Journey 1.0

Baby Making 101

It is all in the planning...or so we thought.
Tiff and I have been married since 2009. For the last two years we have been talking babies and how much longer we should wait. This summer we decided that we would simply stop trying not to get pregnant and by October we started educating ourselves in all things ovulation.

After spending several days on blogs and general educational sites, we decided to use the clearblue advanced ovulation tests. They were easy enough to follow but also a little confusing when the predictor smiley was on for about 6 days. surely tiff was not ovulating for 6 straight days. This is when I started reading about LH levels and other physical clues regarding ovulation peaks.

I'll admit, as a guy this was not only new but confusing. My female anatomy knowledge is as good as the next married male if you know what I mean.  Regardless, I was set out to gain the knowledge needed to help us make this baby. Plus I am the type of person who likes to research everything there is to know about something that I am involved in. This works out well for the two of us because Tiff is a little more relaxed about stuff like this. I would come home and tell her everything I learned.

The ovulation period for us for October was what I could describe as long. I don't know how much of it was not knowing enough or a faulty ov test stick but we had sex, as directed, every other day until peak time ( flashing smiley) and then everyday. We were exhausted. It seemed like a job and this was not something I was expecting. Also the pressure to perform was actually annoying. Because this first time was so off in the length of time we figured that we would do a better job next cycle.

The next two weeks post ov time was a nice rest from the daily testing and planning.