Galatians 4:22-23: Positive Affirmation!

Common acronyms:

AF - "Aunt Flow" or that time of the month
ART - Assisted Reporductive Technologies
b/w - bloodwork
BFN - big fat negative/negative pregnancy test
BFP - big fat postive/positive pregnancy test
CD - cycle day
DH - dear husband
DPO - days past ovulation
dx - diagnosed
EDD - estimated due date
EWCM - egg white cervical mucous (i.e. fertile quality cervical mucous)
Follies - Follicles
IF - infertility
LO - little one (i.e. child)
LOL - lots of laughs or laugh out loud
LP - luteal phase
m/c - miscarriage
MA - medical assistance
NT/NP - not trying/not preventing
O - ovulate, ovulation
pg - pregnant, pregnancy
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist or Fertility Specialist
SEs - side effects
TTC - trying to conceive
u/s - ultrasound

My Infertility Journey...

June 21, 2011: Granted legal gaurdianship of my precious babies, Abbie & Charlie! <3
May 22, 2011: We were approached about possibly fostering/adopting 2 children: a boy (2) & a girl (3)! <3 I can't believe these may be our children! =)
Apr 2011: TTC w/ MA over, NT/NP from now on while considering/pursuing adoption
Oct 2010 - Mar 2011: TTC naturally (w/o MA)
Jan 18-20, 2011: Feeling led toward adoption
Dec 10, 2010: Laparoscopy - detached ovary from abdominal wall
Oct 23, 2010: Fasted (for TTC struggles)
Sep/Oct 2010: 2nd injectible cycle (Follistim, 225 IUs) & trigger (9/21)
Aug/Sep 2010: TTC w/ MA break
Jul/Aug 2010: 1st injectible cycle (Follistim, 150 IUs) w/o trigger
Jul 11, 2010: Life group prayed over us for our TTC struggles!
Jul 1, 2010: 1st RE appt post-MA break
Jan - Jun 2010: Taking a MA break! =)
Apr 9, 2010: Answered prayer for meds =)
Mar 19, 2010: Fasted (for TTC struggles)
Nov/Dec 2009: Spontaneous O! Unmedicated cycle, progesterone - 16.4
Nov 2009: Referred to RE
Oct/Nov 2009: 5th Clomid cycle (150 mg), progesterone - 4.4
Sep/Oct 2009: 4th Clomid cycle (100 mg), progesterone - 8.4
Jul - Sep 2009: 3 cycle TTC break
Jul 1, 2009: m/c @ 11 wks 3 days =(
Jun 8, 2009: 1st u/s, HB 188
May 12, 2009: Progesterone - 26, HCG - 809
May 11, 2009: BFP!!! EDD Jan 16, 2010 =)
Apr 19, 2009: Church corporate prayers for our TTC struggles!
Apr/May 2009: 3rd Clomid cycle (100 mg), progesterone - 17
Mar 26, 2009: HSG, left tube open (only tube due to a previous surgery)
Feb/Mar 2009: 2nd Clomid cycle (50 mg), progesterone - 4.6
Jan/Feb 2009: 1st Clomid cycle (50 mg), progesterone - 13.5
Jan 2009: dx w/ progesterone defect (i.e. anovulatory), unmedicated cycle, progesterone - 6.5
Dec 2008: Actively TTC again
Sep 2007: dx w/ hypothyroidism
Feb 2007: Started charting
2006: Started TTC # 2

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Positive Affirmation!

I will have a baby! The end!

Some background... Monday night at a Prayer Ministry meeting at church I got to talking to our Prayer Ministry leader & we talked about a verse that God gave me THAT day that I really feel is my verse; the verse He gave me to come to when this road feels too tough...

"Don't be afraid; just believe." ~ Mark 5:36

Anyway, we got to talking about positive affirmation & how I need to believe that I will have a baby so this is a phrase I am going to start repeating to myself (out loud) every morning over my crib that the Lord so graciously provided a few months ago (God's Perfect Timing). I'm repeating this out loud b/c as Beth Moore says, there's power in spoken words & as I have heard many times, faith comes from hearing God's Word (Romans 10:17) & through faith we can literally move mountains:

"I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
~ Matthew 17:20

Anyway, then yesterday, as I started to catch up on some of the blogs I follow, one of my favorite blogs had a 2 part post speaking about almost the exact same thing... Pearls & Grace: Decree a Thing {Part 1} & {Part 2}. So I am going to start speaking these things (among others) over our family...

I will have a baby (whether by conception or adoption).
I decree and declare that my womb is blessed and that I am able to conceive, carry and deliver healthy and whole full term babies. (borrowed from Pearls & Grace)

Last but not least, I never really shared anything more, though I said I would in my last post. What I was hoping to share is my feeling led toward fostering & I (personally) still do feel led more toward fostering than domestic adoption at this point (of course I'm not sure how/what Mike is feeling right now concerning adoption/fostering) but I never came back because the next few days/weeks were so emotional & hard for me, I just couldn't share my heart at that point in time.