Show Us Your Life: Favorite Bible Verses

Over at Kelly's Korner, she does a post every Friday that is titled Show Us Your Life. I never participate in these, but I always read them. Today's topic is Favorite Bible Verses and I really liked today's topic because people have sent me several bible verses to help Chris and I in hard times and happy times. I thought I would share with others, in hopes that they touch them also.

Our family verse:
"Rejoice always, Pray continuously, in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." ~ 1 Thess 5: 16-18

A verse that was given to us from a dear family friend, when we were struggling with infertility:
"I will climb my watchtower now, and wait to see what answer God will give to my complaint. And the Lord said to me, 'Write my answer on a billboard, large and clear, so that anyone can read it at a glance and rush to tell the others. But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!'" ~ Habakkuk 2:1-3

A prayer and promise for a heart that desires to be a parent:
"I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him" 1 Samuel 1:27

God's Precious Gift - We're Pregnant

I have dreamt about this day for the past two years.

The day where Chris and I get to share the news that we are expecting, with our friends and family and all the amazing people that have been praying for us. I am 9 weeks and 1 day along and due on Christmas Eve!!!! What an amazing miracle and huge blessing to our family.

Please read our story below.

Chris and I decided we would start trying June of 2008. (For those of you who truly know us, I had been trying to convince Chris for over a year to start trying but he was just not ready yet.) I knew I was going to have trouble getting pregnant, because I am not regular and have had cysts on my ovaries for as long as I can remember.

We started seeing a specialist in Chattanooga and they diagnosed me with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome). In short, it means I have cysts all over my ovaries (my ovaries look like swiss cheese) and I do not ovulate on a regular basis if at all. The doctor put me on Metformin and off we went. No luck with Metformin. I was still not ovulating. Chris and I decided we would go through the 2009 baseball season without doing anything more and just see if we got pregnant. It didn't happen.

August of 2009, Chris and I knew we would be spending the off season in CA, so I flew out to LA to see my doctor out there. He started me on Chlomid. I prayed this would work. And it didn't. After the first month, he suggested that Chris and I go see an Infertility Specialist because he knew we only had about 5 months of being in CA.

Off we went to the next doctor; Dr. Kumar. I will never forget our consultation with Dr. Kumar. Chris and I were sitting in his office and Dr. Kumar was explaining all of our options and what he suggested and the whole time he was talking I kept thinking....is he speaking english? There were all these terms being thrown around IUI, IVF, shots, ultrasounds, PCOS, it was too overwhelming. After he was done, I started to tear up in his office. Dr. Kumar sat back and started over again, slower this time and drawing my ovaries and uterus and what the procedures would do. I felt a little better. We left his office that first day and decided that we would do three rounds of IUI; one with chlomid, two with the shots of follistim.

Months of ultrasounds, counting the follicles, shots in the stomach, gaining 10 pounds and IUI's for negative results; we were not pregnant. The emotional roller coaster that you go through during this process is unbearable. Chris and I had to lean on God, pray that he would get us through this time.

Our last IUI was in January 2010. Chris and I went to Hawaii for vacation, while we were there we found out that it did not work. We were out of time. In two weeks, we were leaving for Spring Training. It was over.

February 2010 Dr. Kumar called and asked if we wanted to be part of an IVF Trial. We would only have to pay half the amount....We were in. However, it sounded to good to be true. The logistics were just not working...we were in AZ and the trial was in LA. I prayed about it and I just knew it was not what God wanted for me. So we withdrew.

The struggle of not getting pregnant brought Chris and I to our knees. We cried out to the Lord literally. We were vulnerable to God and to each other. We gave it to God and decided to stop trying until next off season.

Jump to four weeks ago. Chris is on a 10 day road trip. I become really sick over the weekend. Nothing is feeling right. Chris suggests I am pregnant...my response "We are not going through that again." So I did not take a test. A couple of nights later I go out to dinner with a friend and we go to Chili's. I order my staple...chips and salsa and queso. The salsa was so spicy I could not eat it and the queso made me sick to my stomach. At that moment I knew I was pregnant. That night I drove to Walgreens and bought a test. Waited for Chris to get out of his game, of course there was a rain delay and extra innings. Finally, Chris calls at 12:35 am and I told him about the events that night and suggested we take the test. He said "Ok lets do it".

I peed on the stick and two lines appeared. I started crying and screaming and poor Chris....he was on the team bus driving from Jacksonville to Mobile and just wanted to cry with me. It was the best night of our lives. A complete shock and God moment.

We called our parents and told close relatives. Made a doctors appointment for when Chris got home.

Today was the second doctors appointment. We were able to hear the heartbeat and see the little gummy bear for the second time.
We want to thank everyone for all your prayers and encouragement. We will appreciate them and treasure them forever!

Praise God! "I have prayed for this child and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him" 1 Samuel 1:27.