Share Your *TTC/Fertility/Secondary Infertility Story Blog Carnival

*Trying To Conceive

Whew! That title is a mouthful! This is my first ever MckLinky blog carnival and I’m excited about it. Are you having trouble conceiving for the first time? Or the fourth? Have you been told you cannot conceive? Are you having fertility issues? Are you going through the adoption process? Or, are you like me, suffering from Secondary Infertility? If any of this applies to you I would love to read your story and have you link up. There are so many wonderful women out there who are going through one or more of these issues. By sharing our stories we can meet other women who are going through some of the same issues we are. We can receive encouragement, support and possibly make a new friend! All stories are welcome-positive ones, sad ones, funny ones and the list goes on.

And if you don’t have a blog? Feel free to leave your story in the comment section! We’d still love to read it.

I shared my story a couple of posts ago but I’ll quickly summarize- I have two beautiful daughters. It took us 21 months to conceive our first. A year to conceive our second and now we’ve been trying for our third for 15 months. I received so much positive feedback through e-mails, comments and messages on Facebook that I thought “Why haven’t I done this sooner?”. I wanted to give others the chance to share and receive positive feedback too.

I am going to ask that you do one thing. Ok, maybe two. Please say a prayer  and leave some words of support for the woman above your link and below your link. I think this would be a wonderful way for us to show some encouragement and solidarity. (Have I said encourage too many times?) I will be saying a prayer for each and every person who links up or leaves a comment. If you’re the first one to link up you get to say a prayer for me!:o) Also, please try to leave a comment on some of the other posts too. I will be commenting on all of them. Depending on how many women link up this may not be hard to do!

Since this is my first time doing something like this ( have I mentioned that already?) I ask that you bear with me if there any kinks that need to be ironed out.

Most of you have already done something like this but for those who have never done this before here are a few helpful hints/tips:

*Please add a link to my blog somewhere in your post.

*Once you’ve entered the MckLinky site:

1)In the “Title” box you can either  a)Type your name  b)The name of your blog  or c) The title of your post

2) Type the URL to your post about this carnival in the second box. Please don’t link to your blog but to the post itself. For example: I wouldn’t write in the URL section www.simplymelsblog.com. Instead I would post the URL of the actual post I’m linking up which would look something like this:

http://www.simplymelsblog.com/this-is-me-being-authentic/

Hope this helped!

Did I mention that I’m excited?

Because I am.

Now link up and enjoy reading some powerful stories!

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Comments

  1. Lydia adds:

    November 11th, 2009 at 10:35 am

    I don’t have a post to link but I just wanted to share some encouragement and prayers. So glad you’re doing this! :)

  2. Debra adds:

    November 11th, 2009 at 11:28 am

    I don’t have a post to link either. (Maybe in a couple years when we are closer to getting our daughter from China.) Can’t wait :) I know that this blog will encourage lots of women.

  3. Jamee adds:

    November 11th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    I linked up my post! I honestly didn’t mean for it to be so long but it served as such a reminder for me how God worked through my infertility and brought me to mommyhood through the miracle of adoption. Thank you for doing this!

  4. Stephanie Perryman adds:

    November 11th, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    Don’t have a link or story to share but just wanted to encourage and let you know I’m saying prayers for you and all other mommies in this situation! Love ya!

  5. Sarah Thompson adds:

    November 17th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    Mel,

    I just wanted you to know I understand what you are going through. As you know we are trying to conceive and were successful twice now. I had lost the baby at 14 weeks back in Feburary. We were going for an apoitment to hear the heart beat, and not heart beat. The next day I was in the hospital to have a D&C. That was one of the hardest, most challenging times of my life. Especially since one of my students parents was pregnant and I wondered why when she can’t take care of the children she has. I know, pretty harsh. I have seen so many children in such bad family lives, yet they have so many children. Well, we have been trying for 8 months (not too long, but since we got pregnant right away after my first two pregnancies~It was a long time to us.) Then last Monday I was late, took a test. I was pregnant. Called the doctor and everything. I actually too 5 tests to make sure from Monday to Tuesday. Then at work, on Thursday I started to bleed. I know in my heart that God was taking this baby too. I burst out of the bathroom, told my principal I had to go and went straight to the doctor. I so wanted to hold on to the little life that just began to grow. God had other plans. I lost the baby. So, here I am wondering…will I ever get pregnant and stay pregnant again. I so want my daughter to have a sibling, but it may not be ment to be.

    This is my story. I will never have peace of mind…when (if) I do get pregnant again!
    Sarah

  6. MrBarns adds:

    February 6th, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    Hey, great blog…but I don’t understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Can you Help me, please :)

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