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

[Terangela]

Rdy- I hope it gets a few more follicles growing so you can release a few eggs. I Oed earlier once I started to take fertility meds. Usually around cd11. I can`t remember if you chart or not. You may see a rise in temp sooner. However I have also heard some people O later too. Are you being monitored at all, I used to have to get a vaginal ultra sound twice a month cd11 and cd14 to check for follicle growth and how many.

Cornbread- It is scary when they tumble down the stairs. My DD did it once running after grandpa (who forgot to close the gate) and luckily she only tumbled down about 3 stairs. She was scared more than hurt. God had his hand on her as those stairs are straight down and there are about 20 of them with tile on the bottom landing.

Mrskc-looks like she got the message then. Hopefully the lies will stop. I am 3 days away from 6 weeks I keep celebrating every day. Feeling very PG this time. I have my ultrasound on July 13th. I can`t wait! I am hoping I will see a HB then.

Dahlia- When I was TTC my first I think everyone around me got PG. There were 15 PG`s and deliveries all before I got PG. My one friend not only had her baby but had their first birthday before I got PG and then had the second birthday before I delivered. They started to TTC after us and were PG with their second right after I delivered my DD. I really was at a low and felt envious and jealous back then. When I was TTC my second it seemed like all the awful, neglectful, careless parent stories were all over the news. It seemed like every abuse story, parent killing their child story was on the news every night. It made me sick. This time around I was at peace and maybe because I have kids, but I think my relationship with God is different and I am now wondering about sensitivity to the issue with others. I have infertility issues and luckily it was only when TTC with my first did it take a long time. My SIL`s both went through MC`s in the last few months. I am hoping it isn`t hurtful for them. I hope that we are having our third and they would have only been having their second isn`t hurtful to them. I find it weird being on this other side. All I can say is I understand the feeling you are having of being impatient and questioning the why not me. I have been there too.

AFM- I quit the job I had just started. I just felt God was giving me so many signs to do so. I had an interview today for another position and hopefully I will get that. I like the atmosphere at the other store more. It seems like they are more focused on customer service than on numbers, knowing that the numbers follow if there is great customer service. I like that much more. I should find out on Monday.

I am leaving on holidays in 4 days and haven`t packed a thing yet. I really should start but it still doesn`t feel like we are about to go. I am trying to think about how to tell my SIL`s (I said why earlier) and really dreading my MIL`s rude reaction. I hope I am wrong. However I know they will all be talking about us behind our back when we leave. It would all be different if my SIL`s hadn`t had MC`s in the last little bit. I hope I am wrong and I hope they react in a positive way.

 

[Rdy2BaMom]

Rdy- I hope it gets a few more follicles growing so you can release a few eggs. I Oed earlier once I started to take fertility meds. Usually around cd11. I can`t remember if you chart or not. You may see a rise in temp sooner. However I have also heard some people O later too. Are you being monitored at all, I used to have to get a vaginal ultra sound twice a month cd11 and cd14 to check for follicle growth and how many.

I don't chart anymore. . . I did when we first started our TTC adventure, but it just got to be too much for me. It made me stress too much. I do have OPK's and will start using them on CD10. They are not monitoring me this cycle. We are just trying clomid for 2 mos, and if it doesn't work by then, we will do IUI in Sept or Oct. Good luck with the job hunting! and I'll be praying for your time with your family and for positive reactions.

 

[willbamom1day]

I heard from the doctor yesterday - she said my hcg came back and it is consistant with 4 weeks pregnant. She also said that I need to try stopping my Advair (for asthma) as it is a type C which means it can cause harm to my baby. I told her I would try, so I prayed and I am hoping I can get you guys to pray as well. My first appt with midwife will be either at 6 weeks or 8 weeks depending on how she feels about the asthma thing.

cornbread glad to hear all is getting better

mrskc happy 6 weeks Glad to see you are making head way with that situation

Terangela

rdy2b no side effects praise God

Hubby and I are taking a trip to the farmers market and running some errands today and then maybe taking a trip over to my aunts pool for awhile.

I hope everyone has a blessed day

 

[Dahlia]

Someday - if you added any more bd dates I would be worried. jk.

Guppy - will be praying for you with the Clomid. thx so much for your nice words. really helps to know someone dealing with the same stuff. also, thx for your prayers. IT WILL HAPPEN for us...of course, in God's perfect time. won't that be so amazing when it does?

RDY - I obviously meant you and not Guppy - oops.

 

[mrskcbrown]

@RDY: Here is a clomid calculator that I used sometime that gives you a round about time that you will ovulate with clomid. Scroll down once you get to the page and enter the date you started taking clomid: https://www.babymed.com/tools/clomid-ovulation-calculator

Im doing fine. Just so ready to go to Chicago to see my friends!! I planned to leave weds and stay until July 14, but DH has class on thursday and so we may not leave until friday. He is dropping me off and coming back monday because he has work and school. I live in Mississippi so I have no friends here outside of people I work with. All I do everyday is lie around and watch TV, cleaning and etc, and wait for DH to come home so I can have company. Our church is large so its hard to connect. I may have to join a small group or something. Im SO bored here, but I love my job. We plan to move in 9 yrs when my oldest goes to college. We dont want to remove her from her school and I feel its important to have life long friends.

Well enough about me and my boring life, I hope everyone is having a good saturday.

 

[Terangela]

Rdy- All I did was BD every other day from CD 9 to 24... but that was because I didn't get a +opk so I thought that I didn't O. I have heard the digital opk's are way better. A friend gave me a bunch of internet cheapies that I used and well didn't really work. I still got pg and think I did O on CD 11 because it was slightly darker than the other days on my OPK. I was given some digital opk's after and so I passed them onto my friend who is taking clomid this month too.

Mrskc- I used to go to a big Church here and didn't know anyone. I hated walking in the doors and walking out with out knowing anyone. We started going to a smaller Church and you would think it would be different, it isn't. I started going to the ladies morning Bible study and have met 6 other ladies that I have really gotten to know. I might not have given them more of a chance had we met out side of that group. It didn't appear that we had anything in common. More and more I see common ground between us. We have kids at all different stages of life and abilities. I have learned a lot from these ladies and likely would have Church hopped had I not met them and really connected. If you get involved in a life group, make sure to give it a few tries as I find at times groups take a while to shed their outer layer and really allow others in. We didn't join one as the life groups that still had room at the time were all older adults (our two kids would be the only kids in the group) and both of them were being held at people's houses that are not child friendly. So they said we (my DH and I) could come and then get a sitter for the kids. I am not willing to get a sitter for Life group. That sounds to opposite of being Christ like. Jesus said "let the children come to me"... he didn't say "get a sitter and leave them at home so you can come hear what I have to say". So we didn't bother this last time. I thought it was kind of rude. Not to mention we can't afford a weekly babysitter and I am not willing to work more and be away from home more to make a tiny bit more money to pay for one.

 

[somedaymama]

willb, glad to hear that the hcg number came back good! Did your doctor give you an alternative to the advair? It's important that you keep your asthma controlled during pregnancy.

mrskc, sorry you're feeling bored.

 

[mrskcbrown]

Thanks Terangela. I will give it a try.

@somedaymama: How did you get your link to your preggo journal to do that? I want to be able to click on mines like that without this long URL?
Thanks, Ill survive, its my 4th year here

 

[somedaymama]

mrskc--if you want to link from your words "My pregnancy journal," highlight that phrase and then click the "insert link" button (next to the button to change text colors). Then copy and paste your link.

 

[mrskcbrown]

Thanks somedaymama. I think it works now.

 

[Isi Buttercup]

Just checking in to say hi. Hope everyone's doing great!

 

[Guppy051708]

Buttercup! Hope all is well xxx

I heard from the doctor yesterday - she said my hcg came back and it is consistant with 4 weeks pregnant. She also said that I need to try stopping my Advair (for asthma) as it is a type C which means it can cause harm to my baby. I told her I would try, so I prayed and I am hoping I can get you guys to pray as well. My first appt with midwife will be either at 6 weeks or 8 weeks depending on how she feels about the asthma thing.

What wonderful news about the babe & the hCG levels! God will protect, im sure of that!
Will keep you in my prayers that you can go off that med. and get it controlled by something else. In the meantime, i will also pray that this asthma will go away. (def keep taking meds since that can cause issues in pregnancy) but im going beyond that prayer and saying the LORD can and WILL heal you of asthma! Im sure that you can because our God is above any medicine or doctor! Our God is THE doctor for healing. I believe that! I had loads of issues, and after praying so much, the lord took every single one of them away! no lie! Even the meds, i have been med free for 2 years now! No more asthma (was on 2 inhalers 3x per day, singular, and on steroids alot), now i dont EVER need that! Was also on meds for anemia, guess who's not anemic anymore!!!! and i was on meds for an underactive thyroid, but not any longer! Everything has been healed, all levels are normal and i no longer require ANY medications! The Lord is above illness and i will be in agreement with you on this! I truly believe you are healed!

Someday - if you added any more bd dates I would be worried. jk.

Guppy - will be praying for you with the Clomid. thx so much for your nice words. really helps to know someone dealing with the same stuff. also, thx for your prayers. IT WILL HAPPEN for us...of course, in God's perfect time. won't that be so amazing when it does?

RDY - I obviously meant you and not Guppy - oops.

was wondering about that LOL
No worries

Mrskcbrown, when DH and i attended Penn State the church we were going to was so big it had about 9 different services and they had to move some services to the high school! I LOVED the preching there though! It was excellent, but it was super hard to connect, so i get you there! We did a small group- a Life Group and for the most part enjoyed it. I would recommend that as far as connecting goes!

 

[Cornbread]

Angela, that's exactly what we have. Somewhere between 15 and 20 stairs straight down with tile at the bottom. God watched out for both our babies!

willba, congratulations!

 

[willbamom1day]

Hi guys

Thanks for all your comments and prayers on the asthma front.
I have prayed to God and asked that He heal me of asthma and that I may never take those meds again. Today makes 2 days without advair and I keep repeating "by His stripes I am healed" and "no wepon formed against us shall prosper" us being me and the miracle growing inside me. I must say I feel pretty good and will continue to repeat those words and see how long I can go without it and not harm me or my miracle.

mrskc I know there is no best friend like a hubby but it is still nice to have those girlfriends - praying you find some.

Isi glad you checked in - we miss you when your gone. hope all is well

Guppy that is an awesome testimony of healing - Praise His precious name

cornbread how's muffing and hubby doing

someday Dahli terangela and rdy2b I hope you are having a blessed day

 

[Cornbread]

willba, Muffin's great. DH is still hurting but at least he's back on profile so no more hurting his ankle doing stuff he shouldn't. The doc said the xrays look like the plates are crooked so that might be contributing to the pain. He's got surgery scheduled for July 13 to get the plates out, yay!

 

[mrskcbrown]

Hey all. Hope everyone is well. Church was amazing today. The things that stuck out to me is that you have to take life for what it is, things in life may go wrong but you have to remember to stick with Jesus no matter what. The pastor told us to be bold and have the audacity to ask God for a blessing and trust that it is on the way. He said there is no reason to ask for a blessing and not believe that God can deliver.

It was confirmation for me and DH because we asked God for this blessing and not one time did we think He was not going to come through, although it got rough we continued to trust in God.

TTC ladies be bold, dont give up.
BFP ladies trust God and know that God is going to bring you all the way through!

 

[Guppy051708]

That was very uplifting mrskcbrown! Thanks for sharing that

Well we paid out tithe today. And you know what? It felt really good!
Is it wrong of me to want to think that if we keep giving our tithe the Lord will be able to give me the nautural birth that I would like to experience, free without complications? maybe that's just greedy or is it really okay to ask and expect that? Ever since we got our bfp this time around the Lord pressed and pressed me to tithe, and never did. Kept getting this "voice" in my heart saying if you tithe, you ilk be given the birth you desire...idk though,maybe that was just my ego. Reguardkess of your answer, I have every intention on proceeding with the tithes

 

[mrskcbrown]

That was very uplifting mrskcbrown! Thanks for sharing that

Well we paid out tithe today. And you know what? It felt really good!
Is it wrong of me to want to think that if we keep giving our tithe the Lord will be able to give me the nautural birth that I would like to experience, free without complications? maybe that's just greedy or is it really okay to ask and expect that? Ever since we got our bfp this time around the Lord pressed and pressed me to tithe, and never did. Kept getting this "voice" in my heart saying if you tithe, you ilk be given the birth you desire...idk though,maybe that was just my ego. Reguardkess of your answer, I have every intention on proceeding with the tithes

How awesome! Giving tithes to me is so freeing. I bless God that we are able to do so. I think that He is giving you that feeling because it will come to pass. Your delivery will be great. I tried it with my daughter and plan to try it again, but I will have the epidural on speed dial I ended up having to have c-section with her because she pooped in me and was in distress. This time in order to do a vbac I have to start labor on my own, cannot be induced. If so I have to get a c-section again, so Im sure Ill begin laboring on my own, at least thats my prayer. I have a LONG way to go though.

You will be fine!

 

[Isi Buttercup]

Thanks Willbe. I'm great.....just waiting to o any minute now. How's the baby doing? Wishing you all the very best hun!

Beanni.....thanks so much . How are you doing? You must be enjoying that 2n tri now

Rdy....good luck with the clomid.

Cornbread, hope your DH gets better soon!

Guppy....I'm glad you were able to resolve the tithing thing. God is really faithful and will continue to replenish you in every way.

Deb....hope you're doing great hun.

Angela, Someday, Mrskc.....hope you're all well and having beautiful pregnancies so far.

I got a visit from an old friend yesterday and she prayed with me for me to conceive my baby asap!! The reason I'm kinda excited is that the day before I hooked up with my DH, this same friend prayed for me to meet my husband (she got married when we were 25, and at the time, I had just turned 30 and with no fella in sight...lol).

Have a blessed day everyone!

 

[Rdy2BaMom]

Hello ladies! Glad everyone is doing so well! Just have a minute to pop in . . . I had to work all weekend it was no fun. . . so now onto another work week!! The clomid has only given me some hot flashes and Saturday I felt awful all day, but I'm doing much better now! Thanks for your prayers! Tonight is my last night of clomid

Can I get y'alls opinion on something? A couple at my church gave us a washer and dryer for free because they are remodeling and getting new ones, so what should I include in their thank-you card?? I was thinking a gift card to a restaurant and 2 movie tickets?? What do y'all think??

Hope you all have a very blessed Monday!