Heart’s Desire – Finding Strength and Direction from God

[Hope644]

I'm going to try to put all this out of my mind (even though it'll be hard with that meeting coming up)....maybe it's just not meant to be.

Keep your chin up, sweetie!!! God has a perfect plan designed especially for IndieBlue!


I love this image AND scripture, I've been waiting for the right time to use it. Keep your focus. He will guide you and show you the path He wants you to travel. We are here for you, no matter what that path brings and will support you. Praying for you and DH, that you hear His voice and experience His peace.

[Hope644]

How are you Hope? I hope that you are feeling better. Thanks for your continued support and understanding. I'm sorry that you had a bad day. I'm thinking of you.

I have another appointment tomorrow morning with RE. We will make the decision to go with IUI or IVF for this cycle. It is out of my hands. I am trusting God. Letting go fo the sense of control is difficult for me, but something that I am working on every day.

You are all in my hopes and prayers. Thanks again for being here to support me and each other. Hello to all I missed this time around.

-chriss

Hi Chriss - yup, I'm feeling better (well, emotionally!) Physically, I'm tired and crampy but AF finally showed up!!! YAY!!!! thank *you* for your support. You guys all really helped turn my frown upside down yesterday! (cheesy, i know, but it's true!!)

I know exactly what you mean about letting go... I have to give up control (or at least my attempts at it!!) to God nearly every minute. I give it up to Him and sometimes not even 5 minutes later, I'm trying to take it back again! We are so blessed to have such a loving and forgiving God who never runs out of grace and love for us!!

Praying that your follies continue to grow stronger and whatever is best in God's plan will come to be in this cycle. IUI or IVF, doesn't really matter, God is in control! Lord, please give Chriss a peace that surpasses all understanding and help her to place all her trust in YOU, Lord God. Guide and direct the hands of her RE and cause him to make the decision that is consistent with Your will and we pray, father, that you will continue to encourage and bless Chriss with peace and joy in You. AMEN!

[Hope644]

MP/Mia- Prayers for God's will. Praise for 4 1/2 beautiful embies!!! Prayers for continued embie growth and a safe ET on Sun 2/3 at 1200 CST
Weezie - Prayers for healthy embies and ET???
Angela - Prayers for the upcoming FET - Jan 08
Nikki - Prayers a healthy, fruitful FET in March!! Praise for healing and AF's arrival!
Indie - Prayer for God's will and direction and unity of heart and mind with DH in the months leading up to IVF (Maybe June 08 - maybe sooner)
Princess - BFP on 1/18!!
Hope - Praise for healing and AF's arrival prayers for strength in the upcoming IVF cycle ER/ET week of March 10-14
Sonu - Prayer for upcoming FET - March 08
Chelly - Prayer for comfort and encouragement through the IVF process
Cathann - Prayer for healthy follies and a safe and fruitful ER/ET - around Feb 20-25
Chriss - Prayers for continued inspiration and encouragement as well as follies development and direction in IUI/IVF this cycle
Kildean - Praise for 17 lovely embies and prayers for continued growth for a safe ET in a few days

Thank you, Lord, for the many blessings you have given us. Thank you for each and every person on this list. Please bless us and help us to know your will for our lives and Lord, to seek your will in all we do. Thank you God, for the blessing we have been to each other in this short time together. Please bless our friendships as we honor You! And help us, Father, to encourage and support one another through joy and laughter as well as through sorrow and tears. Teach us Lord, to love one another and others as You love us.

Draw us nearer to You, Lord, as we go through this process. Lord, whatever the path you have chosen for us, show us the way You want us to go. Grant us peace and comfort in your loving arms, Father Abba. Help us to know how our struggles and our suffering are important to you and how you long for us to grow through them and lean on You. Help us to know how to pray and for what to pray. Convict us in the areas of our lives that need correction and guide us back to the paths of fulfillment, sanctification, and righteousness.

In the Name of Your Precious Son, Jesus, Amen.

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[sonu911]

Congratulations MP and Kildean on your wonderful embie report. Wishing you nothing less than BEST for your transfer!! And keeping fingers crossed for the GREAT NEWS OF BFP:)!!! pinning this for u two...

Hope - I am so happy AF showed up for you. Ever since my last cycle in September, it has been pretty irregular for me too, though AF has always been very punctual for me...especially after TTC . These meds mess with our systems more than we can understand. But I know everything will be just fine with a baby (or two!!) in our arms And yes...thanks for a very beautiful pic with a wonderful quote.
Indie - I continue to pray for you, your research, your perseverence and insistence(with DH and GOD) will surely be fruitful and that too, VERY SOON.
God is showing you this path and you are right up there...this is especially for you-

Chriss - You might have heard it many times but just to remind you once more - If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it!!
Just hang in... everything will be just fine, even before you know it.
Cathann - Continuing prayers for u, dear!!

Just a bit about me now -
I belong to a different world and I am not Christian but I am as closer to Lord as all my sisters here. I identify with all of you and my prayers are same. Thanks for praying for me as I continue to pray for you all. As it is being said that the power of group prayer is far superior than individual prayers.
We are in a process of transition, and me and my DH are on the crossroads. My husband is having some problem with his employer and he wants leave this company to start working for himself (self-employed). Amidst this we plan to do FET which will be done in India(which is where I belong to!!). Last few days have been very difficult but somehow my mind is at peace now...and I just know everything will be fine.
Please pray for me, ladies...that we are out of this mess soon and we travel back to our country and start the process of FET. After all my babies are waiting for me...

Love and hugs to all ((()))

[chriss]

Good morning everyone.

Hope thanks for the post. It means a lot and I feel calmer just reading it. glad AF is here. One step closer for you. Thanks for your prayers.

Sonu, thanks to you too. You message encourages me. I pray for you too that things will sort out soon.

You are all in my heart, thoughts and prayers. thanks so much for your kindness and support. Have a great day.
-chriss

[IndieBlue]

I really hope he comes around....the bills will be paid off by March, and my sons rooms is a work in progress (we do a little sheetrock here and there...etc). Maybe if I get on the ball with a plan for finishing it up he'll be fine.

I just don't want to pass up something this promising because of a 2 week overlap...ya know. I don't think I'd start until March anyway....since the meeting is Feb 13th, and my AF would be Feb 20th...not sure that I'd fit in to a Feb cycle. So in all reality the bills that he's speaking of would be paid off before I started my cycle anyhow....so maybe he'll come around.

I keep praying for him and me....I don't want this to drive a wedge between us....but sadly my feelings are hurt and his ? is hurt. He worries to much about what his mother will think....he did when we adopted too! It's irritating to say the least. He ask me all the time what my dad/mom/sister/papa will think and I'm like "ummm, that it's none of their biz and they'll love the baby just like they love my adopted children?" My family doesn't interfere like that...luckily.

Who knows....I'm just going to continue to pray about it.

[kildean23]

Hope: The date and time for ET is 2/5 @ 12pm. The doc just called and said all embyos are divinding into 2 and 4 cell nicely.

IndieBlue: I am really praying for your situation. Remeber it might not look promising now but God has the final say so. I have a feeling it is all going to work out.

[nicaliw]

Oh my, again I blnked and missed a whole bunch.

First things first.....HOPE..............FINALLY! YESSSSSS! I felt your pain, as you did mine, so I'm very excited to hear that AF came straight over to your house after she visited me. Do you have dates pencilled in for your cycle?????

MIA and Klidean.......more wonderful news about your embryos. I couldn't be happier for you. Mia, your story is quite incredible, God truly hears our prayers.

chriss, praying that things will work out well with this cycle for you.

Indieblue.....my heart goes out to you, I can just feel the pain you are going through. I had a similar thing with my DH. In the beginning he was not comfortable at all with the whole idea of IVF. Through prayer and God speaking to him he is now much more comfortable with the process. In fact, he said he was just listening the the radio the other day and Chuck Swindoll was hosting a question/answer talk show. My husband has lots of respect for this guy and values his opinion. Someone called in and asked about IVF and Chucks response was basically it is good as long as we don't create more emryos than we plan to give a chance at life. My hubbie felt reassured by this. Anyway, I digress, I know our situations are different, your husband has different issues and you are just so desperately ready to move ahead with IVF. I pray that God leads you both to an understanding so you can feel at peace. I also pray that God speaks to your husband on this matter so that he can listen to His guidance and not worry so much about what his mother thinks.

So, an update on me....On tuesday I am going to have an ultrasound to check my lining. If that is fine (not sure what they're hoping it looks like) then we have a tenative date for our FET. Of course it depends on my current cycle being about 29 days (like it always used to be), but if it does that the FET will be April 4th. I seems like along way off but at least we are heading for a date now not just waiting for AF to show up. I'm happy! Only thing is, with a singleton the due date would be Dec 20th......lol, my first baby was born Dec 24th! Could be heading for another Christmas baby, what a nice Christmas gift. I guess its not ideal (from experience Chirstmas birthdays for kids are not ideal) but I remind myself...HE has a plan and it is perfect, so I will sit back and let him take the reigns here. If it is twins they'll be most likely a few weeks early anyway, the majority of twins are born around 36 weeks. I would Looooooove twins, but will be happy with whatever he blesses us with.

[IndieBlue]

See now this is what I was talking about...mixed messages!!!! Just this morning after breakfast he says "we need to get T's room done because if we have another boy then we'd need the extra room" !!!!What!!!! Good grief man, you're killing me!

And I think he's forgetting #1 I may not get pregnant on the first or second cycle so there may not be another baby #2 It takes approximately 1-2 months to complete these cycles, plus 9 months to carry the child/children....we have plenty of time to finish the bedroom.

Oh well, enough about that.

Who's next in the ER or ET line? I'm so excited to see everyone's ER going so well....I can't wait to see some more BFP's

[waitingforMia]

Indie: Oh my your dh sounds like mine!! Mixed signal central. You have got to just seek God and wait for dh to be consistent. Talk to dh though about his mixed signals, he prob isn't even aware!

Nic:Glad you haev adate for the FET Just 2 mos!! That is funny about you thinking about when their bdays will be, I thought of that too. Except I was like oh don't let it fall near mine (see how selfish I am!!) Praying these 2 mos fly by for you!


Chriss: When is the IUI scheduled for???

Sonu: My dh has considered going into business on his own also. I feel you - thinking about that stress plus a baby, yikes! Where is your country?? Where are you at now?? I think you mentioned it before, but I forget.

Hope: SO happy for you that AF came!! BCP start soon and you will be well on your way!

Kildean: How are you feeling??? Is your ET tomorrow also??? I will be praying for you.

Girls please pray for me. I had some severe cramps very low in my bladder last night. It might be a bladder infection but ET is tomorrow so RE doesn't want to give me antibiotics yet. I will know more tomorrow. Thak you girls for your fellowship, love and prayers. We serve a mighty God!!

MP

[kildean23]

waitingformia:

I still have pressure pain from ER. I hope it goes away by ET. ET is scheduled on Tuesday. I've been trying to rest as much as I can. Thanks for the prayers. I will definitely pray for you tonight. Et is going to go just fine. Lord keep the infections away.

[Hope644]

Girls please pray for me. I had some severe cramps very low in my bladder last night. It might be a bladder infection but ET is tomorrow so RE doesn't want to give me antibiotics yet. I will know more tomorrow. Thak you girls for your fellowship, love and prayers. We serve a mighty God!!

MP

Lord Jesus, carry Mia through the ET procedure tomorrow with care. Lord, if there is infection, we pray that the antibiotics that she has already taken for the ER will heal the infection and not be a hinderance to the transfer of her precious babes. We pray that the cramps will not return. Lord guide the hands of the doctor, embryologist and nurses assisting her tomorrow and let them handle the little embies that you have created and already know with great care. God, please let them implant easily and continue to grow and develop into the babies that you have designed for them to be. Lord, please give MP and DH your peace and joy in knowing that You are in charge and that You have a perfect plan for them. AMEN!

IMPLANT, EMBIES, IMPLANT!!!

[sonu911]

Mia -I Will be praying for you on Sunday.


Stck embabies stick!!

We are right now in Bahrain, a small island country in Middle east.

[paulina]

Hi Ladies,

If you don't mind i would like to join u. Ive done 2 failed IVF progrm with donor sperm.
Right now, Im thinking and feeling that God doesn't love me. Please write something to prove im wrong.... thanks

[sonu911]

Nic...sorry I missed u. It feels so good to have a date...atleast you have a direction to work on. I am sure everything will be sorted gradually.
I don't know how much more time it will take for me. But I will be on short protocol of meds for FET, estradiol tablets from the second day of the AF after which lining will be checked and the embabies to be transferred on the appropriate day. So still hopeful that it will happen in March.

Paulina - Welcome dear!! I can understand what you are going through...these are trying times. I was completely shattered after my 3 failed IVF cycles and then took a break. Now I am ready mentally, physicallly and ofcourse financially for a FET cycle. Everything happens at its appropriate time, only thing is that we don't know about it, God surprises us all the time. And He loves us more than we ever will be able to know and does everything for our good.
We have to BELIEVE HIM, have FAITH in HIM and with PATIENCE, wait for HIS BLESSINGS.

Kildean - May your pain go away and you become ready for your ET on tuesday. Prayers.

Chriss - Thanks a lot for your prayers and all the very best for your IUI. God is with you.

Hope - Wishes to you for starting BCP, its amazing how these meds renders so much hope and each day in this IVF process is a new day. I just hope that you continue this process with much success with the grace of GOD.