New comments on '3rd Round of Clomid...a Saturday of Hope'

New comment from Jessica88

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:47:54 -0500

I Know This Was Along Time Ago, But God Bless You!...And Thanks For Sharing That Verse!...

Jessica88

New comment from Lori O

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:27:19 -0500

Awesome story- thanks for sharing :)

Lori O

New comment from Yuni

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:06:09 -0500

Hi Michaela, God bless you! I truly enjoyed your post. Remain in faith, it will happen. I will keep you in my prayers.

Please keep us in your prayers as a got a positive on my pregnancy test yesterday. I have an appointment to see the OB on July 21. Will keep you all posted.

Baby dust ladies & God bless!

Yuni

New comment from JoleneT

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:16:27 -0500

I truely believe there is a reason for everything and a path for everything. Thats why I think it takes time. There is a specific day, time, and year your next child will be born and nothing we do can make it happen, its in Gods hands.

I always wanted a Thanksgiving Christmas baby and when we first start trying in March 2007 I knew that the months would line up to be a Thanksgiving to Christmas baby, but the months and months went by and then ended up being Spring, Summer, and then back to March 2008 and I got pregnant and its now a Thanksgiving baby. Maybe him being born in November-December of 2007 wasnt the right year and time, but being born around November 22nd of 2008 is. Its truely amazing!

I wish you the best as always and glad this post helped you, from Michaelas insite and mine :)

Love ya!

JoleneT

New comment from CASY

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:25:11 -0500

Jolene- I know you wrote that post to Michaela- but reading it brings tears to my eyes, as I am on such a similar path. And you are so right, we are all born on a specific day for a reason, a reason that we do not know but that when that day comes it does line up for the journey that new life is to be on..thank you for your insight

CASY

New comment from JoleneT

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:22:44 -0500

Thats a good story. Great encouragement for sure.

From the start of when I knew I had problems with the PCOS and had to start the Clomid and then ended up doing 5 rounds of clomid, I said it was in Gods time, and it wasnt about me it was about him and his plan, and there was no amount of tears I could cry to make it come faster, but crying helps so much.

I know that it will happen for yall again. Its just taking time, maybe since it was so easy with Savannah but I doubt that. I think he is holding out so that the childs life lines up in the right patterns and the right journey he/she is supposed to be on. I truely believe that timing is everything, and that we are all born on specific day for a specific reason.

I love ya bunches and im wishing you much success for this 3rd round of clomid!

JoleneT

New comment from michaela

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:50:56 -0500

i'm taking it on CD 5-9. that's what he's told me to do. but no, not monitered by ultrasounds yet. still working closely with my regular ob. he's amazing. and he's saving me money from working with a specialist. so we'll see how these few more months go, and hopefully i won't have to go down that route. But i think i'm gonna use the OPK's this month, just to test to see that i'm ovulating around day 16 as my doc said, based on the clomid, and we're probably continue trying on days 12-14-16-18 like he says, although i thought about doing it all three days leading up to and the day of and after, just b/c we got pregnant with Savannah by doing it about every day during that window- i didn't know at that time it was supposedly "better to do it every other day". But we got pregnant with her : ) At this point, we'll try anything!

michaela

New comment from CASY

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:58:58 -0500

Thanks Michaela- I also started my clomid Saturday- I am taking it CD 3-7..how about you?

I have an ultrasoundon Friday CD 9 and blood work to see how my follicles are doing.. Are you monitored by ultrasounds?

Good Luck, and Yes its nice to have a cycle buddy :)

CASY

New comment from michaela

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:41:51 -0500

wow! we DO have very similar stories! well i started my round 3 of clomid on saturday, so we're really close in terms of meds days and ovulation days, so we'll keep each other company as we go through this together. Good luck this month. I know it'll happen for us soon!!

michaela

New comment from CASY

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:03:41 -0500

Michaela- reading your post is like looking in a mirrow for us, we also had a very easy time with number 1 and now 19 months of TTC and round 3 of clomid for us too.. I am inspired and feel comforted by your faith.. thank you, I know its not on my time table and I am practicing much patience and know God will bless us again when he see's that its the right time..

I will be starting my clomid tonight and taking ti CD3-7.. Good luck and keep me posted :)

CASY

New comment from michaela

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:21:09 -0500

Carrie: I'm glad you found some encouragement and hope from my posting. We all need it every once in a while. It gets harder to get a negative month after month, and to continue to see and hear of people around you popping up pregnant. Hopefully our time is coming soon. I'm sending you lots of Babydust and my prayers are with you too.

michaela

New comment from michaela

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:18:41 -0500

Well i start round 3 today. Our daughter is going to be 4 next month, and although we've been trying for 18 months, this is only round 3, b/c we got pregnant once after 9 months, but lost it. And my cycles started getting really off after the miscarriage in October, so that's when my doc said, "let's do some tests and make sure there's no other problem". Hubby was fine, but my progesterone was WAAAAAAAY low, which is why he put me on the Clomid. Its working though, as far as the numbers go, so its just a matter of "getting" pregnant. Hopefully it'll happen in the next few months. We're gonna try and let this work, and not jump to the specialist too quickly. If this doesn't work in a few more months, we'll ask my doc what the next step is. We don't have the means to do anything too extravagent as far as procedures go. We can't be spending thousands of dollars to get this baby here. I know if it is meant to be for us to have one more, it'll happen. But until then we'll do all we can to get it here.

michaela

New comment from Carrie

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:16:53 -0500

Michela, I really found great hope in reading your post today. I just started my period today. I try and remember this verse Philippoan 4:13 which says, I can do all things through Christ who strengths me.

But when you wrote Psalms 37:4 that really gave my peace, so thank you for reminding me of that verse.

I have been TTC for 22 months now and its posts like yours that help me get through it alittle easier.

Carrie

New comment from Janet

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:12:32 -0500

What is your next step going to be Michela? I also got a BFN after my first found of clomid and really getting discouraged!

Janet

3rd Round of Clomid...a Saturday of Hope

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:18:48 -0500

THIS IS LONG, but it's SO AMAZING!!!

Well i'll start my 3rd round of Clomid tomorrow, day 5, July 5th--easy to remember what days i'm on this month! But i had an AMAZING experience Saturday morning, and i can't wait to share it with you.

I got up to test right after my hubby left for work, and i was all alone, b/c my daughter had spent the night at my sister's house the night before b/c we had a gig. And i questioned whether i should test or not, being that i'm so used to getting negatives, i didn't wanna see another one. Well, i did the test, but couldn't bring myself to look at it for the longest time. Right there as i sat up in my bed, i started praying to God. I thanked Him for an amazing week teaching 4th grade VBS last week, and all i took away from it, which was much more than i thought. And then i told Him, "If you want this to be it for us this month, let it be, but if not, help me to deal with the disappointment." As i slowly reached over to get the test, i'm feeling nervous. I look--it's negative.

I called Jack (he was still on his way to work) and told him the news. He consoled me for a moment, and then had to go, as he approached his work. I hung up the phone.

I lost it. I cried. I really cried. Feeling overwhelmed and distraught, I began asking God, "why, why...i don't understand." I didn't understand why it was happening to us. Why did we have such an easy time getting pregnant with our daughter, and it's taking us 18 months and counting for this one? I felt bad to be asking why, because i had just prayed for comfort and encouragement if i wasn't pregnant. Why did i feel this way?

I suddenly felt like God was telling me to open my Bible. I turned to Psalms thinking i would find verses of encouragement. Looking back it seems selfish, but i know i just wanted His love and support. As i opened to Psalms, i began to read. I IMMEDIATELY felt a sense of comfort. WOW! I mean, no more tears, not thinking about my sorrows....just COMFORT. And what i found myself reading next wasn't the verses i thought they'd be. They were verses of God and His glory, His faithfulness and strength, and His awesomeness. Right then i knew was He was saying. He caught me when i was so broken, and it was like He was telling me, "I'm about to do something amazing in your life, but it's not gonna be about you, it's gonna be about me." And it WAS.

The more i read, the more i kept reading. I grabbed a piece of paper and began writing the verses down. I wrote and wrote, and after filling 1 page, i began searching for verses of hope, faithfulness, etc. One of my favorites i found was:

"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, b/c we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance- character, and character-hope." And that's SO true. When you are going through what all of us are, it's hard not to get down about it, but our suffering makes us stronger, and makes us press on, and builds our character. Psalm 130:5 says "I wait for the Lord, ; my soul waits and in His word i put my Hope".

This INCREDIBLE morning gave me hope, and it gave me a jump-start to getting closer to the Lord. After i filled up two pages of verses, i looked over at my clock, and it had been an hour! It's amazing how the time flies when you're focused on Him. He allows you that time of not feeling rushed.

Anyway, i know this is long, but i had to share it with you guys. Y'all are always there for me and i wanted you to know that we will pull through this. All in God's timing, not in our own. If He wants this for us, He WILL make it happen, and i truly believe that.

I wanted to share this verse with you that has always been my favorite, and we can all relate to it:

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart"-Psalm 37:4.

Love you guys.

michaela