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Dear Mrsward...I too have prayed for God to remove this desire from me. It didn't go anywhere! Lol. If anything, it just got more intense. Ive spent several months mad at God...why not take it away if He is only going to allow me to lose them? Doesnt He know how much it hurts? Of course He does. But I think I had to struggle with that anger in order to submit to His will, His timing.

Of course I wish my path was easier. And I still have dark days when I doubt. But I am slowly fighting upward out of the pit I have been in.

Please, never see anything I say as judgement. My heart is tender toward all of us who deal with this. Sometimes I fear my words dont convey it right.

@ Rebecca - Please don't worry. I can hear your heart in your words. They are not in anyway coming across hard. I actually prefer to be told the true. Even if it hurts. That's why sometimes I just feel like someone is playing a big joke. There have been months where I have been a week late and I have NEVER been late except for when I was pg. Then to get a BFN and AF comes. It's felt like someone playing a cruel joke on me. It's like a tease. I got and get my hopes up.

I do a lot of work with gluten sensitivities and while reading tonight I thought I would share a piece here....

Gluten Intolerance

For reasons relating to some of the things mentioned above, plus a society filled with gut-damaging things like antibiotics and chlorine, with the changes in wheat, gluten intolerance is a common factor behind infertility and miscarriages.

I have had many, many women report reduction of problems such as PCOS and endometriosis with the elimination of gluten. Many more women have reported getting pregnant from eliminating gluten after problems with infertility. There are many reasons why, including that for many women (and men), gluten creates a constant source of inflammation, as well as causes the bodyâ??s adrenal glands to go into overtime, causing the stress hormone cortisol to flood the body constantly. And we can see that stress hormones are a contributing factor to PCOS as well.

For more information on the link between gluten and infertility/miscarriages, go here: http://www.healthnowmedical.com/blog/2013/01/11/infertility-miscarriage-gluten-sensitivity-may-be-your-problem/

For more information on dietary measures to eliminate PCOS including eliminating gluten and sugars, check out Dr. Mercolaâ??s very concise article on the topic: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/01/02/pcos.aspx

In summary, itâ??s important to remember that straying away from Godâ??s design has detrimental effects on many areas of our health, including our reproductive health. But no matter what, God is sovereign and decides whether to open or close a womb according to His plans and purposes. My prayer for you is that He opens your womb and that you have the blessing of Psalm 115:14-15:

Thank you Rebecca for those very sobering words and thoughts. Your words are very much appreciated and are indeed very uplifting.

@DWilliams, thank you for the information. I recently added Garden of Life GlutenFree raw meal to my diet. I take it after my workouts or instead of dinner when DH is working overnight. It's not great tasting but it's filling and it has great nutritional value. At this point, I would try anything for a BFP! Lol.

@MrsWard, in addition to taking prenatals and Royal Jelly, I'm also taking propolis (paste form), a tablespoon of coconut oil every morning, vitex, spirulina tablets, maca capsules with DIM and COQ10. I'm also drinking lots of water. And hubby is taking Maca capsules & a multivitamin as well. That's about it. I believe I mentioned this before but I will say it again, checkout this website, http://natural-fertility-info.com. It has tons of information and yes, they do suggest supplements that they sell but the information is free and I buy my supplements from vitacost.com - their prices are really great when compared to pharmacy prices. I hope this help.

Thanks again ladies for all your support, kindness, and understanding and don't forget to be kind to yourselves!

Hugs and prayers to all.

Update ladies: I'm spotting brown. Test looks lighter. I think I'm out. I will update you guys tomorrow.

Oh no! @Zuberi! Maybe it's just implantation bleeding! I will pray that AF stays away.

Update: AF is here! I think it was a chemical. AF is heavy and lots of cramping. So much so until I couldn't sleep because of the pain. I had to take some meds. So Cd1 for me.

Awwww @Zuberi. I'm sorry doll. I was really hoping this was your month. Well, in the bright side, you still have the chance of having a BFP for X-Mas!

AFM, I'm POD8 and have been cramping a little since last night and my temp dropped from 98.16 to 97.31 so I guess AF will be here by tomorrow, which annoys me because I'm going away on Thursday! I also have my doctor's appointment this afternoon so I'm a bit nervous. I will update you guys later.

In the meantime, have a great Tuesday.

Zuberi - oh no, honey. I'm so sorry. Know I'm thinking of you and praying. Big hugs.

@ Zuberi_Baby, I am soooooo sorry that AF showed up. Prayers and hugs to you.

Thank you Rebecca, Praying4Ali1 & Lwilliams for all the info and encouraging words. I sooooo look forward to get on this site daily and hear from you all. You all really are my only support system, besides my husband. But even he can't understand as fully and completely as you all do. So, thank you.

Update - today I am on cd14. I'm pretty sure I have O'd already. My cycles range in length anywhere to 21 to 29 days. I was getting pains on my right side over the weekend - quite a bit actually. It even hurt to lay on my right side in bed. I haven't seen much ewcm this month. I know seeing it a good indication of o-ing but do you think me not seeing it, is ok too?