Good Afternoon Ladies!
Sonu - Thank you so much for the great photo (one of my favs) and the lovely prayer... so beautiful and sweet. THANK YOU!
Indie - I know how you feel about wanting an answer from God - I prayed for 3 years for God to either change DH's heart or mine. Having 3 children from a previous marriage and a vasectomy, he wasn't interested in having more. I knew that and thought that I was ok with that when we wed, but I felt more strongly about him being God's plan for me than about the aspect of no children. Needless to say, my heart's desire changed. I prayed and prayed and cried many tears, but he would hear nothing of it. That was until last March - we attended a Weekend to Remember conference (great conference, btw, ladies, if you have never been, i would HIGHLY recommend it) - during the conference we had a lot of opportunities to discuss many things... I was terrified to bring up this topic, but he beat me to it. He brought it up and told me that he wanted to try.
Of course, I didn't let much time go by after I got the go-ahead and we were in the dr's in April for testing and in for our first IVF in July. And btw, my DH will be 43 in a few weeks and I've seen DHs on this site well into their 50s. That "old" bit is for the birds!
Hold tight to His Grace, He will lead you both in the direction He wants for you - your plans are now one, as you are one in His eyes. He won't lead you both in different directions, He will reconcile your hearts as you both trust in Him.
Cathann - Thank you for sharing your story with us. I am so glad you feel God's peace in moving forward with IVF. His comfort is like no other.
You have already been so blessed that the Lord has brought you through your DH's illness in health and more importantly, more closely intertwined with one another and with Him. He truly does work in mysterious, yet miraculous ways. Praise God that He has delivered you both through that struggle and brought glory and honor to Him though it. He is an AMAZING God! I pray that the strength He has built in you will guide you through this process leaning on Him and giving Him praise through your blessings yet to come.
MP - How are you feeling with your meds?? Just a few more days now, right??
Yes, God is teaching me A LOT about patience. You know His lessons are rarely easy ones, especially when we are stubborn!
Still no AF...
I guess she's taking her own sweet time. I'm trying to not focus on it...
About the frostie dilemma... I spoke to my dear friend yesterday (I think I mentioned her before, she's kind of like a mentor to me) anyway, she has a dear friend who has been a RN for an RE for like 20 years in NY. She asked her about the frostie issue and apparently, they have begun a process for many of their Christian patients who have frosties that they don't plan to use but don't want to let them die in the lab or donate. Apparently, they allow these patients to go back in (without drugs or preparation) and have the embies transferred back into the mommy. Knowing there is an extremely rare chance for them to "take". So when they pass, at least they are with their mommy. I don't know if this is an option for any of us, or if any of us would want to do this, but it's an alternative to what we've seen previously.... just a thought.
Nikki - Where in the world are ya, hon?? Any sign of AF?? Hope your teeth (or spaces where they used to be!!) are doing much better!! We're thinking of you and miss ya!!
I have a wonderful PRAISE today!
Yesterday, my DH and I drove to see my folks and my grandmother (I fondly call her Sassy, as her nickname just suits her!) She fell and broke her hip the day after my D&C (now 7 weeks ago) and has been on the tough road to recovery since. I last saw her on New Years eve (a mere 3 weeks ago) and she was doing ok, but walking with the walker was still quite a struggle for her. Well, when I got there yesterday, she got up and practically trotted across the floor and went all the way to the BR by herself and said, oh, I'll call you if I need you!!!! I'm tellin' ya, she is walking better now than she did *before* the accident!!! She is quite the trooper. I can only hope I'm half the trooper in life and for God that she is at any age, especially at 84. She and my mother have always been Godly women and have been true inspirations for me... and I'm sure their prayer interessions on my behalf have saved me from much trouble in my life. I just had to share that with you... it's always wonderful to see His blessings at work!!
I realize he's not...there are so many people out there that are much older than him having their children, but you can't make someone fell younger and ready to take on such a HUGE thing such as IVF. He's going to be 37 this year....so again, he's not old.
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ya!
