Submitted by Becca in AR (You can read more from Becca by visiting here.)
I was meant to be a mother. Some little girls grow up dreaming of being a ballerina or veterinarian, but not me. I was meant to be a mother. Other people are destined to take certain career paths based on events in [...]
Submitted by Deb in Virginia Beach (to read more, visit Deb’s site by clicking here)
After so many years of trying Not to get pregnant I was suprised by how easily it happened once we decided. Our plan was to try after my 30th birthday party which was in March. However, my husband brought me flowers [...]
Submitted by Lisa in Salt Lake City, UT
We waited 6 years after we got married because I was so terrified. I kept waiting to have all my anxieties resolved before I got pregnant. Finally, I had to realize that my fears would never completely go away and that I just had to do it.
Now my baby [...]
Submitted by Jessica G. in Utah (you can read more by visiting Jessica’s site here)
Women trying to conceive seem to be a magnet for unusual/alternative/ridiculous advice. It’s almost like finding a cure for hiccups: everyone has his or her own ideas. I’ve collected my favorite “witch doctor” remedies, as told to me by well meaning [...]
Submitted by Meg in Cleveland, OH
I got married this summer and, since I turned 36 this fall, we’re also planning on starting a family very soon. I KNOW I want to have kids, but at the same time, I get pretty anxious when I think about some of the things that my body will go [...]
Submitted by Carol in Missouri
Just do it. You’re going to get older anyway, have a couple kids to keep you young. It’s the best job in the world, the most frustrating and when they’re gone, the loneliest. But if you do it right, you put yourself out of business. Someone else said there is no [...]
Submitted by Rachel in Monroe ,CT
We worked with a fertility doc, but I have to tell you, the one I went to, their policy is that you must be TTC (trying to concieve) for a year before they even speak to you. At your first fertility doc’s appointment, they would do more than just check [...]
Submitted by Erin in Sacramento, CA
We did not try for a specific gender though I had heard vaguely about timing and positions to try to get one or the other. I was just timing my cycles (I used the ovulation predictor at http://www.pregnancyguideonline.com but I don’t know how accurate it was) and just made sure [...]
Submitted by Amy in Washougal, WA
I can’t give enough recommendations about that book Taking Charge of Your Fertility!!! It completely changed my life. I was diagnosed w/ a blood clotting disorder and immedietly had to stop taking hormonal birth control. We were able to avoid pregnancy for 2 years using FAM before we were ready [...]
Submitted by Angie
There’s a book that I read that helped us not only avoid getting pregnant naturally, but also get pregnant when we wanted. It took us about 3 tries/months to conceive each of our 2 planned pregnancies. Anyhow, this book helps you read your body, and it’s helped me recognize hormone swings, cysts, etc. [...]
