Our TTC journey so far.

Our TTC journey so far.

I started prenatal vitamins and my husband started a multi vitamin in September 2012.  We were married in early December 2012.  I had been using NuvaRing for about 1.5 years so when my November ring came out I didn't start another.  According to OPKs I O'ed about ten days after our wedding. Exciting stuff!

Cycle #2 was  uneventful I used OPKs but no temping.

Cycle #3 I drank green tea for the first time and had " Attack of the EWCM"  http://m.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/71911668.aspx

Cycle #4,5 I cut back on the tea, and kept up with OPKs I was getting a clear positives and was getting my period 12 days after so I still wasn't ready to start temping, I felt like it confirmed 'O'

Cycle #6  I temped, saw a clear shift, but my BBT is annoying!! It beeps every 5 seconds for over a minute.....reminds me I STILL need to get a new one!

Cycle #7 We took off from temping OPKs, the bump, everything. I had house guests and was really needing a break from all the crazy TTC was making me.  It was surprisingly easy to 'forget' about it all for a month.

Cycle #8 I jumped back in and we didn't have great timing bc of a surprise O on CD 14 ( it had been CD16-18)  we only had o-2 timing and I wasn't hopeful ....until.....I got the sorest boobs in sore town and my period was TWO days 'late'  my LP had been 12 days all 7 previous cycles....but at last AF did come.

...and here we are Cycle #9   I posted this: http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/74785309.aspx

I have been feeling better since I posted this but I see days like this creeping up on me from time to time so I started this blog.  I enjoy reading blogs I find on The Bump so hopefully some of you will find mine and enjoy it too!   We are leaving on a 9 DAY ROAD TRIP ( South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, back to Iowa)  this Saturday so I will have fun stuff to talk about !!

About Us.

A little about my husband and I.

I am 28 and I have a daycare with my Mother.   We own a separate house that is used for only daycare, we take 6 wks to 12 years and have been open for 9 years.  Children are my passion and I am eager to finally have one of my own.  I love to cook, sew, knit, and make photo books.  I was born to be a homemaker and hopefully it all works out for me to stay-at-home after we start our family.  

My husband works in design/engineering/electronics.  He has a hundred hobbies...currently obsessing over slingshots, and where to find more 9mm ammo....
He is much more calm than I am and helps me slow down when I get wound too tight.

We on Match.com and our first date was sushi for lunch.  We were married two years to the day/hour later.  It was 72 degrees in December in IOWA! We skipped the beginning of out tiny reception (only 12 family members) to sneak away and have sushi at the same table we first met at!  

Blog named explained

Whenever my husband or I hear the questions, " when are you going to have kids?", " Do you want to have kids someday?" " how many kids do you want?"  We always answer the same way.

-"We are going to have five named Olivia, Oliver, Owen, Ophelia, and Olive"

People are always shocked to hear me rattle my matchy-matchy 'O' names off so fast they don't know if I am joking or not.....truth is we aren't sure if we are or not either.

Five kids would be fine with both of us, but who knows if we would get the right combo of genders to make our names work?  Then there is the small fact that my husband hates the name Ophelia and says she will get called "Oh-I'll-Feel-ya"  in middle school....not cool, kids are mean.  AND Mr's best friend has a kid named Owen and that would us lame if we copied.

So as I struggled to find a name for my TTC blog I thought what better title for a blog about my future family then ....my future family...haha.

Being serious we will probably use Olivia or Oliver for our first child and who knows after that.

So here it is my blog about TTC, my husband, hobbies and anything else I can talk about to keep my mind off of trying for Olivia, Oliver, Owen, Ophelia, and Olive!