I'm new to soulcysters. I'll try to be brief but it might be hard.
First I was baptized Catholic. My dad's family was traditionally Catholic and my older brother and sister even went to Catholic schools but by the time I was born no one was practicing very much. My parents divorced when I was in junior high and I generally attended a Methodist Church with my sister. In high school a good friend was Catholic very Catholic as in they didn't eat on Sundays until after Mass ate fish on Fridays etc. I went to Mass with her and some youth group functions. My sister died suddenly when I was a junior in high school and I was drawn back to the Catholic church and confirmed my senior year.
I went to a catholic college for a yr went into the army and meant my hubby. He was not Catholic although his dad had been raised Catholic and he was attending a Catholic college parttime. We were married in the chuch but after really lousy precana classes. This was 1986 and really still very much do what you want to do the Pope is far away type of teaching. We had two girls in 1987 and 1989. After our second we were really stupid and my hubby had a vasectomy in 1990.
In 1999 we began homeschooling and I was introduced to many very traditional knowledgable Catholic moms including one who had a tubal reversal then 3 more children. My faith that had all but died was really strengthened/reborn during this time. I finally understood what Catholic meant. My husband joined the Church Easter 2004 and had a reversal in Dec 2004. We have been trying to conceive since then. I'm 40 He's 44 and our two girls are 17 and 19 now.
TTC is what led me here. After not conceiving I started doing Creighton/Fertiliycare classes last fall long distance and just met with the doctor last month. He quickly thought I had insulin resistance and my two hour glucose/insulin test proved it. I just started Met a few weeks ago. I don't know if we'll conceive or not I'm really content right now to leave it to God and I'm not sure how much we'll do to help it along but I'm thinking that the journey was just so I would find a doctor who could help me be healthy. I've felt bad for years cycle wise and was on the pill for a long time to regulate cycles and battled my weight forever gaining and losing and to actually know what might be wrong has been a blessing.
Well that's my story
Becky |