Baby Brain...

We're smack dab in the middle of our 3rd cycle Trying to Conceive....

Most of our friends know that we're trying to get knocked up, but not many actually know what I'm going thru to try to achieve this, and to make Monkey a daddy. (and of course, me a mommy!)

I have a chart...
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/brash_beauty/

I take my temperature EVERY day at 6am, whether or not I HAVE TO GET UP AT THAT TIME OR NOT. (believe me, It's not something I'm getting adjusted to)
I take Ovulation Predictor tests. I pee on a stick every day for like a WEEK until it's positive, and even then, it's a guessing game of when I'll actually ovulate. (up to 48hours later).
I keep track of when we're... intimate (or at least try to. I miss days here and there if they aren't in the "fertile time frame")
I take supplements and vitamins to "enhance my chances" of being fertile.

I mean, I KNOW we could try the "laid back" approach with no charts, timing, temps... and just wing it. We did that last time... for 18months we were just "winging" it... and nothing. I am trying to increase our chances, and if it doesn't happen after 6months, have some thing to show my doctor and say "LOOK! We tried, we timed it perfectly, we did everything we could" and then try to move on with treatments.


I was told when I was younger that due to the cysts on my ovaries I'd have issues getting pregnant. Then I was told that I didn't ovulate. Then I had the precancerous cervical cells removed and that left a little bit of scar tissue on my cervix that could make it harder to get pregnant (and then there is also a concern that because I had to have that portion of my cervix removed that it could be weakened during pregnancy and I may need to go on bedrest early)

My CURRENT Gyno is amazing. He tells me everything, whether I want to hear it or not. He let me know that the cysts shouldn't cause an issue, and well, it's apparent I'm ovulating because of my charts and OPKs (those ovulation tests).

Monkey has been awesome about everything. He's learned more about Basal Body Temperature (that's your temp as SOON as you wake up... that's why I chart at 6am every day), about Cervical position and bodily fluids... and he's seen more tests with lines on them then I think he's ever wanted to. He has an idea of how to read my chart, what #'s are good, what stats look off... and it's weird. ha.

It's always amazed me how many people "accidentally" get pregnant when there is such a small fertile window each month! Yes. I'm jealous. there I said it.

I'm hoping something happens soon.... because every negative test hurts just a little more than the last, and it's incredibly discouraging....