I've been researching and reading up on getting pregnant. Steps to take, how you know your ready, and all that other wonderful stuff.  I've also read some forums that other woman have posted on about trying to get pregnant or even just some woman talking about pregnancy scares.  This month was have just decided to begin the steps to get pregnant.  Okay, wait... let me rephrase that, we have begun to stop using protection because we have been practicing the steps it takes to getting pregnant for some time now. :P
Being new at this I've just been researching on signs and symptoms, which I know the most common: morning sickness, peeing a lot, and sleeping a lot.  But here is the thing....  I pee a lot already and I sleep a lot already.  I can take a nap any time of the day, and people would always ask me if I'm pregnant because I pee so much. I just have a small bladder.  As far as morning sickness I'm just saying I won't have that symptom.  I don't want it. :)  So I'm thinking... how will I know when I am pregnant?  I read that one lady could feel that she was pregnant. I'm not sure if it was her first baby or what, but how do you feel when your pregnant? Is that just something you can't explain, or is it a specific feeling.  Someone else told me too that she could feel when she is ovulating... Really?  Maybe I know what that feels like, buuuuttttt I don't know... does that make sense?
I love being able to research about things... so I've been spending a lot of time reading up on becoming a mommy... yay...
One of my favorite websites so far is The Bump from The Knot. If you haven't checked it out and your looking into becoming a parent, or you a parent and are looking for advice check this website out!  It's got great articles and forums.
Does anyone else get confused with the whole ovulation thing?  Cause I do.  Reading about the calendars you can use to find out when your ovulating confuse the heck out of me... or using an ovulation detector.  They may not be that difficult, but reading the directions makes it sound so confusing and something I don't care to do.  If I have to I will, but right now I don't feel I have too. What I using, which obviously isn't accurate but it's an app for phones, the iphone has one called period tracker, but now that I have an HTC Evo it's called Pink Pad.
It's a really cool app and we'll see how accurate it really is.  Because I'll be using this to track when I'll be approximately  ovulating...



It's cool because it will also tell you when your next period is about to start and I've been using this type of app for about 4-5 months and I have seriously really started my period when it says I should.

You can also use it to monitor your moods for any specific day, monitor your weight, when your intimate, spotting, or even how your flow is.


Then of course there is a month view of your period calendar.  Showing you all that you'd added into your daily logs.  When you started your period, when it ended, it automatically shows you when your ovulating and when your fertile.  It's an all around a pretty useful app. Unlike the champagne app.. haha.
I can't wait to see how this works for me...

Welcome... Welcome...

Hi there, starting this blog I have two things in mind, documenting my journey to mother hood, and keeping my identity under wraps.  Why you ask?  Because my husband and I would like to keep this new adventure to ourselves, or at least we don't want family or friends knowing about our plans because everyone has been so anxious for us to finally begin this new chapter in our lives.  Can you imagine how excited they will be once we announce that we finally are pregnant?
There are a few people, like my 2 best friends that I have talked with already, but they know not to blab anything... or else!!! hahaha...
Well, my hopes for this blog is to share my journey from being a 2 person family to a 3 person family.  My husband and I have been married for 3 years, and although I know he'd like to wait 10 years to have children, we both finally agree on starting our family.  Just seeing what happens... go at it day to day.
Like I said, we are keeping our identity a secret, so I thought I would give my other half a  nickname.  First thing that comes to mind... Mountain Man.  If you saw him, you'd know why!
A little back story, Mountain Man and I met at church... yup you heard right... I was 12 and he was 14 when we first met.  Did I think he was cute then... no... I had no interest in boys at this point.  But by the time I turned 15 I noticed him.  My older brother, we'll call him Buddy, was my best friend.  He was one person I could go too for advice or just to hang out.  Well, he knew I had an interest in Mountain Man, and it just so happened that they were best friends.  That's when Buddy told me that Mountain Man had his eye on me... say what!!! Well, we started hanging out in groups, because thats what good young kids do when they want to go on a date.  By the time I turned 16 we were serious.  I knew he was the man I was going to marry, I just knew it.  We had never talked about marriage right away, the first time we had even mentioned marriage I was 18 years old.  When I was 19, he popped the question (another story for another time), of course I said yes, and a year later we were married in a beautiful destination wedding.  I can not wait to get out there again!!
Being married now for 3 years I'm so ready for a baby.  I have been ready for sometime now but didn't want to pressure or push that responsibility on to Mountain Man when he wasn't ready.  But now, bringing up talk about baby, Mountain Man is coming around. YAY! I can't wait to share with you about our journey.  It may be a hard one, it may not... you never know till you try.

Here goes nothing!!!