I found myself thinking “Wow, I can’t believe that it’s a new year and I’m not pregnant yet”. That’s a hard pill to swallow but I refuse to throw a pity party. I’ve been pretty occupied with doula training and I’ve really enjoyed it! I’ve gone through my childbirth education classes for doulas and although … [Read more…]
Well, the title states the obvious but other than not being pregnant, I enjoyed my Christmas! Every month I come up with a reason why THIS would be the month that God decides is the right month for us. So this month I told myself “Yes, this would be great God. Then I could announce … [Read more…]
Lately, I’ve been so consumed with becoming pregnant and all that’s involved in this journey. I feel like 75% of the time, my mind is on myself. Not in a conceited or vain way, but simply thinking about what I can do next to increase my chances of becoming pregnant. Well a couple of days … [Read more…]
Not becoming pregnant as been a real challenge for my husband and I. We always “knew” that once we got to the point where we wanted to have more children, we would just make the decision to start trying and it would happen. That has been so far from the truth and some days we … [Read more…]
We’re done with the ovulation test strips. I decided that using ovulation test strips and taking my bbt (basal body temperature) was making me anxious so it’s probably best that I stop for now. I realized that since I’ve monitored my ovulation for a couple of months now and I know that I definitely ovulate, … [Read more…]
All of you women who are trying to become pregnant or have in the past, may know what symptom spotting is. Symptom spotting is that act of taking every little symptom and change your body is going through and making it out to be a “early pregnancy symptom”. This is also a guaranteed way to … [Read more…]
So as I sit here and write this post, I thought to myself “this is my life”….and you know what? I’m happy with this life. I think sometimes we get so caught up in what’s not going right in our lives that we can forget all that IS going right. I am truly blessed with … [Read more…]
Is everyone pregnant? I think so…or maybe it seems that way when you’re trying to become pregnant. I’m naturally drawn to pregnant people and babies so the good thing is that it doesn’t make me jealous to see a bunch of pregnant people but it sure does seem like everyone is pregnant. The gift of … [Read more…]
My husband finally got his ultrasound BUT…I had to literally chase the doctor around for the results! This has been so frustrating for both of us! Once the ultrasound was done, the tech told us that the results would go to the doctor the same day and we should be able to receive the results … [Read more…]
I’ll admit that I’ve never been one of the most patient people on this earth but this process has been excruciating for me! Everything has been about waiting. I wait to ovulate and then I wait to see if I’m pregnant. I wait on my period to come on and the cycle starts again…waiting to … [Read more…]