I love when I see awesome promotional material for NFP! I know it's made on shoe-string budgets by couples who donate their time and talents because they know what a difference it makes!
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Question You Should Never Ask
"Why don't you have a baby!?"
"Do you have any... news?"
"We need a grandkid/niece/nephew by Halloween/Christmas/Easter!"
NaturalGuy and I got so many questions this Christmas season about babies - whether we were currently expecting, when we planned on having them, and why there wasn't one already.
"Do you have any... news?"
"We need a grandkid/niece/nephew by Halloween/Christmas/Easter!"
NaturalGuy and I got so many questions this Christmas season about babies - whether we were currently expecting, when we planned on having them, and why there wasn't one already.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Day 37 and No Peak :(
Between a few very stressful work weeks, traveling, and yet another cold, ovulation has been very delayed. I can't decide whether delays are more frustrating while TTA or TTC. We had a wonderful Christmas and I can't help but hope we'll have a baby next year. Exciting stuff!
Now that we're approaching New Years, we're starting to think seriously about resolutions. I've been neglecting my 10000 step goal and I really want to get back to it. NaturalGuy and I have a few personal projects we're hoping to complete in the next few months. I'd also love to get our home more organized and get rid of things we no longer need. So many goals!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Happy Advent!
We've had a crazy couple of weeks and we're still recovering! There's something about this time of year - it is so easy to get busy and so hard to slow down. NaturalGuy and I have both been extremely busy at work, we're working on getting ready to teach our first CCL class in January, and we're going to way too many Christmas parties.
Between being busy, not getting enough sick, and getting sick twice in 3 weeks, my cycle has gotten very strange - I had a few patches of mucus and very erratic temperatures. I'm on day 27 and I'm really hoping that I ovulate soon. There's so much waiting involved in trying to conceive! Waiting to ovulate, waiting to test, rinse and repeat. It's a little different from the abstinence involved in trying to avoid pregnancy, but wow, they both take patience.
Wishing you all a joy filled Advent and Christmas followed by an exciting New Year!
Between being busy, not getting enough sick, and getting sick twice in 3 weeks, my cycle has gotten very strange - I had a few patches of mucus and very erratic temperatures. I'm on day 27 and I'm really hoping that I ovulate soon. There's so much waiting involved in trying to conceive! Waiting to ovulate, waiting to test, rinse and repeat. It's a little different from the abstinence involved in trying to avoid pregnancy, but wow, they both take patience.
Wishing you all a joy filled Advent and Christmas followed by an exciting New Year!
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Trying to Conceive!!!
This probably doesn't come as a shock after recent posts - NaturalGuy and I are very excited to have a child and finally feel ready to go for it!
How did we know we were ready to switch? It was 50% logic and 50% heart. We took a good look at our financial situation and read the fine print of our health insurance policy. We prayed and talked and prayed more. And then, one day, mid-cycle, we just had a lot of trouble justifying abstaining because we wanted to have a baby, preferably soon! We switched mid-cycle, two days post peak, and recently completed our first "real", full, TTC cycle. We aren't expecting yet. We're somewhat relieved - I'd be a little worried about using NFP in the future if we'd conceived on the P+2 day. We're also somewhat disappointed because we'd love to be expecting already! We're certainly excited to see what the next few months bring.
We couldn't be happier with how natural family planning transitions from "trying to avoid" to "trying to conceive." It has been incredibly helpful to have months worth of historical data and a good idea of when ovulation occurs - not to mention that there's no need to discontinue birth control or worry about the effects of artificial hormones on future pregnancies. We plan to continue charting until we're expecting - and we'll keep blogging about it, though I expect our notes will have a slightly different focus.
How did we know we were ready to switch? It was 50% logic and 50% heart. We took a good look at our financial situation and read the fine print of our health insurance policy. We prayed and talked and prayed more. And then, one day, mid-cycle, we just had a lot of trouble justifying abstaining because we wanted to have a baby, preferably soon! We switched mid-cycle, two days post peak, and recently completed our first "real", full, TTC cycle. We aren't expecting yet. We're somewhat relieved - I'd be a little worried about using NFP in the future if we'd conceived on the P+2 day. We're also somewhat disappointed because we'd love to be expecting already! We're certainly excited to see what the next few months bring.
We couldn't be happier with how natural family planning transitions from "trying to avoid" to "trying to conceive." It has been incredibly helpful to have months worth of historical data and a good idea of when ovulation occurs - not to mention that there's no need to discontinue birth control or worry about the effects of artificial hormones on future pregnancies. We plan to continue charting until we're expecting - and we'll keep blogging about it, though I expect our notes will have a slightly different focus.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Hello again!
Between being crazy busy at work, catching a terrible cold, and dealing with our insurance company (aaarrggghh!), NaturalGuy and I haven't blogged in over 2 weeks! Yikes! We've managed to read and listen to a few interesting things this week.
We'd love to promise that we'll be more consistent, but we're going to Hawaii next week and it's Thanksgiving the week after that, but we promise to be back on the wagon in December :)
We'd love to promise that we'll be more consistent, but we're going to Hawaii next week and it's Thanksgiving the week after that, but we promise to be back on the wagon in December :)
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