal phase. The drop in progesterone causes your period to begin.

SOMETIMES, however, there is no pregnancy, but the corpus luteum turns into a small cyst and continues to secrete progesterone long after it's supposed to stop. This is called a luteal cyst, and is responsible for too many false hopes! (Progesterone also causes PMS and pregnancy-like symptoms, such as tender breasts.) If this is the problem, it's simple to resolve (usually a single injection takes care of it) but your doctor needs to see you!

https://www.peeonastick.com/hptfaq.html

 

[somedaymama]

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