Congratulations rvpbae. Your testimony is permanent in Jesus name. Amen

While you all were having a beautiful weekend I was busy threatening my husband with moving out if he didn't give me his phone password. After all the digging up of old wounds and exaggerating the scenario, I got it on a platter of gold. Best weekend ever.

Prayer Monday
#singing I choose to worship by Lynn Deshazo and Gary Sadler

I choose to worship, I choose to love You,
To reach out and touch Your Heart,
I want to know You, here in this moment,
I choose to worship You

Father thank You for today. Thank You for life, food, clothing and all Your provisions. Am sorry Father for complaining and being ungrateful when my present level is several others prayer point.

Daddy Instead of complaining today, I choose to worship You. Instead of worry Lord I will worship You. Daddy I know You care about me much more than I know and am sorry for doubting Your love for me. Am sorry for thinking You have left me when You are always with me. Forgive me and show me Your mercy.

Lord from Your word You said nothing is too hard for You to do, and I can testify to that. Therefore Lord in spite of what the doctors have said, what are bodies are telling us and what others have spoken, Your word stands sure that none will cast her young or be barren among us. Daddy show Your glory in our lives and silence evil reports and words spoken over us.

Father in the midst of our suffering and challenges let You be glorified. Cause us to grow in You and shape our character through this present circumstance.

Daddy it's the last day of July, pour out Your blessings upon us. Please Lord in this coming month, cause even our enemies to give You praise on our behalf. Thank You Lord because Your blessings will rain on this thread and You will grant us the desires of our heart. All this we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Where is God when you can't get pregnant?

By Rebecca
www.barrentobeautiful.com


No one ever plans on infertility. No one ever really thinks about it, until you want to have a baby and then….you can’t.
Thanks to an overflow of labor scenes in movies or TV shows, we are all well aware that labor hurts… a lot. What most people don’t know is this: infertility hurts too. It’s not the loud, screaming kind of pain. It’s long, and slow, and quiet. It’s a different kind of labor altogether. A labor of the soul.
The Pain of Infertility
It happens when you toss another negative pregnancy test in the trash can and sit on your bathroom floor and cry.
It happens when you lay in your bed at night, and your husband holds you as you stare into the darkness, while silent tears fall into your pillow.
It happens when you sit at a baby shower and hear all the “Ooh’s” and “Aah’s” over every little, tiny gift, and wonder if you will ever have any little, tiny gifts of your own to open?
It happens when you look in the mirror at your flat stomach, and put your hand over it, and pray for life to grow. And try to imagine what it would look like, what it would feel like, if it did?
It happens when people come up to you and say, “Hey! Isn’t it
about time you two started having kids?” And you smile. (A big, fake smile.) To hide your pain.
It happens when you see teenagers pushing strollers past your house. And when the minivan full of children opens it’s doors. And when a friend says they had another “oopsies” pregnancy. And you wonder: Why is this so easy for everyone else? Except us?
I know these things, because I felt them all; I lived them all. I thought it would be so easy for us to conceive on the first try. But it wasn’t. It would take two years before ever getting pregnant. Two years that would feel so much longer that. Two years that would wear on our hope. And wear on our souls.

Finding Freedom Through Surrender
Maybe you’re wondering when your journey of “trying to conceive” will end, or where it will even lead? Maybe you weren’t expecting it to take so long and you’re wondering when you can get off this cycle of waiting?
Although the waiting was long, and hard, and often painful, God did something miraculous in me during this season. I want you to know that God did graciously heal my womb, and I was able to give birth to a beautiful baby girl whom I could never deserve in a thousand lifetimes. But what I want to share is not how He healed my womb, but how He healed my heart. Because in some ways, that was the bigger miracle.
I wanted so badly to be in charge. I wanted to call the shots. I wanted life to go the way I planned. But instead of getting any of the things I wanted, God took me on a journey of surrender to Him and showed me that He was worthy of my trust, whether or not I had a baby. He showed me how to worship Him while my hands were still empty, and my womb was still barren.
As month after month of disappointment went by, the only thing I knew how to do was to tolerate God’s will while being unable to get pregnant. I actually became pretty good at “tolerating” God’s plan for my life. But you know what? God didn’t just want me to tolerate Him or His plan. He says in His Word, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thes. 5:16-18) So instead of just “tolerating” what God was doing, God was calling me to embrace and rejoice in who He is, trust His goodness despite my infertility, and to be thankful. I had to realize that if this was God’s will for me not to get pregnant, I needed to start thanking Him for it. (And not just begrudgingly thank Him, but joyfully!) So practically, I had to find reasons to thank Him for what He was doing in my life.


How Gratitude Opened My Eyes
So, like God’s Word told me to do, I found reasons to be thankful. I thanked God for every little thing I could think of about my situation. I thanked Him that I didn’t have to go through morning sickness, or pregnancy, or labor, that I didn’t have to stop exercising, that I got so much time with my husband, that we could travel, stay up late at night, sleep in on Saturdays, that I wouldn’t have to worry about baby weight, or a flabby stomach, or flabby arms (Alright, I was slightly vain.) But I was also thanking Him for His unique plan for me, for protecting my body from something I might not be able to handle, for the people He had already placed in my life to love, and for all He had already entrusted to me.
I admit at first, these prayers of thanks felt kind of awkward and flat. Was I really thanking God for withholding the thing I so desperately wanted? Yes. And it was this kind of gratitude that opened my eyes to see what God was already doing in my present stage of life. It opened my heart to trust Him and to desire His will above my own, even if I didn’t understand it. (Proverbs 3:5-6) It opened my arms to embrace Him, to embrace all of Him, whether or not I ever got pregnant. For once, I was not worshiping God with clenched fists, but with open hands.
I learned that only open hands can receive from the Lord, not clenched ones. As I stretched my hands open, I could finally receive what He had been trying to give me all along: Himself.
The deep longing and aching I felt within me for a child could only ever be satisfied in Him. When I found my joy in Him alone, and not in what I wanted Him to give me, I was finally content. I was finally at peace. I was finally happy. I no longer felt jealous of all the women in my life with babies. “Infertility” no longer sounded like a death sentence; it sounded like a beautiful calling to something different than I had planned. I realized that even though no child lived in my womb, the Holy Spirit lived in me. If my womb was empty, my heart was full of life, and full of God. I was alive in Him. And He was alive in me.


Hope for Your Journey
Some of you might be wondering,
“How can I act like I’m happy or thankful about this, when…this is just so hard?” “How can I find joy in this?” Or maybe your are just shaking your head saying, “No,’ I could never ‘thank’ God for what I’ve experienced.” I understand that. I didn’t jump to these conclusions the first month I got that negative test. It took me
years to loosen the grip I thought I had on my life, and my womb. And I know this is hard.
If you’re in the midst of this struggle, I want to give you just a few truths to cling onto during this time:
1. God is sovereign over your life and all the details.
You won’t hear this anywhere else in our culture. Everyone is always telling you that you are in control of your life. But God’s Word clearly tells us otherwise. While He does set us in charge as stewards of many things, there are some things we simply don’t have the power to bring about: like bringing a human into existence. Rest in the fact, that God is in charge of your life. “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:16)
2. God is doing what’s best for you, even when you can’t see it.
We often think we know what is best for ourselves, when in truth, only God does. It’s hard because it seems like He gives some people the permission to “plan” out exactly when they will have children, and how spaced apart they will be. While others, (like me) don’t have that luxury. We can rest in the fact that He is acting in wisdom and love toward us, and He can see things that we simply cannot. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
3. God’s timing and ways are infinitely better than ours.
Again, we have to believe that God is wiser than we are and His timing is perfect. There are some things we simply won’t understand until we are face to face with Him one day. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9) He already knows if/when your body can or can’t handle a pregnancy, if you are going to mother a baby from across the ocean one day, if you will be needed to take care of some ill family member next year, or if you will be chosen for some other unique task. I don’t know. But He does, and so as the “waiting” gets long, we can keep thanking Him that he can see ahead, and He is wise.
4. Suffering transforms our character and puts our hope in God.
No one likes to suffer. In fact, we avoid it at all costs. However, suffering can produce good in our lives if we let it. God uses suffering as one of his primary ways to speak to us, reveal our idols and ultimately to shape us to look more like him. “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” (Romans 5:3-4)
Another crazy thing… the Bible tells us to rejoice when we suffer. How is that possible? Maybe it’s because through times of suffering we begin to draw our joy from God and not our circumstances. Suffering has a way of shaking us loose from the illusion that all our dreams and desires are meant to be fulfilled here on this earth. We realize through suffering that we were made for another world, and our truest longings are fulfilled as we hope in God and not in ourselves. “Count it all joy, my brothers when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have it’s full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” (James 1:2-4)
My prayer for you is that as you walk this road you can learn to surrender to Him. I know the word surrender can seem like a very scary thing because, in a sense, it seems like to surrender your desire for a child is to simply give up on it. However, to
surrender does not mean you
give up , it means you give over to God. Jesus modeled this heart of surrender through his prayer,
“Let not my will, but Yours be done. For I am Yours. ” (Luke 22:42).
There is such freedom and joy when we let Him take that giant burden off our back, and let Him carry it for us. This is the beauty of surrender. It’s not just letting your dreams fall by the wayside. It’s letting Him hold them. If He holds all your tears in a bottle (Psalm 56:, and counts every hair on your head (Matthew 10:30), don’t you think He cares about your desire to be a mom? Trust that He will accomplish His purpose for you in His time, and in His way. And regardless of if, or when, or how life enters your womb, I pray that life will enter your heart. Because God is the one who makes our lives full, and rich, and meaningful. He is worthy of our worship, not with clenched fists, but with open hands, and open hearts.

So…Where Is God When You Can’t Get Pregnant?
He is right with you.
He is there after another negative pregnancy test.
He is near you during the sleepless nights.
He sees every tear that falls in secret.
He holds your hand as you find out another friend accidently got pregnant.
He comforts you as you hold someone else’s newborn.
In the midst of all of these seemingly dark and lonely moments, he is there. Guiding you. Shaping you. Molding you. Wooing you. Calling you into a deeper, more loving relationship with himself.
He cares more deeply for you than you could ever imagine. Infertility is a labor of the soul, but your Deliverer is coming, and through the hard-fought journey of learning to trust Him and love Him more deeply, He is going to birth something more beautiful than you could ever imagine.

Congratulations rvpbae, ur testimony is permanent in Jesus name.

rvpbae:
*singing* Come and see what the Lord has done for me, come and see what the Lord has done for!!*

My dear people of God, officially I announce my BFP!! Jehovah has done. Been TTC since beginning of this year, I know some people might think that isn't so long but we all have our battles, na only me know where e dey pepper me, so it is a WIN WIN for me.

WIDD.

First thing I did was to join this forum, I learned a whole lot. My period has always been VERY regular but since I began TTC, I get this one week to AF spotting, every single month. I knew it was not normal. I brought the matter here, one mama told me Vit B6. I read it up and learned it was due to low progesterone and B6 could solve it. I ignored and continued like that.

I later tried the B6 but took all thru my cycle, when I didn't get BFP, o threw all the drugs away. I joined Hallelujah challenge. I got Gynae, I and hubby got treated for infection. I brought my spotting issue again here, someone else mentioned progesterone, I told my doctor from the beginning cos I felt that was an issue, he swept it off and gave me clomid last cycle. Didn't work last cycle. He said HSG, I told him my tubes are fine cosbi believe so.

This cycle, I just bought the b6, started taking 100mg after I suspected ovulation was over. On Saturday night, I decided to do a test, got a very faint line. today blood test and big positive.

God that blessed me will surely visit everyone. Despite my plenty sins, he found be worthy. I am happy.

My first pregnancy symptom was painful breast. I thought maybe AF but usually my nipppless would hurt, I even said I would go check it out at the hospital. Also plenty discharge, even thought it was an infection but no itching

Wow!!!! Congratulations!!!! Wishing you a healthy and happy nine months! Like the Hebrew women you shall bring forth! Hallelujah!

MummyJJ:
Prayer Monday
#singing I choose to worship by Lynn Deshazo and Gary Sadler

I choose to worship, I choose to love You,
To reach out and touch Your Heart,
I want to know You, here in this moment,
I choose to worship You

Father thank You for today. Thank You for life, food, clothing and all Your provisions. Am sorry Father for complaining and being ungrateful when my present level is several others prayer point.

Daddy Instead of complaining today, I choose to worship You. Instead of worry Lord I will worship You. Daddy I know You care about me much more than I know and am sorry for doubting Your love for me. Am sorry for thinking You have left me when You are always with me. Forgive me and show me Your mercy.

Lord from Your word You said nothing is too hard for You to do, and I can testify to that. Therefore Lord in spite of what the doctors have said, what are bodies are telling us and what others have spoken, Your word stands sure that none will cast her young or be barren among us. Daddy show Your glory in our lives and silence evil reports and words spoken over us.

Father in the midst of our suffering and challenges let You be glorified. Cause us to grow in You and shape our character through this present circumstance.

Daddy it's the last day of July, pour out Your blessings upon us. Please Lord in this coming month, cause even our enemies to give You praise on our behalf. Thank You Lord because Your blessings will rain on this thread and You will grant us the desires of our heart. All this we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

AMEN!!!!

congratulations@rvpbae have a healthy bumping ire akari oh!
@Loisemm how is you?
Power must change hands August edition is for prayers for firstborn children.As usual please go fasting.

[quote author=rvpbae post=59010019]*singing* Come and see what the Lord has done for me, come and see what the Lord has done for!!*


Congrats, dear. what the lord has done for you shall be permanent.

congrats @rvpbae so happy for you...H & H pregnancy. I tap from your testimony.

Congratulations! @rvpbae may ur testimony be permanent. Wishing u a stress free bumping.

Hi guys, I copied an article from a site which I think would be beneficial to us:

Note changes in your body, but be realistic with expectations.

I see it time and time again, women in the two week wait with high expectations. The thing about expectations, they are deeply filled with emotions and when they aren’t met, the floodgates open. This creates a situation in which stress hormones are at a higher level, which is a signal to your body to prevent conception from happening. It is like a siren going off, “Now is not the time to get pregnant, I need to put my focus elsewhere.”

The most common obsessions for women in the two week wait are all about a real lack of patience. Yes, there may be signs of implantation, such as a rising BBT, or some slight spotting, or symptoms of early pregnancy such as nausea, feeling more tired than usual, and cramping, but these symptoms are also very common during the luteal phase, as estrogen drops off, progesterone increases and for some women, PMS kicks in.

Ask these questions of yourself:

How is knowing if I am pregnant sooner than my expected menstruation beneficial to me?
Does noting every slight change in my body during the two week wait make me feel good or does it make me worry about the outcome? Notice how your body feels when you note these changes. Are you holding tension anywhere?
Remember, it is vital to be realistic during your two week wait. Rather than focusing on each little sign, or symptom of pregnancy, focus on nourishing, nurturing and cultivating patience in your life.

Congratulations @ rvpbae. Wishing you a hitch free pregnancy. Father to you alone be the glory for this bfp.

swtdarling:
Hi guys, I copied an article from a site which I think would be beneficial to us:

Note changes in your body, but be realistic with expectations.

I see it time and time again, women in the two week wait with high expectations. The thing about expectations, they are deeply filled with emotions and when they aren’t met, the floodgates open. This creates a situation in which stress hormones are at a higher level, which is a signal to your body to prevent conception from happening. It is like a siren going off, “Now is not the time to get pregnant, I need to put my focus elsewhere.”

The most common obsessions for women in the two week wait are all about a real lack of patience. Yes, there may be signs of implantation, such as a rising BBT, or some slight spotting, or symptoms of early pregnancy such as nausea, feeling more tired than usual, and cramping, but these symptoms are also very common during the luteal phase, as estrogen drops off, progesterone increases and for some women, PMS kicks in.

Ask these questions of yourself:

How is knowing if I am pregnant sooner than my expected menstruation beneficial to me?
Does noting every slight change in my body during the two week wait make me feel good or does it make me worry about the outcome? Notice how your body feels when you note these changes. Are you holding tension anywhere?
Remember, it is vital to be realistic during your two week wait. Rather than focusing on each little sign, or symptom of pregnancy, focus on nourishing, nurturing and cultivating patience in your life.

LOL..This is speaking to me oo..I need to keep calm..
Thank you for this.

@redeemed it is well dnt worry God will prove himself mighty for you just knw dat when the night is in its darkest then morning is just around the corner.

Lilliesbud12:

Doctors usually say it's necessary esp to be able to know the exact location(s) where the fibroids are, how big they are, how many they are so that the Cut will be done appropriately.
Like me now, I couldn't do an HSG then cos I did my myomectomy b4 wedding and was still a virgin. It was advised but it was also concluded that it was going to be very painful for me. Hmm... I had multiple fibrosis then... I had to be cut Vertically which is the old method of cutting instead of the preferred horizontal cut. And that's why I was more scared of Adhesions recently ... Cos I also had a CS done on that same spot 11/2 years later. I.e I married & got pregnant 8 months after the myomectomy & had a CS 9 months after in 2014 on the same spot hence the diagnosis of Adhesions esp cos of the type of Cut. Been Ttc since then. Hope you get?

Thanks for your response dear.

Big congratulations @rvpbae. The Lord is good. Happy 9 months journey and hitch free delivery. Amen.

Congratulations rvpbae. The lord that has started this wonderful miracle for you will complete it for you, Amen.

Congratulations dear RVPBEA. Enjoy the next 9 months smoothly and in good health.

Congrats rvpbae...may God be with you all the way..cheers babe.

Good evening Ladies,
I have some drugs/supplements for sale.

Congratulations rvpbae happy h& h nine months to you, keep basking in the Joy of thy lord.

Mama's pls I need your input, I met with a new gynaecologist today and he requested for a new hormonal profiling and Hsg from Clinix Healthcare, pls who has gone there for Hsg, do they give painkillers before,pls help on information on the lab. my pain threshold is very low due to thinking, thanks in advance.

God bless u Sis. I really appreciate it. Kiss kiss

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I say make i greet una on personal bases
Fertility blessings to you all

Newmum0615:
How much is your Serrapeptase DoctorBest 120000iui?

15

Roseey0:

15

are you in lag? Congrats rvpbae....wishing you h and h 9 months..... Happy new month my friends... Welcome to my anniversary month....where's thehomemaker?

Bennyboo:


Alright thanks I will get back to you in case you can help me buy and send because I traveled back to my work base today .tnks

@Zeezy pls drop your call number . Thanks
@dammy pls check your mail box. Thanks

Happy new month to everyone our testimony shall shake the earth, God will visit us this month and rains of BFP shall drain us all, we shall testify to God's goodness. E-hugs and baby dust.

Purelady:
Mama's pls I need your input, I met with a new gynaecologist today and he requested for a new hormonal profiling and Hsg from Clinix Healthcare, pls who has gone there for Hsg, do they give painkillers before,pls help on information on the lab. my pain threshold is very low due to thinking, thanks in advance.

Congratulations rvpbae happy h & h bumping and hebrew women delivery to you at the right and appointed time.

Hello dearie,
Biko what are you thinking about, please relax your mind ooo, thinking just gives you something to do but never a solution or help.

Yes they give pain killers, but be prepared to spend the whole day there, except they have changed their arrangement for HSG, so for that reason try and go early enough.

It was painful for me sha, but you know we all have diffeent pain threshold.

rvpbae:
Beautiful people, hope the weekend has been good?

Please, I need clarification abeg. I started taking b6 after ovulation, 100mg. AF( if no bfp) should come on Monday and we know high progesterone might stop or delay period. My issue is, should I outrightly stop the b6 or reduce the dosage, so that AF can show?

I am yet to test (fear of the unknown). Or maybe I should just not take it tomorrow and test?

On the flip side, I think the b6 worked for me, I didn't get the usual one-week-to-AF spotting.

PS: who else had major breakouts as a result of b6?

Shebi I told you confession brings conception and you were doubting God!
Congratulations ma, am I going to drink for it?

Benignasweety:
Shebi I told you confession brings conception and you were doubting God!
Congratulations ma, am I going to drink for it?

Me doubt God ke? ko ma possible fa! I was just trying to be practical o.

Yes, drink water.

rvpbae:


Me doubt God ke? ko ma possible fa! I was just trying to be practical o.

Yes, drink water.

Lol.... I have a gallon here already!

Thank you all for your mentions. I am eternally grateful. God shall and will visit us all soon, in Jesus name.

It shall end in praise.