[posted by Eileen]
We have been trying to conceive a child since we got married in 2003, but without success. We have seen three gynaecologists over the years and undergone many fertility treatments but to no avail. Then in 2012, our 3rd gynaecologist suggested IVF as the next option but we did not go ahead with her suggestion as it is against our Catholic values. So after that, we decided to stop stressing ourselves to conceive a child and discontinued our treatments with the gynaecologist.
Then in February 2013, Justin and I read from the Catholic Digest about the Naprotechnology FertilityCare program that focus on finding and treating the underlying causes of fertility problem, and also an article about Adoption. I have heard about the Naprotechnology program from a church friend before, but never proceed to find out more. Over the years, we have also thought about adoption but felt that we were not ready to adopt (Our church priest, Father Anthony even suggested to us about adoption twice because he thinks that we will make good parents even if the child is not our biological child).
So after reading the articles, Justin and I discussed and decided to give the Naprotechnology FertilityCare program a try so as to understand and learn about my fertility issue through natural fertility awareness and tracking. I started seeing the catholic general physician Dr John Hui. And also after much prayer and thought, we decided that we would like to adopt a child even if we have a biological child, and hence we signed up for the adoption briefing at Touch Community on 21st November 2013, wanting to find out more.
Then on 13th November 2013, we found out that I was pregnant! To be able to conceive naturally is a wonderful miracle for us! Dr Hui was surprised at my pregnancy because I did not have signs of ovulation that cycle. Upon checking our fertilitycare chart tracking, we also found out that the little one was conceived on 1st November 2013, Feast day of All Saints. :-)
[Even with the wonderful news of pregnancy, Justin and I went ahead with the adoption briefing on 21st Nov to find out more about the adoption process.]
Then in February 2013, Justin and I read from the Catholic Digest about the Naprotechnology FertilityCare program that focus on finding and treating the underlying causes of fertility problem, and also an article about Adoption. I have heard about the Naprotechnology program from a church friend before, but never proceed to find out more. Over the years, we have also thought about adoption but felt that we were not ready to adopt (Our church priest, Father Anthony even suggested to us about adoption twice because he thinks that we will make good parents even if the child is not our biological child).
So after reading the articles, Justin and I discussed and decided to give the Naprotechnology FertilityCare program a try so as to understand and learn about my fertility issue through natural fertility awareness and tracking. I started seeing the catholic general physician Dr John Hui. And also after much prayer and thought, we decided that we would like to adopt a child even if we have a biological child, and hence we signed up for the adoption briefing at Touch Community on 21st November 2013, wanting to find out more.
Then on 13th November 2013, we found out that I was pregnant! To be able to conceive naturally is a wonderful miracle for us! Dr Hui was surprised at my pregnancy because I did not have signs of ovulation that cycle. Upon checking our fertilitycare chart tracking, we also found out that the little one was conceived on 1st November 2013, Feast day of All Saints. :-)
[Even with the wonderful news of pregnancy, Justin and I went ahead with the adoption briefing on 21st Nov to find out more about the adoption process.]
After confirmation of my pregnancy from the HCG blood tests taken, Dr Hui recommended us to a catholic gynaecologist Dr Douglas Ong for follow-up checks to monitor the pregnancy and we started to see Dr Douglas Ong since then.
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