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Trying to get pregnant/feeling hopeless

Hi all - just thought I'd share my feeling of hopelessness with you. Me and my hubby have been trying to get pregnant for 10 months now and nothing! Although I shouldn't really complain as we have a very beautiful little boy who is 2 this past August and who brings us so much joy, it took us over a year to conceive him.

We would so much love to have another child, a little brother or sister for Ben. I can't understand why it's so hard for me to get pregnant. We have been to doctors but he dismissed the fact that there could be anything wrong as we did actually manage to have a child already. It's so discouraging when they do that as it takes a lot to go in the first place!!

We have tried all the things they suggest and I have even bought lots of books on the subject. I get so discouraged and depressed every time my period comes ... so to all you lovely ladies who are desperately trying like myself, you are not alone.


Shar

first pregnancy

Well to start off, I never thought in my life that I would become pregnant. I'm 17 years old and a junior in high school. I have been with my boyfriend Chris for 10 months. We are madly in love though, and the thought of knowing that he has a baby on the way is very exciting for him...he can hardly wait. Right now I am 4 months pregnant. I found out when I was 10 weeks.

After I found out, I called Chris the next day and told him straight up and boy was he so happy. He kept screaming yes! yes! Yes! He did always tell me that ever since he met me, he pictured us being together for a long time and he was going to give us a baby and that he was going to marry me. I never knew that I could fall in love so quickly. But right now I love being pregnant. I know that not manly girls can be as happy as me being pregnant.

My parents are very supportive of me. Chris is working 2 jobs during the week and my parents are also putting money away for the baby. I am still going to school to try and graduate before the baby is born. I love Chris so much and I hope that he sticks to his job and becomes the wonderful father he says that he is going to be. On the weekends he comes over to my house to check up on me...and he talks to me about our baby, he talks to my belly and he even think of the names he likes for our daughter. YEP! That's right I finally found out what we are having. I beautiful baby girl. I know that even though this baby is going to change our life, we are prepared for all that is to come. And I hope the best for all of you pregnant girls out there who are single or not.


sherell Hall

Help!

Here is my story:

I am 37, married to a wonderful man for 20 yrs and with 3 wonderful children. Our eldest is our daughter, working p/t and in college. She's 20. Next is our son who will be 19 in the early spring and he works and will go to college in the fall. Last is our 2nd son who is 12 and in middle school. After I delivered him 12 1/2 yrs ago I had a tubal the very next morning. I will always regret that.

I am a Christian and I have been through 'normal' family trials & tribulations however God prevails in the end, always!!! Well this past year I've had one health challenge after another. In the past I have had 3 laparoscopies due to ovarian cysts. Currently I have experienced pelvic pain ALONG with pregnancy symptoms. I have gone to my OB and she continues to say there is nothing 'medical' for her to treat other than a prolapsed uterus. I have unbearable pain most days in conjunction with ovulation time. She suggested the pill but w/my hypertension most BC is not a good mix with my BP meds.

So the (her) last resort is surgery to surgically suture my uterus where it should be. Well the symptoms continue down to sore breasts, food aversions, food cravings, even seemingly weight gain as of late. My periods seem odd/different and I had an (3rd one this year) ultrasound just today. Needless to say I had 'exploratory' surgery Aug 31 of this year to determine any problems only to yield none according to her. So lastly, I have sought out another OB and see her tomorrow for a 2nd opinion/fresh analysis.

Please pray and ask God to find favor in this new OB.

Thank you for listening.
L. Madison in Indy


sherell Hall

Happy, In Love, & Pregnant

I've just finished college, and I'm no where near where I want to be in life. I've been engaged for almost four years to a wonderful guy, and we stopped using precautions. I'm sure it wasn't the wisest thing to do, but I have wanted a baby for so long.

I'm always afraid that people don't understand. Why would a young woman who just graduated college want to get pregnant? I've dreamed of our baby . . . My life felt like it was in stasis, frozen in time, slowed and meaningless. Now that I'm pregnant, I haven't felt hopeless once. I have something, someone to love and take care of 24/7. I don't get lost in useless contemplations anymore.

I'm a problem solver, an intelligent human being who made a conscious choice to create life with the man I love. As of today, 12/9/2006 I am a little over nine weeks pregnant. Of course I'm scared and uncertain, but none of those feelings overwhelm or control me.

I love so deeply this little life. For all you women out there, be strong, be smart, and honor yourself and your power. You can carry and bring new life into the world. Cherish your body and your child.

-C. Muse

sherell Hall

Jayden Luis Rosario

My name is Anamarie Colon. I am 16 years old and when I figured out I was pregnant I thought my world had ended and that my mom was going to kill me. See it all started when me and my baby dad Luis first meet through one of my good friends. We always talked over the phone and if we were talking over the phone we were texting each other but there was only one problem - our AGE! See Luis is 24 and I'm 16 and no one wanted our love to grow so my family did everything they did to keep us from seeing each other!

So one day he told me that I should run away with him and me being blind and not realizing what I was doing I ran away for 2 weeks while I was having the best time of my life with the love of my life my mom was suffering not knowing where I was and the first thing that came to her mind was that I was dead! What she didn't know was that I was alive and healthy! See my mom finally found out that I was with Luis and one of my good friends and her boyfriend. She started figuring out where we were at and the more she searched the closer she got. Me and Luis were getting very scared cause my mom found out where his mother lived and threatened her that if I didn't come home she was going to get the cops to arrest him for kidnapping.

So I ended up calling my mom and crying over the phone telling her that I loved him and if anything happened to him I would kill myself because I can't be without him but my mom told me that if I went home she would forget the whole thing and not press charges on him. So I went home and she cried and I cried and told her I would never do it again Boy I was wrong! See 2 weeks went by and I was supposed to get my period and I didn't. I was starting to get a little worried cause that has never happened to me and then a friend of mine told me about a place called planned parent hood and they gave free pregnancy tests so I just went to see if that was why I hadn't have got my period.

While I was sitting there the thought going through my head was " I can't be pregnant I just can't, my mom would kill me!" Then I hear my name being called by a nurse. She tells me to go into one of the rooms and a doctor comes in and tells me "Congrats, you're pregnant". I began to cry and mumble "my mom's going to kill me" then she handed me a packet of papers and told me that she wished me luck!! Then I called Luis and told him that I was pregnant and he got very happy and started telling everyone but then he heard me crying and asked what's wrong and I told me what's wrong. My moms going to kill me I told him! He said something that I never thought I would do again but I was so scared that my mom was going to kill me that I left with him again and my mom this time wasn't crying she went straight to the police and told them that he kidnapped me from school but what she didn't know that I was having his baby.

Well it didn't take her longer then a week to find me again. When I got home all I heard her keep yelling was, "why Ana why!" I got so mad and yelled back "Because I'm pregnant mom! I'm pregnant and I'm very scared!" She stopped everything she was doing and stood there and stared at me and said, "I knew something was wrong with you but I never thought it would be that." As she said that I began to cry and told her that I was very scared. Then she told me to sit down because we need to talk.

So we sat down and my mom told me something that changed my whole mood. She said that I should have an abortion. I stood up and started yelling "what do you mean abortion! I would never kill this child it is not the child's fault and I could never do that! I can't believe that you would bring that up!" Then I ran upstairs crying. My mom came after me and said she was sorry and that we were in over our heads but she didn't care she was a grandma. Now I'm 9 months and I'm 9 days away from my due date and I'm having a baby boy and I can't wait till I get to hold him in my arms!


Anamarie Colon