"The Gang's All Here!": Baby Makin... from the beginning!

We had the pleasure of making out baby in ALASKA.

It was even slightly documented! Don't worry only the pictures of where we worked on making a baby will be shown, no kinky or rated R photos :)

So lets start back at the beginning:

Sometime between November 2011 and January 2012: My husband and I decided that we would start our baby making around our one year anniversary!!! August 2012! I was SO excited and agreed to stop harassing him about how bad I wanted a baby.

March 2012- I went to NYC to visit my friend and discovered (through conversation) the many perks of NOT being on birth control. I had been on BC since i was 16 years old and had always been scared about the severity of camps and bleeding if I were to go off. Not to mention: the chance of getting pregnant before planning to. My family has a history of extremely inconvenient periods and great fertility. This friend let me know that condoms would work just great and I would actually learn my cycle, understand my body, have WAY less mood swings, maybe get some pimples, grow a stronger and healthier sex drive!, and best of all I would not be putting all those crazy hormones into my body any more. I was sold, happily married, and planning to go off birth control in about 6 months anyway.

April- I got my last period via the Nuvaring and went off BC without looking back. We bought two huge boxes of condoms (after asking my other friend who enjoys the many benefits of not being on BC what types she prefers). I researched what should happen: the average woman has between a 26 and 28 day cycle; I should track the first day of each period; ovulation occurs exactly half way between periods; you really can only get pregnant when/around ovulation. I got my period naturally 26 days later at 9am. I had cramps 24 hours before my period... they were manageable but more painful then the month before.

May- My sex drive was out of control (sorry if this is TMI)!! I got my period exactly 26 days later around 9am. This was so exciting for me too! The camps were less than the month before I was starting to feel confident that my cycle was baby producing capable. I had this fear of not being able to get pregnant for the last 5 years. I had no reason for this fear and it drove my husband nuts when I'd get emotional about it because he is rational and this feeling was not.

June- Period arrived again like clockwork around 9am 26 days later. I met another couple that was planning to start trying for a baby in August and learned some good baby making strategies: have sex four days before you are supposed to ovulate and then every other day after that; also, morning sex is the most fertile.

July- Period arrived again! I made sure to have LOTS of fun this month. It was the best summer of my life!! We enjoyed every weekend with different family and friends doing everything we wanted to do. We took FULL advantage of our single life style and made sure to drink often. I was getting so excited to try for a baby that I had clocked out the exact day I thought my ovulation would occur- August 15th. I took some ovulation tests to double confirm my cycle was normal and was pleased when the smiley face appeared. I went to a holistic doctor with my aunt of a prenatal visit too. I researched prenatal vitamins... hardcore and stated taking them. I learned about DHA and why folic acid is so important for a fetus. I bought my bridesmaid dress two sizes bigger than what I needed in hope that I would be 5 months pregnant at the wedding.

Yes, Researched!!! and recorded exactly what I wanted my Prenatal to have.

Purchased and started taking- two fish oil, two calcium, and on prenatal!

Fit into Size 10

... Ordered Size 14

August: Baby makin Month has finally arrived!- my period arrived 24 days later! It was actually July 31st. What?!?!?!? Why?? I had everything planned... this took me by surprise. I started peeing on sticks about 8 days after my period began and then we departed for Alaska on August 9th. We arrived and traveled out to my moms land outside of Talkeetna. We had NO running water or electricity and it was perfect. I decided to stop taking the ovulation tests, completely relax and start having sex every other day and in the morning when possible. All this equals the BEST vacation ever!