Thank you girls. These stories are very uplifting

During the few years of marriage, I miscarried twice. I had been having difficulties trying to conceive after the first miscarriage so was referred to an infertility specialist. After some months on Clomid, we conceived #2, but I miscarried that baby too. It was discovered that I had some sort of bacteria that caused miscarriages, and I had to be treated. After it was "safe" to try again, the Clomid didn't work anymore. Meanwhile, it seemed that others had no problems getting pregnant. I asked everyone to pray for us, and we prayed. I was switched to Metrodin (the Macaughey septuplets were conceived with this) and went through about three months of this. The third month was successful, and my ultrasound at 5 weeks showed 2 sacs with one being half the size of the other. The nurse told me not to get too excited because sometimes the smaller one would disappear. Well two weeks later, both sacs were the same size. Long story short, we were blessed with twins girls who were born full-term. We had even prayed that they would be larger than the 2 1/2 lbs. their daddy weighed at birth. There were too many things that fell into place for me not to believe that this was what God had planned for us.
Nine years after the birth of the twins, our third daughter caught us by complete surprise, but as someone else told us, she was meant to be also!

T-Shell,

Thank you for your testimony. I'm feeling really low about ttc right now and your words were very hopeful! Thanks!!

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Wife to the best husband ever.
Mommy to the cutest dog in the world!

Have been wanting to post here for a long time - but life has been busy. T-Shell and Henry's mom made me do it now.

After 3 years of marriage, Dh and I decided to have a baby. We were well settled in all areas - we also got a big SUV for the "baby" when she comes. Well, I miscarried twice - one was at 5 weeks - and the second was at 14 weeks. The second pregnancy was the worst - I had the severe morning sickness - I threw up when I walked in from the living room to the bedroom - I couldn't go out, the smell of the car was yucky - I was literally bed ridden and lost 4-5 lbs. At the end of 14 weeks, I began having severe fever - I had miscarried -and had a procedure called D&E - where the doc didn't give me anesthesia(they usually give) and I had nightmares for a long time after that because of that. I don't want any one to go through what I went through.

We then began ttc after 6 months - I was afraid of sex after the D&E - one morning I was on the treadmill and watching Dr. Creflo Dollar and he was preaching " you are pregnant with a blessing" - I was wondering how can that be etc- and that month I became pregnant - but this time around , I promised to the Lord - that I would not read anything related to pregnancy in the internet - i read a lot of stuff and worried the life out of me. Now, after 6 years of marriage we have a healthy DD who is 10 month old.

Every day I say the verse, "children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward" and thank the Lord! 2 things helped me a lot: listening to worship songs and keeping my mind with good thoughts and writing a gratitude journal.

I always thought that my miscarriages should be used to understand others as they go through ttc and give them encouragement. I know each day is tough - but the good Lord has his plans. Hugs to you, Henry's mom.

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And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Phil:4:7

This is going to be a long one...when I was 17 I became anorexic. It lasted around 2 years. At the end I was down to 70 pounds, I had not had a menstrual cycle in nearly a year, and my muscles were feeding on themselves. My ob/gyn told me that within 6 months I would be completely infertile. She also told me that within a year's time my organs would start to shut down. She was basically giving me a death sentence. My mother had been praying for me daily. There was one time that she broke down in the dressing room with me because I was a walking skeleton. Size double 0's were too big for me. My life was consumed with fear of food, fears of being fat, and lies. I felt like I was a slave to it. But I know without a doubt that God saved me from death. Now, almost 10 years later I have a beautiful baby boy that is my heart. God knew the plans he had for me, and I know that he is real.