Let's just preface this that when you have an amazing birthday month you just want to keep the good times going.
An ER trip really disrupts that flow.
Maks and I were getting ready to finally start trying again this month. I'm drinking my green tea, limiting my overall caffeine intake, trying very hard to not eat so much junk, working out even more than usual...and I still ended up with a UTI.
My
Category: TTC
Several months ago, Maks and I decided to take a break from TTC to focus on Bear and get ourselves together (click here for a refresher).
Despite what anyone tells you, time is fast. Incredibly fast. Like Usain Bolt taking a jog in the 100 meters fast.
As we're steadily approaching the time for us to start trying again, I'm anxiously getting prepared. I'm paying off debt. I'm catching up on
Lately, I've had twins on my mind. Not that I want twins. Not that I don't want twins. But when you have several people in your life recently give birth to twins, well, you start thinking about them. Can I handle double the diapers? Double the crying? Double the food bill?
I mean, it's all fun and games until you receive that first pediatric bill.
I recently had a dream where
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Waiting my turn...
That's my theme for 2016. Waiting my turn. While that could apply to just about anything, it really applies to just one thing - pregnancy.
It seems like when you want to have a baby, all you see are pregnant tummies, people announcing their births, people announcing they're expecting...
And then there's me...with nothing.
Now, don't get me wrong. I love my son and he's my world. Every day
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I learned a valuable lesson this week...
Always...
ALWAYS...
Listen to your body.
As many of you may know, Maks and I have been TTC for Rainbow Baby #2. It's had its ups and downs but we both realized not being stressed out about it was benefitting both of us. (See Big News for a refresher.)
I have two fertility apps on my phone - Fertility Friend and Period Tracker. Both of them
I've been meaning to post an update regarding our TTC but just haven't been able to sit down to have some time to do it. Well, here it is!
For a long while, I always wanted 40 to be the cutoff age on having children. No specific reason or goal; I just didn't want to be pregnant past 40. Of course, I'm 36 now so that gave me a very
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So...is anyone ready to play the, 'Is that a line' game?
I'm 10 DPO. Originally I wasn't going to test today. Actually, I was going to try to wait until Sunday to test but I figured hell, why not. So I took a test. The photo was taken within 5 minutes. The 'I don't think I see a line but I kinda see something' is on the left of
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I've been stressing about my fertility and come to think of it, I shouldn't have.
I'm sure we've all heard that once a woman reaches 35, the chances of her getting pregnant significantly decreases. It's not necessarily good news to a lot of women who start trying to have a family in their mid-to-late thirties. The fact that a woman is officially called AMA - Advanced Maternal Age -
Sometimes I feel like I'm not like the others.
Not that I'm some anomaly or I'm some sort of speshul or uneek (deliberately misspelled, grammar and spelling nazis). Sometimes I feel there's me and then there's....everyone else.
Case in point, I have no qualms with not having a VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean).
Again, I'm not pregnant. I'm currently on CD 8 and we're going to start doing the Humpty Dance soon for TTC
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Okay, that song has nothing to do with the blog whatsoever. But hey, the kid's flow is pretty sick. (Parental discretion...he may look like a kid but his lyrics sure ain't!)
I'm not pregnant. How's that for an opening line?
After a week and a battery of tests, not to mention I started to spot already, it's pretty official I'm not pregnant. I have to admit, I'm still debating if