Ahem.
Gina's recent wonderful post announcing her pregnancy reminded me of how I felt when we were trying to get pregnant.
I was working full time and going to school part time. We waited to start trying to conceive until after the theoretical due date had passed my expected graduation from grad school date. And then we got busy.
And got busy.
After a few months of trying - right, I know, I'm not a very patient person - I read that stress can negatively impact chances of conception. I felt very stressed.
(Thinking back on that time now, I think HA! You, young lady, don't know from stress. But, back to our story.)
I figured I would get pregnant after I graduated, which was quite alright with me. So that moment when we were getting busy, right around Obama's election, I probably only had the most fleeting of thoughts that this time it might be baby making time.
For someone trying to conceive, it took me a hilarious amount of time to get around to taking a pregnancy test: LMP was Oct 24 and my sore breasts weren't enough to prompt me to go pee on a stick until Nov 30. How about that for pessimism?
What has surprised you about fertility recently?
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