When I look back at the past eleven months, I’m still in disbelief that I currently have AJ. I went into trying to conceive knowing that there was a chance that we were going to have to work extremely hard in order to get a baby. I had known for eighteen months since I was diagnosed with Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), that it would play with my fertility and I may not fall pregnant easily. I had no doubt that T’s side of things was all ok, ADF would have told him if there were any issues with all of that, so any doubts that I had regarding us falling pregnant all had to do with my own body’s ability to conceive.

If you look back in the archives of the blog you will see a few posts where I talked about the things that I was going in order to boost my chances of conceiving. I went to my doctor three months before we started and got a full check-up to make sure everything was ok, I started taking prenatal vitamins, I started to track my ovulation, I started eating better and lost weight as it can impact your fertility as well. I did everything I could in the lead up to us actively starting to try for a baby to increase our chances.

OUR TRYING TO CONCEIVE JOURNEY Part 3: The Weight Issue

I like t think that I'm a pretty confident person. When it comes to the things that I know about and feel, I'm very happy to voice those opinions. However, like everyone, I do have those moments of self-doubt and low self-esteem.

This weekend was one of those moments when I went searching for something to wear to my BIL's engagement party. I had been looking in a few different places for something and eventually settled on a beautiful dress from City Chic.

OUR TRYING TO CONCEIVE JOURNEY Part 2: Walking on Eggshells

I think the worst part of the whole TTC process is the waiting. While I have had instances in my relationship before now when contraception has failed, the waiting there has never been as excruciating as what waiting now feels like. Mainly that is because we have always used two forms of contraception and so the chances of falling pregnant were small. But now, waiting to see if we have been successful, it feels as if the days are longer. 

OUR TRYING TO CONCEIVE JOURNEY Part 1

This is a topic that I have been going backwards and forwards on whether to write about, especially as it's really just the beginning. What is really stopping me is that other than a couple of close friends and our doctors, no one else knows that T and I are trying for a baby at the moment.