TTC Christians~February - Page 3

[micky]

Name: Alicia
Age: 28
TTC #:1
CD:24
DPO (if applicable):13
Testing: started spotting today, so planning for CD1 tomorrow
Trying Since: December '09, currently at the end of cycle #2
Plan for this Cycle: Planning to start drinking green tea and taking b6 supplement in addition to my prenatal
Link to Chart (if applicable): http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/16bd64

Thoughts: I've been married to DH since June 2004. We opened our own business about 3 1/2 years ago, so have been waiting to let that get stable and DH to make a good income through that before we started TTC. It's been a long, hard wait, and we're definitely taking a leap of faith by TTCing, since we're still not completely stable and we want me to be able to be a SAHM when we do have a baby. Trying daily to trust in the Lord and let Him help me overcome my fears.


Verse, Quote or Sentiment that Has Helped Keep You Positive This Week:
Lamentations 3: 21-26
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

[MrsD08]

micky~You've been added. I hope your stay is short, but that you gain a lot of information!

[KBL7]

Please Add Me

MrsD08
Since you have a waiting to be ready section, count me in. =)

Name: KBL
Age: 38
TTC #: 1, Waiting to be Ready
Trying Since: Wishing since Dec 2007, trying since Sept. 2008
Plan for this Cycle: Wait
Thoughts: My intro is in the Wanting and Waiting thread on the Family Planning board.
Verse, Quote or Sentiment that Has Helped Keep You Positive Through this Journey:
I know it is all in His hands. And when it comes to pass we will not have wanted it any other way, for His way is perfect.
Psalm 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Soul-O & MrsD08

Thanks for your replies. I wondered if the scarring/blockage was the reason. I think we may already be dealing with that to a certain extent. We originally discovered a sperm issue where the immune system attacks the sperm (anti-sperm anti-bodies).
We don’t have insurance and don’t run to the doc unless it is a must. So we bought a microscope and have done some checking of our own. (I am a research nut)
Part of our waiting is to do some aggressive cleansing and rebuilding therapies.
I work in alternative/natural medicine but never knew there was so much available to improve infertility issues. So in some ways this has been a good journey for me just to be able to share options with others.
I have already experienced great improvement with my endo pain, so no matter how it turns out, it has already been worth it.

All of You Lovely Ladies

I am glad we have a place here to find support and encouragement.
I am very sporadic in coming to the boards, but I do at least try to check in and quickly read from time to time. I have to be quick since I hop around on all of these threads/boards:
Wanting and Waiting, Vegan TTC, UCers TTC, Older (forgot what age they list) TTC, General TTC, Infertility and whatever else catches my eye. I am tired just looking at the list. Um...can you say obsessed?
I hope all of your journeys are just as the Lord would have them.

[lilmom]

MommyNicole prayers for you and baby going up!! Keep us posted!

Tanikit prayers for your job situation going up!!

Alicia loved your verse and welcome to the group. Also, I firmly believe the Lord will not give you more than you can handle, and that you will be blessed for your faith!

MrsDO8 I am very blessed to have a DH who is strong Christian and the spiritual leader of our household! I was previously married (no kids) to a man who was not a Christian and it permeated every aspect of our lives..so I made that #1 priority the 2nd time around. All that being said, I will be praying for your DH to come around again. I really truly hope he will. It would be so hard not to have that support from DH and have children. When you ask him about it, does he completely shut down or what happens?

[MrsD08]

lilmom~It used to be I would just ask if he wanted to go to Bible study (my former church/pastor doesn't have a church building so they do Bible study once a week) and he would have some excuse. Then it was well, what if we move Bible study so you can come and he would back out of it. Then I asked what he believed, if he still didn't know what to believe or what? He said he knows there is a God, he just doesn't understand him. I told him that many people feel that way and the only way to learn is to believe and listen to/read the Word. He wasn't much into that, just shrug his shoulders and that was that. Well, I started asking at prayer requests to pray for DH. Then I started praying for him every day when I wake up and every day when I go to bed. I told him a couple times I pray for him and he says "okay" and that was that.

I was so frustrated this weekend about it, that I finally told him that it may sound vain to him, but I want someone to be a church with, I want someone to share the experience with me and I wanted him to support me. I told him I would bring the kids to church and it would be hard when they're toddler age and beyond to explain why Daddy doesn't go to church. I got kind of defensive about it and raised my voice a bit, which both were uncalled for...but all he told me was that he still wasn't going to go.

I have a friend who goes to a different church and we were at a concert that was raising money for her church and they were doing prayer requests. She requested a prayer for my husband. I asked why later on and she said she'd been through the same struggle and it took her 7 years to have her husband go to church. So I still believe we'll get there, I just don't know how long it will take.

I told him about the non-demoninational church, hoping he'd want to go to that and he still doesn't. I thought maybe it was the intimate Bible study that he was uncomfortable in and that a church service would be a better place for him to learn, but I guess I was wrong for now. I'm at a loss....

[MrsD08]

KBL~You've been added!

[MommyNicoleTX]

I'm on my cell but wanted to share the news. Great results in! Blood work (hcg) needed to double, Mine tripled! Praise God! All the Glory to Him! On meds (prog. suppositories) and on bedrest til thurs--I'm feeling good. Thank u for praying! God is answering prayer for women here! Luv the support here! Have a great day!

[MrsD08]

Found this documentary. I've never seen it, but I'm sure others have. I wanted to post it incase others had never seen it.

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=N9WE29PO

[karmab]

MommyNicole- wow! soooo happy to hear that!!!

i looove the verses today our newest friends KBL and micky posted- welcome, ladies!

Mrs D and all the women here- i am so happy that this thread has started- great inspiration!

[KingsDaughter76]

Hi- I would like to join in here.

My name is Kellina and we are TTC #2 for "us". We are a his, mine, and ours blended family. We met on eharmony about 4 yrs ago- got married almost 3 yrs ago. Madilynn is our first baby together. We both came from really horrible situations with our ex's. God brought us together in answer to both of our prayers!! God says he will restore what the wicked have stolen and we both firmly believe he has done that for us! Praise the Lord!! My husband is the only daddy to my kids...we have no contact with my ex. My 2 step-daughters live in a bad situation with their mom, but we plan to gain custody of the youngest soon.

We have been TTC for a while now- but I just got my first ppaf back last month...so now we are more actively trying.

I am currently 6 dpo and praying for an October blessing!

My chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1a5ff2

The verse that took me thru all the pain and trauma with my ex and still helps me stand strong today is Jeremiah 29:11- LOVE that verse!!!!!

[Soul-O]

Originally Posted by MrsD08

Questions for you ladies....
Do you have a DH/DP who isn't religious?

I am exceedingly blessed to have a DH who is a strong Christian. In fact, we met at a small group study of the book of James . However, my exDH, although religious, would not attend church with me. We are of different ethnicities, and he was unwilling to either attend my church, or take me to his. We could never agree on where to take the kids (his church, mine, or one we chose together), so we just didn't go. He wouldn't allow me to go on my own (can you say controlling???). I spent 7 years out of church because of this non-ending argument. When we separated, I immediately began attending services again, joined a Divorce Care group, and had my boys in Sunday School each week. My faith saw me through a very tough divorce, and has brought me to a wonderful place in my life - four awesome kids, the best DH ever, and true salvation through Christ.

[MrsD08]

KingsDaughter~You've been added!

[slarue]

Hi. I'd like to join ttc#2. This is the 2nd time I've typed all of this, apparently the devil was trying to discourage me from posting.
Name: Stephanie
Age: 30
TTC #:2
CD:2

Trying Since: Jan. '10. Though we weren't pro-actively trying to prevent either. We would have been trying sooner if we weren't having to wait on DH to get insurance. I don't like when 'red tape' in life keeps us from having the family we desire.

Plan for this Cycle: Starting to chart again, also will be using a saliva tester, I used years ago. I do also have one sensor for an OVwatch, but I'll probably wait on that. Hopefully I'll find out I'm ovulating!
Link to Chart (if applicable): http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2cb922

My story is kind of long, with lots of ups and downs. I was engaged once before DH. But I could see that it wasn't going to work, I was a christian and he was not. He had no desire to go to church with me. So I ended the engagement and began to pray. I prayed for someone to go to church with me, who had dark hair, and blue eyes (crazy prayer, but it worked, that's exactly what I got). The big suprise was that we had known each other all of our lives. We had gone to school k-12 together in the same class, rode the same bus, graduated together, and only lived a mile apart our entire lives. But we'd never paid any attention to each other. He was my brother's best friend, and that's how we started. He started going to church with me and was saved before we were engaged. We came from similar backgrounds; we both had 2 generations of divorce, parents and grandparents, and came from similar financial backgrounds (I'd say lower middle class). The Lord has shown us things through our family and their mistakes. From the beginning we said that the word 'divorce' was a curse word. We realized that once it's said, even in the heat of the moment, it can't be taken back, and always lingers in the back of your mind. I also believe coming from similar financial backgrounds we were able to recognize the difference in a 'want' and a 'need'. We've now been happily married for 7 years. We have suffered lots of loss in the past 3 year, but also have been blessed along the way. In 8/07 my brother was killed in a car accident (DH's best friend). But after 4 years of unexplained infertility issues (tests and specialist, and no answers), we conceived our DD in 9/07, the month after we lost my DB. She is a shining example of God's perfect timing. She got us through the first year after lossing my DB. Her middle name is Rose because she was the rose in our valley. Then in 11/08 we conceived again, but found out we lost the baby on 1/20/09 (my BD). In 3/09 we lost my Dad, he was murdered by a family member. Sadly he had never gotten to see our DD. Then this past month in Jan. we lost my Papaw again on my birthday. Sooo, I had hoped that we had conceived in Jan. because it would have been around the time we had lost our other baby and now my Papaw, and it would have been due on our anniversary. But our plans aren't always the Lords plans. I know, when it's time the Lord will bless us again, and it will be in His perfect timing. And if I'm never blessed again, I have enough with my DH and sweet DD. Sorry this is so long, but I hope someone gets something from it.

Verse, Quote or Sentiment that Has Helped Keep You Positive This Week:
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

[MrsD08]

Welcome, slarue, you've been added!

[Tanikit]

Hi slarue - thanks for sharing. I desire another child very much, but also look at my daughter and know that I have been really blessed. The waiting game is still hard though.

2 dpo today. Thank you for the prayers - my husband has been asked to read up on a particular development job and will probably go for a job interview soon - they called today. He has been for a number of interviews in the past, so I need to remember to keep hoping in God - it is hard for both of us. Please pray for his interview when it happens.

[MrsD08]

Prayers are going up Tanikit!

[KingsDaughter76]

You may want to put me in TTC# 5+ as this will be my 10th pregnancy (4 losses and 6 live births for me...lol) Although technically this will be my 2nd baby with current DH. ;-)

[KBL7]

Originally Posted by MrsD08

Found this documentary. I've never seen it, but I'm sure others have. I wanted to post it incase others had never seen it.

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=N9WE29PO

I am curious what it is supposed to be. The link did not take me to a specific video. Maybe I can look it up?

[MrsD08]

Originally Posted by KBL7

I am curious what it is supposed to be. The link did not take me to a specific video. Maybe I can look it up?

Huh, that link works for me.....does it work for anyone else?

Well, here's a new link to try.
http://www.surfthechannel.com/link/1/255/1273741/0.html
Click on it, then click on "Click to go to host website" which is in a box on the left near the top. That should take you straight to the video.

It's a documentary on hospital births VS home births, etc. It's really interesting. They have a website too, but the whole video isn't on their own website...it is www.pregnantinamerica.com.

[MrsD08]

KingsDaughter~I fixed it for you.

AFM~I wasn't having a good patience day. There's a lot going on in my mind today and I wish so badly to speak to my husband about it all, but he had to work late and now he's working down in the garage. Sometimes it's good to have time to ourselves, but I feel so distant from him right now. I think I'm going to walk down there and bring him some hot chocolate and see if he wants to talk.

But anyway...I looked up some Bible passages to help me get through the day and thought you ladies might like them.

Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.

Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

1 Chronicles 16:12
Remember the wonders He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He pronounced.

Job 5:9
He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

Matthew 22:37
Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

John 14:23
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Romans 8:39
Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and He will direct your paths.

Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all His ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He.

(These are all from NIV, because that is the version that is easiest for me to understand.)