Here we go again!
I knew this wouldn't be our month, I'm quite sure we skipped over O, but it's still disappointing to not get a bfp before Christmas. This means that there won't be a bfp at all in 2015. Hopefully that means 2016 will start off with a fun adventure!
This cycle was the last one for a summery baby, which stinks because I hate having babies in the middle of winter. However, it might encourage me to get down South by next winter even more!
Bill has always wanted an October baby, so I know he's going to try like crazy this next cycle. It's the first time we ever had a real shot at it. I would much rather a spring baby as opposed to a late fall baby, but I also don't want to wait until almost summer to start trying. I'd like my bfp as soon as possible, please! I don't really have time to be picky with birthdays, since we want to have this next baby up North before we move and have different insurance, which means asap. We have the opportunity to move starting next month (January), but we're holding off moving for now since we want this baby and Will has a hernia that needs to be watched and probably have surgery on in the next 6 months.
So hurry up, bfp! We're both very eager for our next little one and have so many plans!
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Cy2, CD22
I'm CD 22. I have no idea when to expect AF after last cycle. I feel like I might get it early.
However, I'm alright with it. I want a normal cycle, but have made peace with a bfn coming. I'm now focused on the Christmas season. I have about a dozen different treats to make, and Katie is loving Christmas carols and movies so we've been having lots of fun.
In my mind, we're on a Christmas break and we'll resume TTC on the next cycle, which places O about 3-4 days after Christmas.
However, I'm alright with it. I want a normal cycle, but have made peace with a bfn coming. I'm now focused on the Christmas season. I have about a dozen different treats to make, and Katie is loving Christmas carols and movies so we've been having lots of fun.
In my mind, we're on a Christmas break and we'll resume TTC on the next cycle, which places O about 3-4 days after Christmas.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
CD somewhere past O, cycle 2.
Well, I'm pretty sure now what happened last month. I had the idea, and apparently Bill did too. What's currently going on sort of confirms our thoughts, though I debated against recording it. To keep things straight though, I decided I should.
Last month we definitely hit ovulation, twice a day every day beforehand, then during.
Then I got my period just one week after ovulation, at Cd23. I have never gotten a period so early, even when heavily nursing or still adjusting after a baby. I've never skipped an entire week of a cycle before. Especially when I knew the exact day I O'ed.
And then the AF itself was all wrong. Clots happened before bleeding. It lasted a total of 7-8 days, when I'm normally only ever 4-5. My heavy day are normally the first 2-3 days only, and AF was very heavy until day 6. It even looked different in color.
This month, I'm emotionally insane for no reason. I'm super sappy and gushy. I'm super clingy and connected to Bill. My sex drive is through the roof and completely insatiable. All these things happened exactly like this right after I miscarried Elizabeth.
So now we're pretty sure that we didn't just fail at getting pregnant. We probably were successful in getting sperm to meet egg, but either it didn't form properly or didn't attach correctly, etc. All the signs showed that it started to happen, but didn't work out. I'm really glad I didn't test early, because I think it would have been crushing to see that. Having it be just speculation sucks enough.
At the very least, hopefully that's the last cycle that is messed up and it's not the start of multiple months of an undependable cycle.
As for this month, we NTNP. I purposely didn't keep track of my cycle days, though I'm quite sure I'm about two days after ovulation now. I believe AF is due around December 14th, so we'll see how that goes.
Last month we definitely hit ovulation, twice a day every day beforehand, then during.
Then I got my period just one week after ovulation, at Cd23. I have never gotten a period so early, even when heavily nursing or still adjusting after a baby. I've never skipped an entire week of a cycle before. Especially when I knew the exact day I O'ed.
And then the AF itself was all wrong. Clots happened before bleeding. It lasted a total of 7-8 days, when I'm normally only ever 4-5. My heavy day are normally the first 2-3 days only, and AF was very heavy until day 6. It even looked different in color.
This month, I'm emotionally insane for no reason. I'm super sappy and gushy. I'm super clingy and connected to Bill. My sex drive is through the roof and completely insatiable. All these things happened exactly like this right after I miscarried Elizabeth.
So now we're pretty sure that we didn't just fail at getting pregnant. We probably were successful in getting sperm to meet egg, but either it didn't form properly or didn't attach correctly, etc. All the signs showed that it started to happen, but didn't work out. I'm really glad I didn't test early, because I think it would have been crushing to see that. Having it be just speculation sucks enough.
At the very least, hopefully that's the last cycle that is messed up and it's not the start of multiple months of an undependable cycle.
As for this month, we NTNP. I purposely didn't keep track of my cycle days, though I'm quite sure I'm about two days after ovulation now. I believe AF is due around December 14th, so we'll see how that goes.
Monday, November 16, 2015
CD1
Well, not exactly sure what happened, but I'm on CD1, which is 5 days early. I don't know when I've ever been 5 days early, so I'm more surprised at that than I am that I'm not pregnant. I have no idea why my cycle was so thrown off and only 23 days long. I definitely O'ed on day 13-14, so cutting off a week seems so odd.
The cycle itself being so messed up is potentially why I didn't get pregnant this time. It definitely makes it hard to understand. Will nursed a lot after we got home from vacation, it's possible it messed it up slightly, but I don't see it as being so drastically different as to cause a 5 day jump.
We didn't get to DTD on the second day of O, but that shouldn't have been why. We did it twice a day for the whole week leading up to it, and hit the first day of it.
I was hoping that if we did get a bfn, it would at least be something I could learn from and use for later. This is too messed up, it doesn't make enough sense, so it feels like a wasted cycle.
The cycle itself being so messed up is potentially why I didn't get pregnant this time. It definitely makes it hard to understand. Will nursed a lot after we got home from vacation, it's possible it messed it up slightly, but I don't see it as being so drastically different as to cause a 5 day jump.
We didn't get to DTD on the second day of O, but that shouldn't have been why. We did it twice a day for the whole week leading up to it, and hit the first day of it.
I was hoping that if we did get a bfn, it would at least be something I could learn from and use for later. This is too messed up, it doesn't make enough sense, so it feels like a wasted cycle.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
8DPO, Cy #1
I'm trying so hard to not symptom spot. It's still early. I hate when others come up with long symptoms that are just standard daily things until you put them under a microscope and search for pregnancy.
However, I can't stop those little feelings that immediately pop up and say "Ah, what if that means we got it?" I hate not knowing if there's something in there or not! So yes, I'm mildly symptom spotting. Not taking temps or anything, not actually looking, but I feel things.
I'm 8 DPO. I have 6 more days until AF is due. Since yesterday, I've been crampy for no reason. My ovary hurts like Ovulation, but I'm past that. I'm not working out, just taking it easy, which usually doesn't lead to such early cramping. I have spikey stabbing pain in my cervix.
I KNOW that it's only a 50/50 chance. I know that logically, I'm probably not pregnant. It's our very first cycle, I'm still breastfeeding, things aren't always exactly on schedule, we didn't DTD while I was actually supposed to be O'ing. There's a lot counting against me here. And yet, every little cramp or stab makes me gasp a little in wonder.
TTC'ing won't be as difficult after this month. This just had a lot riding on it: special themes, special announcements, special baby gifts and ideas. After this month, I'll default back to what I have always planned. I just can't wait to see which way it goes.
Since AF was late last month, I'm now due on the 20th. I'll be testing on the 18th. Just have to ride it out until Wednesday and try to contain my curiosity!
However, I can't stop those little feelings that immediately pop up and say "Ah, what if that means we got it?" I hate not knowing if there's something in there or not! So yes, I'm mildly symptom spotting. Not taking temps or anything, not actually looking, but I feel things.
I'm 8 DPO. I have 6 more days until AF is due. Since yesterday, I've been crampy for no reason. My ovary hurts like Ovulation, but I'm past that. I'm not working out, just taking it easy, which usually doesn't lead to such early cramping. I have spikey stabbing pain in my cervix.
I KNOW that it's only a 50/50 chance. I know that logically, I'm probably not pregnant. It's our very first cycle, I'm still breastfeeding, things aren't always exactly on schedule, we didn't DTD while I was actually supposed to be O'ing. There's a lot counting against me here. And yet, every little cramp or stab makes me gasp a little in wonder.
TTC'ing won't be as difficult after this month. This just had a lot riding on it: special themes, special announcements, special baby gifts and ideas. After this month, I'll default back to what I have always planned. I just can't wait to see which way it goes.
Since AF was late last month, I'm now due on the 20th. I'll be testing on the 18th. Just have to ride it out until Wednesday and try to contain my curiosity!
Monday, November 9, 2015
TTC kick off on the Disney Fantasy
We are back from our amazing, wonderful cruise! We're now in the two week wait, and I'm about 5 DPO. I'm very unsure about how we did. At first, it went really well - the first three days, we managed to DTD twice a day. The day I O'ed, we only were able to do it once. The next day I was still finishing up O'ing, and we didn't get to do it at all as that day we woke up super early to go run the Disney 5K on their private island. We had activities to do all day that day until about 11:30, where I passed out immediately after coming back to the room.
So it's possible that it worked, but it's also very possible that we didn't hit it at the right times. Either way, it was definitely a fun factor to our cruise. It was still the kickstart of our TTC journey, and we did it in style.
We got the Romance Package, which was beautiful to walk into and so much fun. The robes we received (and I'm still wearing) were super soft and plush. The champagne was delicious, the chocolates paired perfectly with it, and the rose was beautiful.
I was tempted to buy a Disney Cruise Line onesie there, but decided against it, but it's definitely something I'll have to remember if we do get a BFP.
The whole time I wanted a pregnancy announcement picture (a picture with us as a family and me with my hands on my belly) and we didn't get it, so I'd have to figure out something else now. There was just so much to do on the cruise! We enjoyed every minute, but we already have a list of what we need to do next time that didn't happen this time.
Something I realized on our way home, was that November 18th is Mickey Mouse's birthday - that's the day I've been saying I'll be testing. So we'll know if we're expecting our Disney Souvenir on Mickey's birthday. A pretty cute touch if it does work out!
9 more days to see if we were successful.
So it's possible that it worked, but it's also very possible that we didn't hit it at the right times. Either way, it was definitely a fun factor to our cruise. It was still the kickstart of our TTC journey, and we did it in style.
We got the Romance Package, which was beautiful to walk into and so much fun. The robes we received (and I'm still wearing) were super soft and plush. The champagne was delicious, the chocolates paired perfectly with it, and the rose was beautiful.
I was tempted to buy a Disney Cruise Line onesie there, but decided against it, but it's definitely something I'll have to remember if we do get a BFP.
The whole time I wanted a pregnancy announcement picture (a picture with us as a family and me with my hands on my belly) and we didn't get it, so I'd have to figure out something else now. There was just so much to do on the cruise! We enjoyed every minute, but we already have a list of what we need to do next time that didn't happen this time.
Something I realized on our way home, was that November 18th is Mickey Mouse's birthday - that's the day I've been saying I'll be testing. So we'll know if we're expecting our Disney Souvenir on Mickey's birthday. A pretty cute touch if it does work out!
9 more days to see if we were successful.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
We've Arrived!
Okay, it's now official - I'm CD1 on our very first TTC cycle for our next baby!
Two weeks from now, I'll be relaxing on beaches, meeting Disney family, eating amazingly well, and keeping our fingers crossed that we bring home an extra special Disney Souvenir!
In all probability, the chances are low that we'll succeed on our first try, but it's definitely fun to officially be TTC either way. We're both so eager to start on this new journey and bringing a new little person into our family.
This cycle was a day and a half late, which was really annoying and stressful. But next month, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that AF is really, really, really late - and not come at all!
Two weeks from now, I'll be relaxing on beaches, meeting Disney family, eating amazingly well, and keeping our fingers crossed that we bring home an extra special Disney Souvenir!
In all probability, the chances are low that we'll succeed on our first try, but it's definitely fun to officially be TTC either way. We're both so eager to start on this new journey and bringing a new little person into our family.
This cycle was a day and a half late, which was really annoying and stressful. But next month, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that AF is really, really, really late - and not come at all!
Monday, October 12, 2015
9 Days until....
There's only about 9 days left to this cycle! That means next Wednesday or so we'll be in our first TTC cycle. It's so exciting to be on the edge of a new adventure!
I've been doing a lot to get ready. I've been working out and lifting weights to try to build some muscle and get into workout routines. I want this to be my best pregnancy yet, so I'm hoping to get everything set ahead of time.
I'm sticking more to a schedule now with housework and with the kids. Hopefully it'll make things a bit easier to keep up with once I'm exhausted and puking.
I'm drinking more water. While I never drank any caffeine while pregnant with Katie and small amounts with Will, I'm currently drinking more caffeine to keep up with them, the house, and out of house things than ever. I'm slowly weaning myself back off of it. I stopped buying coke, so I only drink it when Bill buys it. One gallon of tea is lasting me about a week and a half. I still drink morning coffee, that'll be the hardest to get rid of. It's basically sugar milk with caffeine as I don't drink "real" coffee, just the caramel macchiato that comes in half gallons, but it's not what I want to be relying on to wake up even before getting pregnant. Maybe the cruise, where I'll be without it for 9 days, will help break my need.
I have half of Christmas already bought and coming in the mail, so I have a head start on that as well.
Getting pregnant in October/November is what I know best already. I got pregnant with Katie in October and Elizabeth in November. This time, if I get pregnant, it would be between October 31st - November 4th.
I can't wait to be on the cruise, going to beautiful island beaches, and having a Romance Package of champagne, roses, and bathrobes in our room and start trying for a new little one. What a way to kick off a TTC session! We're getting better at this as we go! lol
Disney just released a new bedding set - Mickey Nautical! Absolutely perfect, of course, for this next baby. Trying very hard to resist getting anything that we don't need - even when it was 40% off! This baby will need very little, so I'll only be getting a few things here and there. I can't get too much anyway as we won't know what we're having, so gender neutral will have to fit it all.
I've been doing a lot to get ready. I've been working out and lifting weights to try to build some muscle and get into workout routines. I want this to be my best pregnancy yet, so I'm hoping to get everything set ahead of time.
I'm sticking more to a schedule now with housework and with the kids. Hopefully it'll make things a bit easier to keep up with once I'm exhausted and puking.
I'm drinking more water. While I never drank any caffeine while pregnant with Katie and small amounts with Will, I'm currently drinking more caffeine to keep up with them, the house, and out of house things than ever. I'm slowly weaning myself back off of it. I stopped buying coke, so I only drink it when Bill buys it. One gallon of tea is lasting me about a week and a half. I still drink morning coffee, that'll be the hardest to get rid of. It's basically sugar milk with caffeine as I don't drink "real" coffee, just the caramel macchiato that comes in half gallons, but it's not what I want to be relying on to wake up even before getting pregnant. Maybe the cruise, where I'll be without it for 9 days, will help break my need.
I have half of Christmas already bought and coming in the mail, so I have a head start on that as well.
Getting pregnant in October/November is what I know best already. I got pregnant with Katie in October and Elizabeth in November. This time, if I get pregnant, it would be between October 31st - November 4th.
I can't wait to be on the cruise, going to beautiful island beaches, and having a Romance Package of champagne, roses, and bathrobes in our room and start trying for a new little one. What a way to kick off a TTC session! We're getting better at this as we go! lol
Disney just released a new bedding set - Mickey Nautical! Absolutely perfect, of course, for this next baby. Trying very hard to resist getting anything that we don't need - even when it was 40% off! This baby will need very little, so I'll only be getting a few things here and there. I can't get too much anyway as we won't know what we're having, so gender neutral will have to fit it all.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Info for Next Month
To remind myself next month:
Yesterday semi worked, I spotted all day, but I don't think I can call it CD 1, so I'm labeling today, the 23rd, as Day 1.
That means that October 21st I'll be due for my next period so hopefully I'll be finished by October 27th, and then I'll ovulate around November 4th.
If all goes along those lines, November 18th I'll either be getting my period again or I'll be looking at a BFP! <3
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Two Days Late
My cycles were like clockwork for months now. So of course, it would throw me a curveball the very month before I need it to be exactly on time!
Today is two days after I was supposed to get my period. I've been dying of severe cramps the whole time, but nothing to show for it. Now I'm off my perfect schedule! I absolutely refused to go another day off my schedule, so I figured the way you go into labor would be similar to how to go about getting a period since it deals with all the same parts.
Luckily, it looks like I succeeded. Still keeping my fingers crossed. Today should be Day One of my cycle, which means I'd now be due for my next cycle on the 20th. If I'm on time next month, I'll ovulate for our first TTC cycle on November 3rd - which is when we'll be on the cruise. Still good, still means no period for our vacation (like last time!) and we'll be in a position to bring home our extra Disney souvenir.
Just still praying that today is truly day #1!
Luckily we didn't slip up at all last month to make me paranoid or I'd be a mess right now. 8 weeks pregnant on the cruise would equal nonstop puking time for me!
Today is two days after I was supposed to get my period. I've been dying of severe cramps the whole time, but nothing to show for it. Now I'm off my perfect schedule! I absolutely refused to go another day off my schedule, so I figured the way you go into labor would be similar to how to go about getting a period since it deals with all the same parts.
Luckily, it looks like I succeeded. Still keeping my fingers crossed. Today should be Day One of my cycle, which means I'd now be due for my next cycle on the 20th. If I'm on time next month, I'll ovulate for our first TTC cycle on November 3rd - which is when we'll be on the cruise. Still good, still means no period for our vacation (like last time!) and we'll be in a position to bring home our extra Disney souvenir.
Just still praying that today is truly day #1!
Luckily we didn't slip up at all last month to make me paranoid or I'd be a mess right now. 8 weeks pregnant on the cruise would equal nonstop puking time for me!
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Getting Closer
It's now mid-September, and on the cusp of cycle #9. That means that there's just ONE more cycle left to go until we're officially TTC!
I spent half of the year wondering if I'd be ready, because Will was such a handful as a baby that it left me a bit traumatized! However, I'm so ready now. I'm very eager to have another.
We had to make a tough and important decision the other day, balancing what's best for our current family and our future family. We were given the opportunity to move down South in November. To do that though, we had a chance of me being without insurance (unless I wanted to go on medicaid and find a good OBGYN that would accept it, and probably never see a midwife) which meant it would be really stressful and we'd have to hold off getting pregnant for another year. That would result in a 3.5 year age gap between Will and the new baby, and a 6 year age gap for Katie. I never wanted my kids to be spaced so far, and that would mean we'd have to have fewer kids in the long run too, as I don't want to go past 34 years old being pregnant.
So we had to decide if we wanted to move to our dream destination, or stay stuck in the same place, wasting money, for at least another year and have a baby while we still have good insurance and a more stable place. We chose to have a baby. Family comes first, before changing jobs, before moving to better locations, before changing homes just because we'd rather a bigger, nicer place.
The move will still happen, but it's put on hold for a year while we have our baby and gather more money into savings. It'll be a more stable move, so it's wise all around, but it's also disappointing as we were hoping to be out before Christmas. However, this means that Katie gets to finish her year out in ballet, which she's absolutely crazy over, we get to have one more Christmas in our starter home, and we can gradually sell and pack and have things less stressful.
In the meanwhile, I'm focusing on all the fun we're about to have. We are going to Will's first Day out with Thomas on Sunday. Two weeks later we'll be heading out of state so Katie and Bill can be in a wedding (Katie's second time being a flower girl). A week after that is Bill's birthday, after that is Trick or Treating, our cruise and when we get to start TTC. Once we come back from the cruise, we'll be fully thrown into the holiday season and hopefully we'll be lucky enough to start the new year with a new little bundle on the way to make 2016 off to a bright, exciting new start!
I spent half of the year wondering if I'd be ready, because Will was such a handful as a baby that it left me a bit traumatized! However, I'm so ready now. I'm very eager to have another.
We had to make a tough and important decision the other day, balancing what's best for our current family and our future family. We were given the opportunity to move down South in November. To do that though, we had a chance of me being without insurance (unless I wanted to go on medicaid and find a good OBGYN that would accept it, and probably never see a midwife) which meant it would be really stressful and we'd have to hold off getting pregnant for another year. That would result in a 3.5 year age gap between Will and the new baby, and a 6 year age gap for Katie. I never wanted my kids to be spaced so far, and that would mean we'd have to have fewer kids in the long run too, as I don't want to go past 34 years old being pregnant.
So we had to decide if we wanted to move to our dream destination, or stay stuck in the same place, wasting money, for at least another year and have a baby while we still have good insurance and a more stable place. We chose to have a baby. Family comes first, before changing jobs, before moving to better locations, before changing homes just because we'd rather a bigger, nicer place.
The move will still happen, but it's put on hold for a year while we have our baby and gather more money into savings. It'll be a more stable move, so it's wise all around, but it's also disappointing as we were hoping to be out before Christmas. However, this means that Katie gets to finish her year out in ballet, which she's absolutely crazy over, we get to have one more Christmas in our starter home, and we can gradually sell and pack and have things less stressful.
In the meanwhile, I'm focusing on all the fun we're about to have. We are going to Will's first Day out with Thomas on Sunday. Two weeks later we'll be heading out of state so Katie and Bill can be in a wedding (Katie's second time being a flower girl). A week after that is Bill's birthday, after that is Trick or Treating, our cruise and when we get to start TTC. Once we come back from the cruise, we'll be fully thrown into the holiday season and hopefully we'll be lucky enough to start the new year with a new little bundle on the way to make 2016 off to a bright, exciting new start!
Monday, July 27, 2015
Cycle 7 already!
Cycle 7 started a few days ago, on Saturday July 25th. It wasn't due until today, the 27th. So far the cycles have always been at least 29-30 days long, so it's interesting that this one cut so short.
When we were planning on trying in June, I knew that I'd get pregnant in July. For over a year, I just knew it would happen. Then my July cycle comes, and I know I would have gotten pregnant if we had been trying. My body hyper-ovulated like crazy, which is why I think I got my period a bit early too. I actually got really sick right before AF happened, I laid in bed super nauseous and feeling like I was going to throw up any second. I felt exhausted and sick...usually my first signs. I was definitely nervous that my body had gone ahead and gotten pregnant even when we were being as careful as usual. So even though it was inconvenient to get AF early, it was a big relief!
If my cycles stay on this track, we should be set to start trying to the first week of November. Hoping it stays it's course!
When we were planning on trying in June, I knew that I'd get pregnant in July. For over a year, I just knew it would happen. Then my July cycle comes, and I know I would have gotten pregnant if we had been trying. My body hyper-ovulated like crazy, which is why I think I got my period a bit early too. I actually got really sick right before AF happened, I laid in bed super nauseous and feeling like I was going to throw up any second. I felt exhausted and sick...usually my first signs. I was definitely nervous that my body had gone ahead and gotten pregnant even when we were being as careful as usual. So even though it was inconvenient to get AF early, it was a big relief!
If my cycles stay on this track, we should be set to start trying to the first week of November. Hoping it stays it's course!
Monday, June 29, 2015
Cycle 6
Cycle six is now here, came on June 29th - which is great news because that means my cycles are further regulating. I was always 28 days, and slowly through the months I went from 32 day cycles to now 29. If this continues and it stays 28-29 days long each month, it means I won't have my period for our big cruise vacation AND I'll be ovulating while on it - so we can start our TTC'ing while we're on our amazing vacation and perhaps bring back a little souvenier with us. Plus, you know, I'll be able to also enjoy the beach, the pools, the hot tubs, the water rides and participate in the DisneyRun on Castaway Cay Island as well! So far, so good.
Yesterday I felt like it was coming, I was cramping badly but it wasn't happening. I wanted to make sure it wouldn't hold off for a few more days, so we went on a three mile fast paced walk. Working out usually helps to get it going, and I think it helped here too. I woke up at 8:30 and by 9, I had it. Unfortunately it meant we couldn't go on another three mile walk this morning (I LOVE that backwoods trail, I would love to walk it every day!) but I'm happy as is.
And thanks to having an amazing husband, yesterday he made sure I was well stocked with two kinds of my favorite ice cream, a 2 liter of Coke (my drink of choice for periods) and a giant Hershey's dark chocolate bar. It definitely makes dealing with cramps, bloating and uncomfortableness when I have that to fall back on!
Yesterday I felt like it was coming, I was cramping badly but it wasn't happening. I wanted to make sure it wouldn't hold off for a few more days, so we went on a three mile fast paced walk. Working out usually helps to get it going, and I think it helped here too. I woke up at 8:30 and by 9, I had it. Unfortunately it meant we couldn't go on another three mile walk this morning (I LOVE that backwoods trail, I would love to walk it every day!) but I'm happy as is.
And thanks to having an amazing husband, yesterday he made sure I was well stocked with two kinds of my favorite ice cream, a 2 liter of Coke (my drink of choice for periods) and a giant Hershey's dark chocolate bar. It definitely makes dealing with cramps, bloating and uncomfortableness when I have that to fall back on!
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Plans in Motion
All of our plans are going great. We've now found the exact apartments we're planning to move to that fit all of our needs (a main one and a back up, both close to each other and very similar), have budgeted it all out, and have an idea of when we'd like to move. We have a date that we absolutely want to be gone by (June 2017 is the latest). I've signed Katie up for Ballet, and if it goes well, I'll add acro classes too (which would be two fun classes each week to attend). Everything is going quite well...the only thing I can't plan, and what's preventing me from doing actual dates for moving, is the next pregnancy.
I absolutely do not want to move mid-pregnancy. I don't want to change doctors half way through, I don't want to be sick driving the 12 hours back and forth until we're settled, and I don't want to be packing and unpacking while sick or huge.I also don't want to move with a brand new baby, I'd like to at least wait until they're 3 months old ideally. So the date we move greatly depends on how long it'll take us to get pregnant and when the baby is due.
However, all of those dates means that 2016 would totally be out of the question to move, unless it took us more than 6 months to get pregnant (because of Katie's ballet classes, we want to stay here until June 2016 so she gets to go her recital). I'm not quite ready to say we won't move in 2016, because we've been discussing it at length as a major possibility. I'd love to have this coming winter be our last full PA winter either way. I think I'd consider moving while pregnant if I got pregnant with a winter baby, as I hate having a newborn and worrying about giving birth in the winter.
So while everything seems pretty set, the timing is so much in the air. I'm eager to see how to plays out. So far we're doing what we can daily - Bill works overtime every day so we can put money away in our emergency/moving fund and finish up paying off the few thousand we have left in student loans. I've been slowly going through everything in the attic and decluttering, selling or chucking what we don't plan to move with. We're prepping the finished two room attic to become my Father-in-Law's apartment, which will bring $500 more a month to us and help with moving all of us down South. I've been making strides to keep the grocery bill lower and make everything by hand. We eat out less to save more. I'm even keeping a close eye on lights being on to lessen the eletricity bill. Every penny counts right now, and the more frugal we can be, the faster we can make it down south - and in better shape.
We still haven't decided if we plan to get our big house right away down there (there's a few that I'd jump on RIGHT NOW if I could) or if we want to stay in something smaller for a while so we can live a few years with zero mortgage and use that time to save up to pay for a big house outright. I'm eager to get the kids into a home where we can stretch out, but the idea of having no mortgage is so enticing that I may be willing to be a bit cramped for a bit longer so we can have more money and no fear. Most likely that decision will come when we're down in North Carolina already and we're house hunting.
I absolutely do not want to move mid-pregnancy. I don't want to change doctors half way through, I don't want to be sick driving the 12 hours back and forth until we're settled, and I don't want to be packing and unpacking while sick or huge.I also don't want to move with a brand new baby, I'd like to at least wait until they're 3 months old ideally. So the date we move greatly depends on how long it'll take us to get pregnant and when the baby is due.
However, all of those dates means that 2016 would totally be out of the question to move, unless it took us more than 6 months to get pregnant (because of Katie's ballet classes, we want to stay here until June 2016 so she gets to go her recital). I'm not quite ready to say we won't move in 2016, because we've been discussing it at length as a major possibility. I'd love to have this coming winter be our last full PA winter either way. I think I'd consider moving while pregnant if I got pregnant with a winter baby, as I hate having a newborn and worrying about giving birth in the winter.
So while everything seems pretty set, the timing is so much in the air. I'm eager to see how to plays out. So far we're doing what we can daily - Bill works overtime every day so we can put money away in our emergency/moving fund and finish up paying off the few thousand we have left in student loans. I've been slowly going through everything in the attic and decluttering, selling or chucking what we don't plan to move with. We're prepping the finished two room attic to become my Father-in-Law's apartment, which will bring $500 more a month to us and help with moving all of us down South. I've been making strides to keep the grocery bill lower and make everything by hand. We eat out less to save more. I'm even keeping a close eye on lights being on to lessen the eletricity bill. Every penny counts right now, and the more frugal we can be, the faster we can make it down south - and in better shape.
We still haven't decided if we plan to get our big house right away down there (there's a few that I'd jump on RIGHT NOW if I could) or if we want to stay in something smaller for a while so we can live a few years with zero mortgage and use that time to save up to pay for a big house outright. I'm eager to get the kids into a home where we can stretch out, but the idea of having no mortgage is so enticing that I may be willing to be a bit cramped for a bit longer so we can have more money and no fear. Most likely that decision will come when we're down in North Carolina already and we're house hunting.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Just keeping track of cycles...
I've been forgetting to write down and track my cycles, so it's getting more complicated to see how things are playing out. I'm now on cycle 5, and I believe I'm pretty close to normal. I have NO idea when it happened in April, but I remember it was a little late. In May, it started on the 2nd. I started today, on June first, which means I'm on a 30 day cycle now. I was on a 35-38 day cycle for the first few months, so that means I'm continuing to regulate. The crappy part is it looks like I'll have it for mine and Katie's birthday celebrations plus Independance Day. =/ If it stays 30 days or goes back to 28, I'll be due between the 29th and 1st of July. I'm hoping the cycles shorten and stop being at the end/beginning of each month as I'd hate to have AF on our cruise, which is October 31st and the whole first week of November!
Monday, April 6, 2015
More plans and Changes
A lot has been happening lately! We've been forming multiple plans for this year and beyond that change our timelines for our future babies.
The first is that we're definitely moving to the South now. We have a main plan and a back up. Our goal is 2-3 years, and the plans are already in effect. Bill picked up an extra half a shift each work day so that we make an extra $100 a week to put towards student loans and then towards saving for the new house. I'm looking at work that I can do from home to bring a bit extra in and make things go even faster (I'm looking at things outside of what I already do, like my paid mod jobs and crocheting business). My father in law is most likely moving in with us this summer. It'll save him money in living conditions and add a few hundred dollars a month to our moving fund (he's coming with us down south, we're planning on getting an in law suite for him) so moving in benefits all of us.
I'd like to have one more baby up north and I don't want to get pregnant in the middle of our big move, so we're trying to change around dates to make that happen. At the same time, we're now going on a big Disney Cruise on Halloween. I don't want to be pregnant for that, as I can't be more than 4 months pregnant to go on and less than that I'll be terribly sick. So our new goal is to move our TTC date from June to start trying in November, have a baby sometime next year (a November conception would be an August baby). That baby will then be a year or two old during the move, and we'll hold off having #4 until we're settled in our new home.
Our original goal was to move in 5 years, but that just seemed like too long. We shortened it down to 3, and are currently hoping that we can do a little less than that (two years) depending on what happens in the next year or so. Meanwhile, we're fixing up our home (repainting and such) to get it in good condition so we can list it in a year. We're also downsizing a lot, both for when we move and to fit my FIL in our finished attic (which is set up to be two bedrooms, but currently is overflowing with all of our extra stuff). We have a lot to do, which makes it exciting to me. I love planning, making lists, and having projects to constantly work on. Each step closer to moving is a cause for celebration and the fact that we're already working through our 3 year plan each day is even more exciting. I can't wait to make our big move! If everything stays the way we plan it, we should be moving at the same time as my parents and siblings are moving too. They're headed to South Carolina, and we'll be in a state boarding them - either North or South, we're not sure yet. North Carolina is our goal and Georgia is our back up currently, even though the gorgeous homes and land in Georgia that are in our current price range does make it even more tempting, so I'm not sure if it's a back up or still as much a possibility as NC is. Both states have so many pros to them! In the end, it'll probably come down to what job is open when we're ready to go, so we're leaving it up in the air. Both places we're looking at are amazing and we love, so I don't really have a favorite or pulling for one or the other - I just know I want to be in one of them asap!
The first is that we're definitely moving to the South now. We have a main plan and a back up. Our goal is 2-3 years, and the plans are already in effect. Bill picked up an extra half a shift each work day so that we make an extra $100 a week to put towards student loans and then towards saving for the new house. I'm looking at work that I can do from home to bring a bit extra in and make things go even faster (I'm looking at things outside of what I already do, like my paid mod jobs and crocheting business). My father in law is most likely moving in with us this summer. It'll save him money in living conditions and add a few hundred dollars a month to our moving fund (he's coming with us down south, we're planning on getting an in law suite for him) so moving in benefits all of us.
I'd like to have one more baby up north and I don't want to get pregnant in the middle of our big move, so we're trying to change around dates to make that happen. At the same time, we're now going on a big Disney Cruise on Halloween. I don't want to be pregnant for that, as I can't be more than 4 months pregnant to go on and less than that I'll be terribly sick. So our new goal is to move our TTC date from June to start trying in November, have a baby sometime next year (a November conception would be an August baby). That baby will then be a year or two old during the move, and we'll hold off having #4 until we're settled in our new home.
Our original goal was to move in 5 years, but that just seemed like too long. We shortened it down to 3, and are currently hoping that we can do a little less than that (two years) depending on what happens in the next year or so. Meanwhile, we're fixing up our home (repainting and such) to get it in good condition so we can list it in a year. We're also downsizing a lot, both for when we move and to fit my FIL in our finished attic (which is set up to be two bedrooms, but currently is overflowing with all of our extra stuff). We have a lot to do, which makes it exciting to me. I love planning, making lists, and having projects to constantly work on. Each step closer to moving is a cause for celebration and the fact that we're already working through our 3 year plan each day is even more exciting. I can't wait to make our big move! If everything stays the way we plan it, we should be moving at the same time as my parents and siblings are moving too. They're headed to South Carolina, and we'll be in a state boarding them - either North or South, we're not sure yet. North Carolina is our goal and Georgia is our back up currently, even though the gorgeous homes and land in Georgia that are in our current price range does make it even more tempting, so I'm not sure if it's a back up or still as much a possibility as NC is. Both states have so many pros to them! In the end, it'll probably come down to what job is open when we're ready to go, so we're leaving it up in the air. Both places we're looking at are amazing and we love, so I don't really have a favorite or pulling for one or the other - I just know I want to be in one of them asap!
Saturday, March 21, 2015
New Goals, New Plans
I love when life shows us a new path, or when our hard times turn into something beautifully positive and meant to be.
Our baby and children plans may be changing a bit, as far as timing and such. We're hoping to have all of our children born in the next 5 years, before we make our big move.
We've been planning to move out of the area for a while now, but we weren't happy with anywhere we could find. Nothing seemed right, or where we really wanted to spend the rest of our lives. The search got put on hold though when Bill's work took him out of his old position and put him in a new place a few towns over and gave him a new job. It was hard on us - it's less money, training weeks hurt us financially and didn't allow overtime, and it was really depressing to Bill to work 6 years learning everything about his job and slowly moving up just to move to somewhere totally different.
And then on Thursday, the light shown through. Bill found out that with his new job, we can move anywhere in the country (even Hawaii!) With his old job, it was only for this one place in PA, but this new job can have him transferred anywhere. His current partner has always wanted to live in Arizona his whole life, so he asked work to transfer him there. In two months, he'll be working at the same company but in his dream place. So we thought about it, did a bunch of research, and decided to get out of here. Neither of us like living in PA. I always wanted to move out of it. We couldn't move out before because Bill has great insurance and didn't want to leave his job, but now both of those can come with us.
We looked at a map and picked out 4 states we would like to move, while doing research about weather, pricing, housing, etc of each. Our fantasy is Montana, but that one also scares me the most as it's so far away and different but the most beautiful place I've ever seen. Owning 20-40 acres there cost nothing and it's the most gorgeous place I've ever seen.
More realistically though, we'll probably end up somewhere between Georgia and North Carolina. We've already found some absolutely gorgeous places with lots of land that's in our price range - in fact, some big homes with land cost as much as what we're paying for our small row home with no land right now. We can live very comfortably in a beautiful home and lovely weather and struggle much less down south than here. The laws for homeschooling are also much better there and we'd have to worry less about the government constantly getting stricter and creating more hoops to jump through by the year.
So we're taking the next five years to pay off the rest of our student loans, pay off large sums of our mortgage, create a big nest egg, and for Bill to continue moving up in his job and gaining seniority. Idealy, I'd like to finish having our babies up here so we don't have to drag all of our baby stuff (which takes up half of our house!) down with us or need a nursery in the new house. So if possible, we'd like to try to fit the rest of our kids in the 5 year mark. What that means for our family size, I'm not sure yet. If we decide to only have 4, then two more in five years is super easy. If we want more (6) we're probably not meeting the goal of having them all here and leave on time.
Hopefully, 2020 will be an awesome year for us and bring a new home, state and place to love into our lives! It's renewed our excitement, created a goal and a new dream, and we have something real to work towards again.
Friday, March 13, 2015
Cycle #2
Cycle #2 has arrived and it's already close to normal. I definitely ovulated, I think a few days late around day 18 or so, and it was a 31 day cycle. I'm normally pretty average with an every 28 day cycle when it evens out, but for 6-8 months after I got my cycles back, they were all over the place and were anywhere from 35- 56 days long. They stayed very sporatic and unpredictable for a long time, but she was younger (10 months) when I got them back. Maybe because they were gone for so long, they're more normalized. I was pregnant again when Katie was 15 months and they had just evened out at that point. Will is going to be 15 months in two weeks.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Not Just Me
Sounds like I'm not the only one who's getting baby fever!
Bill was telling me yesterday about how having babies is so much fun - the whole process of creating new little people and getting these bundles of joy is exciting. While he doesn't really want to TTC and try to force another to happen, he's very eager for when we stop preventing.
It's really neat to see him so happy about our kids and having more. It seems like all around me, most men have to be reluctantly and grumpily dragged into having another baby and Bill is here with me, taking my hand and just as eager as I am to start the journey again.
While I'm not yet ready to do it again (I'm still trying to control my panicky self, which is very quiet when not pregnant but flares even at the thought of pregnancy, not to mention having to be super sick all the time for a few months and super lethargic!) I'm happy that we'll both be very ready for when it is time.
Bill was telling me yesterday about how having babies is so much fun - the whole process of creating new little people and getting these bundles of joy is exciting. While he doesn't really want to TTC and try to force another to happen, he's very eager for when we stop preventing.
It's really neat to see him so happy about our kids and having more. It seems like all around me, most men have to be reluctantly and grumpily dragged into having another baby and Bill is here with me, taking my hand and just as eager as I am to start the journey again.
While I'm not yet ready to do it again (I'm still trying to control my panicky self, which is very quiet when not pregnant but flares even at the thought of pregnancy, not to mention having to be super sick all the time for a few months and super lethargic!) I'm happy that we'll both be very ready for when it is time.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Baby Blankie Project
I was on Fabric.com (such a dangerous store for me! lol) and found a must do project for when I get pregnant (who am I kidding? If it wasn't so expensive I'd be doing it by this weekend!)
As obvious, my next pregnancy is elephant themed and the gender will be a surprise at birth.
So I'm going to be getting these cuddly minky fabrics and making a baby blanket. One side will be blue and I'll be machine embroidering his name on a corner.
The other side will be all pink and have her name embroidered on a corner.
Then the first picture of our little surprise will be our baby wrapped in the blanket, with whichever color and name that's correct on the outside.
Just another special thing to do for our surprise baby!
Here are the two cuddly fabrics I'll be using:
https://www.fabric.com/buy/0284072/minky-snuggle-fleece-elephant-light-blue?cm_mmc=pinterest-_-social-_-product-_-0284072
https://www.fabric.com/buy/0284073/minky-snuggle-fleece-elephant-pink?cm_mmc=pinterest-_-social-_-product-_-0284073
As obvious, my next pregnancy is elephant themed and the gender will be a surprise at birth.
So I'm going to be getting these cuddly minky fabrics and making a baby blanket. One side will be blue and I'll be machine embroidering his name on a corner.
The other side will be all pink and have her name embroidered on a corner.
Then the first picture of our little surprise will be our baby wrapped in the blanket, with whichever color and name that's correct on the outside.
Just another special thing to do for our surprise baby!
Here are the two cuddly fabrics I'll be using:
https://www.fabric.com/buy/0284072/minky-snuggle-fleece-elephant-light-blue?cm_mmc=pinterest-_-social-_-product-_-0284072
https://www.fabric.com/buy/0284073/minky-snuggle-fleece-elephant-pink?cm_mmc=pinterest-_-social-_-product-_-0284073
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Cycles Returned!
One step closer to TTC - I now have my cycles! I got them back on 2/9, 13.5 months PP. A new record! I got it back at 10 months with Katie.
Now I'll have four months to wait it out and have my cycles regulate before starting TTC.
Before getting my cycle, I knew I was either getting my period or pregnant. While I was rooting for my period, I did realize that if I was pregnant, I could probably handle it. It would still be early and not ideal, but it wouldn't be bad. It's a big mental step, possibly just as big as getting my cycle back. Last time we had a pregnancy scare, I was straight out panicked.
Bill liked the idea though of my being pregnant now, so he was a bit disappointed. But now we know we'll definitely be ready to start trying by June!
Now I'll have four months to wait it out and have my cycles regulate before starting TTC.
Before getting my cycle, I knew I was either getting my period or pregnant. While I was rooting for my period, I did realize that if I was pregnant, I could probably handle it. It would still be early and not ideal, but it wouldn't be bad. It's a big mental step, possibly just as big as getting my cycle back. Last time we had a pregnancy scare, I was straight out panicked.
Bill liked the idea though of my being pregnant now, so he was a bit disappointed. But now we know we'll definitely be ready to start trying by June!
Friday, January 30, 2015
Warming up
This whole time I've been enjoying the idea of a baby, but NOT wanting a pregnancy. Or the baby...yet. Having baby fever and actually wanting to get pregnant are two VERY different things!
However, I can feel myself getting into the mindset as the weeks fall away. I decided to TTC in June, but when we decided it, I wasn't 100% sure I'd be ready even though it was MY idea. As much as I want another baby, my pregnancies are rough! And labor...ugh, I'm still not over that one yet. Will's was just pure hell.
We had a slip up when Will was 6 months old and I was hugely paranoid. There weren't many happy feelings, I was pretty concerned! I was definitely sweating it out. Nothing came of it though, luckily.
This week we had our second slip up. This time I'm not horrified, I'm not panicking. Do I want to be pregnant right now? No, ideally I'd like to wait until June. But I realize now I'm in that "if it happens, it happens" type of mind set. There's no longer fear about getting pregnant. If it happens before June, it will be met with excitement, not worry.
That's not to say I'm ready to move into TTC or even NTNP yet, but I definitely think by June I'll be in a TTC state!
(For the record, I would love to say I don't think there's a chance of pregnancy with Will still breastfeeding and my cycles yet to return. However, if I actually say that, I KNOW my body will prove me wrong, so I'll just say it after the two weeks are up. lol)
However, I can feel myself getting into the mindset as the weeks fall away. I decided to TTC in June, but when we decided it, I wasn't 100% sure I'd be ready even though it was MY idea. As much as I want another baby, my pregnancies are rough! And labor...ugh, I'm still not over that one yet. Will's was just pure hell.
We had a slip up when Will was 6 months old and I was hugely paranoid. There weren't many happy feelings, I was pretty concerned! I was definitely sweating it out. Nothing came of it though, luckily.
This week we had our second slip up. This time I'm not horrified, I'm not panicking. Do I want to be pregnant right now? No, ideally I'd like to wait until June. But I realize now I'm in that "if it happens, it happens" type of mind set. There's no longer fear about getting pregnant. If it happens before June, it will be met with excitement, not worry.
That's not to say I'm ready to move into TTC or even NTNP yet, but I definitely think by June I'll be in a TTC state!
(For the record, I would love to say I don't think there's a chance of pregnancy with Will still breastfeeding and my cycles yet to return. However, if I actually say that, I KNOW my body will prove me wrong, so I'll just say it after the two weeks are up. lol)
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
My little Beast
Found out something funny the other day when I was looking up Beauty and the Beast pictures on google. Not only were there the Disney versions, but also the tv series (both old and the remake). I always loved the old show, so much that my naming choices have been influenced by it. I've loved the name Vincent since I was 16 (as well as Catherine, but that's already well known!) We've been planning on using Vincent for years for our second son and the Beast is definitely what inspired it.
I haven't watched the remake though. I couldn't get over not having the romantic pairing of classy Linda Hamilton and amazingly voiced Ron Perlman in it. It's now an edgier show, where the Beast is some military experiment and Catherine is an edgy badass. However, I now need to see it because in the pictures I was looking at, I saw that they gave Vincent/Beast a last name.
One of my favorite ever characters that has ever been on tv, whom we're already naming our next boy after, was given the last name Keller on the new series.
The Beast's official full name is Vincent Keller! How cool and completely perfect is that? (Not to mention that means one day Catherine will become Catherine Keller - I have one of those too!)
I took their name, so they then took mine!
Does this help with my bi-weekly baby fever? Nope.
EDIT: I'm now watching the show. What's funnier than already having a Katherine and then doing the name Vincent? Vincent apparently had a big brother named William!
I haven't watched the remake though. I couldn't get over not having the romantic pairing of classy Linda Hamilton and amazingly voiced Ron Perlman in it. It's now an edgier show, where the Beast is some military experiment and Catherine is an edgy badass. However, I now need to see it because in the pictures I was looking at, I saw that they gave Vincent/Beast a last name.
One of my favorite ever characters that has ever been on tv, whom we're already naming our next boy after, was given the last name Keller on the new series.
The Beast's official full name is Vincent Keller! How cool and completely perfect is that? (Not to mention that means one day Catherine will become Catherine Keller - I have one of those too!)
I took their name, so they then took mine!
Does this help with my bi-weekly baby fever? Nope.
EDIT: I'm now watching the show. What's funnier than already having a Katherine and then doing the name Vincent? Vincent apparently had a big brother named William!
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Disney Store's new line of....Elephants!
The Disney Store just released a new line of elephant/Dumbo things! The good part is that it's mostly gender neutral and adorable, the bad part is it's a bit too early! They have a tendancy to only hold things for a few months before they're sold out and taken off their site. I'll have to remember to look for these when I get pregnant!
Monday, January 5, 2015
TTC date in place
Last month, the house that Bill has been looking at every single day, twice a day on his way to and from work, went on the market. Just because it's been his dream for 7 years, we went to go look at it. Turns out, it's not quite our dream house, or at least not for anywhere close to the asking price.
However, going to see that house has done great things! We're totally redoing our finances as we're now looking to move within the next five years. Originally, we wanted to stay here for much longer, but we're running out of space in our home and the town isn't what it used to be. I ran through the numbers and figured out that we could get our forever home in a few years if we play our cards right. Now we're set on working hard to get all the student loans paid off this year, to get all the money for a family car (which we'll need for the next baby, and that way Bill and I will both have a car), and start growing our savings fund. This means that next year, we can start using our taxes, bonuses, and all overtime to start saving for a down payment on a new home.
We're also crossing our fingers that this is the year that Bill will get promoted to Foreman (he's a supervisor right now), which will be an automatic $200 extra a month, plus an extra guarantee for overtime. It also means paid family leave - so when we have the next baby, he'd still be getting paid a 40 hour week instead of getting paid nothing.
We figure that in this house, we can fit up to 4 kids. After that, we won't have enough room to even fit enough beds in their rooms. Our pattern is aimed for having a kid every 2-3 years, and for the first year of life baby stays in our room, so that gives us about 5-6 years before fitting here becomes a total impossibility, though hopefully we won't need all of them.
With finances going this new way, we've decided that it would be optimal to start TTC the next baby in June. Not only does that work well for finances, it works well for having a spring/summer baby that I want as well, so I'm doubly happy about the plan.
Obviously things don't always work out the way we plan, but it's nice to have some set goals to look forward to! (And I'm 100% addicted to looking at houses all the time! Zillow and realtor.com are my best friends at the moment!)
However, going to see that house has done great things! We're totally redoing our finances as we're now looking to move within the next five years. Originally, we wanted to stay here for much longer, but we're running out of space in our home and the town isn't what it used to be. I ran through the numbers and figured out that we could get our forever home in a few years if we play our cards right. Now we're set on working hard to get all the student loans paid off this year, to get all the money for a family car (which we'll need for the next baby, and that way Bill and I will both have a car), and start growing our savings fund. This means that next year, we can start using our taxes, bonuses, and all overtime to start saving for a down payment on a new home.
We're also crossing our fingers that this is the year that Bill will get promoted to Foreman (he's a supervisor right now), which will be an automatic $200 extra a month, plus an extra guarantee for overtime. It also means paid family leave - so when we have the next baby, he'd still be getting paid a 40 hour week instead of getting paid nothing.
We figure that in this house, we can fit up to 4 kids. After that, we won't have enough room to even fit enough beds in their rooms. Our pattern is aimed for having a kid every 2-3 years, and for the first year of life baby stays in our room, so that gives us about 5-6 years before fitting here becomes a total impossibility, though hopefully we won't need all of them.
With finances going this new way, we've decided that it would be optimal to start TTC the next baby in June. Not only does that work well for finances, it works well for having a spring/summer baby that I want as well, so I'm doubly happy about the plan.
Obviously things don't always work out the way we plan, but it's nice to have some set goals to look forward to! (And I'm 100% addicted to looking at houses all the time! Zillow and realtor.com are my best friends at the moment!)
Thursday, January 1, 2015
2015
It's now 2015! That means I finally went one full calendar year of not being pregnant since getting married!
Now that it's 2015, of course we're wondering if we should start making plans, or have ideas, about our next addition. Bill asked me a few days ago when we're going to start trying. While I suffer from baby fever on a weekly basis, I'm not ready yet to try. While I'd love another baby, I wouldn't love a difficult pregnancy. I'm not ready for Will to be pushed out of the role of "baby" and into "big brother". Not yet!
My goal right now is waiting until late spring or early summer to try. Maybe we're start NTNP after Easter. Right now it's a bit of a moot point - so far I've been lucky to not have my cycles return! With Katie they came back at 10 months PP, but they were also wonky and lasted about 35-45 days. I'm now 12 months PP and am excited to not have it back yet. Last time it took me about 10 months to get pregnant, so who knows - I may get pregnant in 2015, or I may not. I feel like it'll probably happen, but I was caught off guard last time.
While I"m not ready for pregnancy yet, I feel like I may die of baby fever if I don't get pregnant at all in 2015. Not something I'm overly concerned with now though!
Now that it's 2015, of course we're wondering if we should start making plans, or have ideas, about our next addition. Bill asked me a few days ago when we're going to start trying. While I suffer from baby fever on a weekly basis, I'm not ready yet to try. While I'd love another baby, I wouldn't love a difficult pregnancy. I'm not ready for Will to be pushed out of the role of "baby" and into "big brother". Not yet!
My goal right now is waiting until late spring or early summer to try. Maybe we're start NTNP after Easter. Right now it's a bit of a moot point - so far I've been lucky to not have my cycles return! With Katie they came back at 10 months PP, but they were also wonky and lasted about 35-45 days. I'm now 12 months PP and am excited to not have it back yet. Last time it took me about 10 months to get pregnant, so who knows - I may get pregnant in 2015, or I may not. I feel like it'll probably happen, but I was caught off guard last time.
While I"m not ready for pregnancy yet, I feel like I may die of baby fever if I don't get pregnant at all in 2015. Not something I'm overly concerned with now though!
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