Not forgotten in the waiting

Infertility came up in the sermon at church on Sunday. The guy speaking (who was a visiting speaker) talked about a lady in his church who had a testimony of becoming pregnant soon after a group of 2&3 year old laid hands on her tummy and prayed life. She had been through many years of infertility treatments with no success. The guy speaking said that after this testimony had been shared in his church several couples had approached him and his wife saying "we're infertile, please pray for us". At the end of the service I toyed with the idea of going up to this guy with Neil and asking for prayer. It had not been the focus of the sermon and I wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do. However, after being spontaneously encouraged by one of the elders to ask them to pray for us we went up and waited as they were playing with someone. A friend came and stood with us which helped loads. When they were free we stood in front of then and I realised I had no idea what to say! I'm used to everyone knowing our story and I enjoy not having to explain. After a few seconds of awkward silence I took Neil's hand and blurted out " we're infertile! " Before I could ask for prayer or even tell them our names or story they laid hands on us and started praying for us. It was a really valuable time of prayer. They knew nothing about us but prayed things very relevant to us just now. I love all these little reminders that God has not forgotten us.
In other news our journey has started to get interesting again after months of inactivity. When your life is wrapped up in infertility waiting becomes a way of life. You wait for test results, appointments, procedures, particular days in your cycles, meds to be delivered... The list goes on. And of course there is the monthly wait to see if this will be your month. Before IVF I would wait to see if my period would not come meaning I was pregnant. During IVF I find myself waiting each month for it to come so things can happen. After my egg collection in June I had to wait for my third period before phoning the clinic to book in for my frozen embryo transfer. Last month I had an epic 48 day cycle so the wait for the third has been excruciatingly long. But I am happy to report that yesterday that wait came to an end! I was at work so Neil emailed the clinic and they phoned me this morning. The next step is to have a scan around day 10 and then transfer about 10 days after that depending on how things look. The receptionist I spoke to this morning could not book me in for a scan, she said the nurses had to do that and would call me later today. I waited by my phone all day and they never phoned! It's too late to phone now so I'll have to call in the morning. More waiting! Still it's all happening finally! In around 22 days I'll be having one of my frozen blobs put inside my uterus! Then we wait to see if it's worked.