Baby Bump No. 2?

Ever since I can remember all I wanted to be is a mom. When my husband and I were dating we always talked about having a large family, as both of us came from families that had 4 children. When we officially started TTC baby number one we stopped all contraception after the honeymoon. Knowing my history with a very irregular and very absent period I just had a feeling deep down that it would take more than a little baby dancing and luck to get pregnant. But anyone who has undergone infertility treatments will tell you that most doctors and HMO insurance requires 1 full year of natural trying before medical intervention. Well during that year I also advised my doctor of my problem with lack of periods and she started me on Metformin 50 mg 1x daily get my body working in a more natural pattern. After 1 year, 2 miscarriages, and tons of tears and heart break it was time to get serious. I was prescribed Clomid and after 3 rounds we were pregnant and 9 months later had our beautiful daughter Aubrey.

Knowing the rough path we took to get pregnant the first time makes me very apprehensive to start down this path again. From my previous experience with Metformin alone and knowing that it likely wouldn't work the second time around I went to the OB and got another round of Clomid.

I blush and get the nervous stomach as I say that on January 25^th we started trying for another baby. I started Clomid and started obsessively peeing on sticks. Every morning it is the test to see if I am ovulating. And then of course with that comes the scheduled and often unromantic “we have to do it now” BD. 

Ovulation has occurred and now comes the waiting game and watching the calendar until I can start peeing on the pregnancy test sticks.

Thank you Amazon for creating cheap, bundled, not fancy, pee sticks or I would go broke paying Target’s prices!

I am so excited to give Aubrey a sibling. I hope that she has the kind of relationship that I do with my closest sibling. We do everything passionately – we fight hard and we love hard. She is my best friend.

I can’t wait to have another (and possibly last) baby bump. I loved being pregnant and it makes me even more aware that this will probably be my last and that I need to soak up every minute.