Home Prayers and positive thoughts needed - finally pregnant, and not going well

[Girlrocks]

Positive thougths and prayers going out to you.

 

[anchor31]

Date: 1/21/2008 12:06:07 PM
Author: HollyS
Kate,

Offering up this prayer for you daily:

Father, only You know just how important this child is to Kate because you know her very heart and soul. Bless her, comfort her, be with her every step of the way as she waits, and hopes, and prays for the health of her unborn child. We ask for strength and courage for Kate to face whatever the future holds; but we boldly ask You for the miracle of birth for a healthy and whole child to this mother who already loves the life she carries. Hold this baby in Your very hands, Father, and keep it from all harm, we pray in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.



I will reread and repray this very prayer, every day, until your child is born. I invite others to join me; even those who are not Christian can adapt this prayer to their own faith. Keep your hope alive; focus on the positive; the mind has a lot of say-so over the body. Bless you, sweetie.

Kate, I will join HollyS in prayer. My strongest thoughts are with you.

 

[poshpepper]

My thoughts are with you and your family. I wish only the best for you and yours.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Kate, my thoughts are with you and your husband. I hope all is well.

 

[Joolskie]

Kate... my thoughts and prayers are with you.

 

[steph72276]

Sending positive thoughts to you and your family. Hope things are okay.

 

[Blenheim]

I hope that everything is okay. My thoughts are with you.

 

[qtiekiki]

Sending good wishes to you and your husband. Hope everything go well.

 

[drk]

Well, I''ve got the ultrasound scheduled for Thurs (they had nothing tomorrow), so I''ll be keeping busy on call at work tomorrow night and then rushing around to various appointments on Thurs.

At least I was calm enough again last night to get over 7 hours of sleep, so I was feeling quite a bit better today. Having such a sympathetic staff to work with yesterday and coming home to see all the supportive messages from all of you really helped too.

Diamondfan - Thanks so much for telling me about your 15-year-old. It definitely helps to hear a positive outcome from a similar situation. Hopefully I''ll end up just like you with three kids (my ideal, maybe not DH''s). If I knew how to use one properly (measurements of heart rate and all), I''d be wanting to buy my own ultrasound machine too!

Diver - thanks for the info. It''s definitely nice to see that not everyone has an HCG up in the 100000 range, and that if I can squeak into the 10000-20000 range, I may be ok. Let''s hope so!

Brazen-irish-hussy (love the name BTW) - that''s an interesting article for sure. Thank God I don''t like coffee and rarely drink tea or hot chocolate. Chocolate itself is my weakness, but I''ve been restraining myself pretty well since I found out I''m PG. I definitely know what you mean about being proactive. I''m a bit type A and a bit of a control freak in most circumstances (as are many anesthetists), so having something going on that I really don''t have much control over at all is driving me insane!

Ivana - How are you doing? I''ll have to revive the old thread just to get back in touch with you and the other ladies there.

Thanks so much everyone for keeping me in your thoughts and/or prayers. It''s much appreciated, and I''m sure is helping to make me feel more positive about things.

Kate

 

[drk]

HollyS - I think I forgot to tell you how amazing your prayer is. It makes me cry every time I read it. Thanks so much!

Kate

 

[fisherofmengirly]

I will be sending happy thoughts and positive vibes your way. God has a way of working things out. I think it''s amazing that you''ve chosen to enjoy and relish each moment of pregnancy; do that the whole way through!! I hear it''s this wonderfully life changing experience, just knowing you''re the only connection the child has to anyone. Live it up, and then tell your little one all about the wonder of it all some day!

 

[Mrs Mitchell]

I hope all is well with you today and that your scan gives good news.
Thinking about you.

Jen

 

[777_LDY]

Date: 1/21/2008 12:06:07 PM
Author: HollyS
Kate,

Offering up this prayer for you daily:

Father, only You know just how important this child is to Kate because you know her very heart and soul. Bless her, comfort her, be with her every step of the way as she waits, and hopes, and prays for the health of her unborn child. We ask for strength and courage for Kate to face whatever the future holds; but we boldly ask You for the miracle of birth for a healthy and whole child to this mother who already loves the life she carries. Hold this baby in Your very hands, Father, and keep it from all harm, we pray in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.



I will reread and repray this very prayer, every day, until your child is born. I invite others to join me; even those who are not Christian can adapt this prayer to their own faith. Keep your hope alive; focus on the positive; the mind has a lot of say-so over the body. Bless you, sweetie.

Amen. This prayer was so touching and powerful, it brought tears to my eyes. I truly hope and pray that everything goes well for you and that you will feel a sense of peace to ease your heart and mind.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 1/22/2008 6:25:02 PM
Author: drk
HollyS - I think I forgot to tell you how amazing your prayer is. It makes me cry every time I read it. Thanks so much!

Kate

You''re very welcome. Whatever I can do, you just ask. We will all be in this with you, we promise.

 

[ivanadiamond]

Hey Kate,
Just wanted to check in with you. Glad to hear that you are keeping yourself busy and that your work is being understanding. It breaks my heart that you are going through this. I am praying for your appt. on Thursday and hope everything works out and you can get back to enjoying this incredible blessing! No news on my end, it''s been hard. I just started my first round of injectibles after trying clomid with IUI''s for the past two months. I am taking follitism. They are going to try this route this month and perhaps next and if it doesn’t work we move on to in-vitro. I hope the injectibles work instead though : )

Big Hug!!

 

[divergrrl]

Kate: checking in for news....

 

[Sabine]

Sending my most positive thoughts your way!

 

[divergrrl]

Kate,

How did your ultrasound go today?

 

[bee*]

I hope that it went ok today for you. Thinking of you!

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Hope you got good news today Kate!

 

[lili]

Kate,
Thinking of you today.
Hope you get some good news at the checkup.

 

[drk]

Amazingly, I did get good news today - Baby is growing exactly on track measuring 8wk1d for EDD Sept 3, 2008 (just as it did two weeks ago at the first scan). And it has a heartbeat of 162, which is supposed to be good for this stage of pregancy.

The ultrasound tech freaked me out a little by taking shot after shot of something on the baby (looked a little cystic to me, maybe up by the head?), and then said she had to step out for a moment. I started picturing her going to the radiologist to say he/she has to look in on what she''s scanning cause something''s wrong. And then she took forever to write up the preliminary report, and I had the impression she was off consulting with someone. So maybe whatever that was was just some variant of normal at this stage of pregnancy, because nothing unusual was mentioned on the prelim report I got to take back to my doctor.

My HCG was only up to 13723 today, but at least it''s still climbing and those numbers put me at the bottom end of the normal range for 80-10wks pregnant. That''s the last HCG I''m going to have drawn. From here on in, it''s only the progesterone that will be monitored.

Now I''m just going to have to pray the baby thrives and grows and is healthy. And I''m going to relax and enjoy the next 4 weeks till my next appointments and the nuchal translucency scan as part of my first trimester screening. And the baby had better be a normal baby a that time if it knows what''s good for it!

And just for you all, cause you were so sweet to think positive thoughts and pray for me and the baby, this is my photo from today''s scan. Thanks so much for keeping me sane through these last few days. I don''t know how I''ll survive the whole pregnancy!! It''s great to know there are so many wonderful people on pricescope to provide support when needed. This is such a great forum for all sorts of different reasons.


Ivana - I''m sorry to hear you''ve had to move on to injectibles. I didn''t have any luck on clomid (timed intercourse only), but got lucky first time on femara. The clomid really messed with my CM, despite all the mucus enhancers my doc had me on. We thought if this didn''t work after one more round, it was going to be on to injectibles for me. Success rates with them is supposed to be much better than pills though, so let''s hope this is it for you!! Keep me posted on how you''re doing.

Kate

 

[diamondfan]

I am so happy you got good news today. It would freak me out too to have the tech being so silent and leaving for so long. Of course they cannot tell you things, but their poker faces freak me out!

Try to relax. I am so neurotic that I do not think I could have a 4th. Would simply make me and all those around me mental. So I know it is easier said than done but try not to worry, since it will not help things anyway!

 

[HollyS]

That''s wonderful news! We are ''jumping up and down'' happy with you!

 

[Kaleigh]

That''s great news, I was thinking of you today!!!

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Oh how wonderful! I was thinking about you today (although I think your today is my tomorrow; aren''t you in the UK?) and hoping your little baby was doing well. By the looks of the picture, it''s going to be a beautiful baby!!

How exciting. I hope it''s only up from here!!!

 

[Linda W]

What wonderful news. I love seeing the picture of that precious little baby.

Linda

 

[qtiekiki]

Yay!!! So glad everything is well and the baby is growing strong. Best wishes for a happy and healthy pregnancy.

 

[mrssalvo]

that is just wonderful news. the heartrate is great. my dr. says that your chance of m/c goes way down once there is a heartbeat. i always hate it when the techs are quiet too. thankfully, my tech this time told me everything looked great and put me out of misery...

will keep you in my prayers over the coming the weeks that things will continue to be smooth sailing from here on out....

 

[lili]

Yay!!! That''s great news Kate!
I''m so happy for you and your little bean.