The Pregnant Pause:Our TTC Journey

Last night, I received the joyful news that one of my sister-in-laws is pregnant. I will reiterate... Joyful news. I really am truly happy for her. I knew they were trying and wanted to be pregnant before the end of the year. I asked her how long it took them to get pregnant. Her response? You guessed it. The first try. My husband tried making up some mumbo jumbo saying, "that people who have had babies before, their bodies are morphed to where it's easier for them to have babies in the future." He's a keeper, I know. The thing that really bothered me about her response was that she was hoping it would have taken longer to become pregnant. You could have tossed that baby dust over to me and I would have gladly taken it! The questions of the day is: How do you stay positive when everyone around you is pregnant? I'm not going to say it's easy because I felt like the worse sister-in-law in the world last night when I was jealous of her pregnancy. I was so h...

The journey one goes on when trying to conceive is a difficult one. I've studied all the books, charted like a mad woman for a year prior, and BD'd every time we were supposed to in order to get pregnant. Well, on my first cycle of TTC we failed. We did everything right but we didn't get pregnant. For those who have embarked on this journey, you know that your body plays many tricks on you when it comes to getting symptoms and such. I had my first ever triphasic chart not to mention a sore throat and low grade fever, both of which can be pregnancy symptoms (or as a normal person would call it.. just a sore throat and low grade fever). Well, I ended up being three days late when AF finally came. I had very regular cycles, so when I was late I let myself believe I was pregnant. It was just too early for a positive pregnancy test. December 23rd, my temperature dropped, along with my heart. When my temperature drops that normally means AF will be visiting me that day, startin...