April 19: Maybe this time
Today, I started talking to my stomach. I honestly have no idea if thereโs anything in there, besides the giant food baby that was my lunch, but itโs more of a wishing and hoping than anything. Praying that this time might be real, and just in case it is, that the little monkey can start to feel how much I love and want him or her.
The Pilot was actually home the last time I ovulated, so for the first time in months, itโs actually a possibility. I *think* I ovulated during this time because my temp definitely increased, but even though I have been practicing the Fertility Awareness Method for a year and a half, I still donโt really get it. Lately, Iโve just been plugging my basal temp into an iPhone app and rolling from there.
Since it was his first month home, we didnโt really have to think about trying to make a baby. My homeopath told us to do the mattress mambo thang โevery other dayโ during my cycle, so that the tails on his swimmers would be more Michael Phelps-like. Every other day? The Pilot just got back from deploymentโฆ needless to say, that didnโt work out very well. It was difficult enough for us to keep from going at it multiple times a day (TMI? Sorry, haha).
Bellaโs been snuggling with me more than usual, so maybe she knows before I do? Or maybe sheโs just lonely and missing the Pilot, too.
During the second part of my cycle, I always take it easier on the exercise just in case. You can find me walking instead of sprinting, yoga-ing instead of BodyRocking and drowning myself in all of the nutrients I *should* be having. Iโve eaten my weight in pineapple, which Iโm not a huge fan of but itโs supposed to help with implantation, lots of selenium from sunflower seeds and cups of tea all the livelong day.
Iโve been Googling everything under the sun, just to see if thereโs anything else I could be doing, while at the same time trying to โrelaxโ like everyone says you should.
I wonโt know for a couple of weeks, but for now Iโm going to lay down for a while and say a little prayerโฆ just in case ๐
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Iโm so excited for you to have this blog to journal all the memories. Itโs better than any baby book! ๐ Congrats again!
lol you made me blush a little. but i love that you journaled the process and i hope you keep this style through out your pregnancy.
hahah! sorry about that ๐
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โEvery other day? The Pilot just got back from deploymentโฆ needless to say, that didnโt work out very well. It was difficult enough for us to keep from going at it multiple times a day (TMI? Sorry, haha).โ
Not TMI at all โ it is actually refreshing for a health & fitness blogger to be so open about this. Everyone would have done the exact same thing. Thank you for being so honest and so real.
<3 thank you!
Awww! Glad you posted these!
Gina, I love those posts. I am so glad that you decided to share them- thank you! I love your honesty & that you did not edit them- makes them so real. I canโt wait to read more!
I am loving reading all about the events leading up to the announcement!! So exciting! I too love your honesty!
This is adorable! I can so empathize with you since my pilot is gone quite a bit and weโve been trying. Every other day?! HA. Tell her to marry a man that is gone 6 months out of the year. ๐
hahah! right?
Ahhh, Gina i LOVE reading this, i SO relate to the TCC journey, love love love itโฆcanโt wait to keep readingโฆwonโt get much work done today:)
Haha! You two are adorable. Not TMI at all. Pretty romantic if you ask me that this baby was made โmaking up for lost timeโ. You two have the best love story and now the best family story! I am so looking forward to reading all these family posts!
I love this Gina! Thanks for being real and telling it how it is. And with a hubby who is away a lot for work, I totally know what ya mean ๐ Oh please tell me what iPhone app you were using to track your temp? Thanks! Xoxo
this is AWESOMEr thank you SO much for sharing! Im going thru the same thign! pineapple!? what else helps withj implantation> Maybe Ive been doing TOO much in the second part of my cycle. I always have had a race the day after ovulation- maybe that is the prob!?!?
Dear Gina,
I am so happy for you and your husband! I have been reading your blog for a while, and I am excited to read these family posts โ the raw emotion is very refreshing and insightful for me, especially since I will be an ob/gyn in less than one year. Seeing what youโre going through is definitely inspiring!
I wish you, the Pilot, and your little one the best!
Sara
Seriously, NOT TMI AT ALL! So amazing how this happened when the Pilot came home. So romantic. *Swoon* My husband found your story very sweet as well as weโre still trying to figure out when we we want to have a little one. So happy for you ๐ Your baby story is my favorite of the 5000 bloggers that are preggerz right now, haha!
wow thatโs a great compliment- thank you ๐
Hi Gina,
Thanks for not editing and keeping it real! ๐
When you say, โcycleโ what do you mean?โฆthe days and weeks after your โthose 5 daysโ?โฆ I donโt get it. Could you explain pls.
Gina,
Just like everyone else I have to say Iโm so happy for you and so happy youโre sharing all of this with us!!! I think everyone may be like me-scrolling back yesterday trying to figure out when you *knew* and what you were doing 10 weeks ago! Yes I feel like a stalker ๐ So excited to read about your journey, let me know if you want to do a Phoenix blogger meetup ๐
Nicki
i would love to! iโll put the word out next time we make a road trip!
I recently discovered your blog, possibly through Danielle @ Sometimes Sweet. Iโve been enjoying all the health and fitness posts, but when i read your two become three post I was overjoyed, Big congratulations to you both!!!!!
I love love love these entries leading up to your annoucement, my husband and I are ttc, we have been for the past year, and feb 2011 I became pregnant, unfortunately I miscarried in april at 10 weeks. This is my first cycle since, and have just ovulated so fingers crossed for implantation soon.
Iโam so enjoying pregnancy posts, and canโt wait to read workouts and diet through pregnancy posts.
fingers crossed and sending love to you, friend!
I would love to hear more of your opinion about FAM since you said above that you โstill donโt really get it.โ I recently started charting my temp, etc. and it just seems a little subjective and hard to understand.
iโm going to do an entire post with EVERYTHING in there ๐
I wish you were pregnant when I was because I can tell youโre going to be the prodigal pregnant woman and I would have loved your info!!!
Congrats again. Amazing news ๐
all of these posts make me smile gina- i am so happy for you and iโm looking forward to reading about it all ! congrats again! my heart is smiling + happy for you guys ๐
I love that you chronicled your pre-pregnancy to preggo days here!! i was thinking yesterdayโฆsheโs 10 weeks now, so she has known since end of april to beginning of mayโฆand i was looking at your old blogs to see if you mentioned anything about it. and all i could think of wasโฆwhen you had your US, you were positively glowing!!!:) i shoulda known! hahaha
Lol at the TMI. Pretty sure we all knew what you were doing. lol
I didnโt know about the sunflower seeds. Iโll have to add those to my list. What kind of tea did/do you drink? Green?
iโm going to do a post with everything i did ๐
Ahhhh so I just heard the news via twitter so i had to pop on over. And now i see that you have a whole TAB dedicated to this new little bebe of yours?!! Um, helloโฆ you have found yourself a new reader!!!! I love love loooove this idea, and one day (when iโm actually marriedโฆ and trying..) i hope to detail my journey, as well! Yayyyy for you and your little family! BTW, is your pup a Bichon?! My mom has a Bichonโฆ and her name is BELLA, too!
thank you! welcome to the little blog ๐
bella is a maltipoo, but she does look like a bichon!
Our third baby was made after a year-long deployment! I get it ; ) Now, we have a 9, 7, and 2 year old, and let me tell you, you are going to love having all these entries to look back on. If youโre anything like me, you will forget so much. And re-reading your entries will help you relive these great times. Iโm so excited to hear your journey.
Glad Iโm not the only one that lives differently in the two-week wait. I am always cutting way back on exercise, avoiding alcohol and caffeine, and generally more paranoid in the two-week wait!
Gina, Iโm just catching up on your blog, so let me first say Congratulations!! Iโm so happy for you and your pilot. You seem like wonderful people who will make amazing parents.
Second, thank you for your openness and honesty in these posts! Iโm a single gal so I have no idea about the struggles/frustrations of trying to start a family but I can imagine what a process it is. I laughed out loud at your โTMIโ story. Thanks for being so real about it! Canโt wait to read more!!
Iโve been โBlog Lurkingโ instead of working pretty much all dayโฆ Personal Question: Did you have a hard time getting pregnant because you are so active? My husband and I are struggling with that. Well i should say Iโm struggling withthat because itโs my body that just wont do what itโs supossed toโฆ Any advice for getting pregnant while being so active? Iโm trying accupuncture, cutting back on work outs, and putting on a few lbs.. to no avail! LOL
Just thought Iโd see if you had any similar strugglesโฆ.?
Ashley ๐
haha i love it!
i think the biggest obstacle to getting pregnant for me was that my husband was gone so much, so we couldnโt try consecutively. i did end up having to gain some weight (5 lbs or so) and cut back on the workout intensity. after i ovulated, i only did low impact workouts until aunt flow came to be sure i didnโt shake anything up.
if you havenโt read it yet, check out the book โmaking babiesโ- SO many incredible tips in there. i used quite a few of their ideas.
hope this helps! sending love and baby wishes to you
Lovely lady! Not sure if you even still get notified about comments on your old posts, but these posts helped me SO much! Iโve been reading since before Liv, but just sort of skimmed these posts. Now that me and the husband are trying for babies, Iโve gone back and am reading them all! The most helpful part is that Iโm a military wife as well, and when your biggest struggle is that theyโre not even home to try itโs pretty hard when everyone else is able to try all the time!!! AF just turned up, but hubby is due to be away when Iโm ovulating so there goes that month!
Anyway, lots of love and hopefully I have babies as gorgeous as yours! xoxo
ahhh i feel your pain. it was so tricky when we couldnโt try for months at a time because he was always gone.
sending lots of baby wishes and prayers your way!!!