Starting a New Collection – We Have a Winner!

I’ve written before about my propensity to collect things.  Things such as my large collection of body lotions and perfumes.  Or my ever-expanding bag of eyeshadows, lip glosses, and compacts.  I’ve even collected stacks of home store catalogs and architectural magazines.  But all of these things have been cast aside for my new love.  (Okay, maybe not [...]

Birthing Trends

When you’re trying to have a baby, it suddenly seems that everyone around you is pregnant or has children.  You run into women pushing their strollers on the street and you see expectant mothers at the grocery store.  Maybe they’ve always been there and you just begin to notice them or maybe it’s true that [...]

Pregnancy: How Do You Decide When to Have a Baby?

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called “How Do You Know When to Get Married?”  Afterward, I received a sweet email from a reader asking if I would pose the same question about having children. While I have written previous posts about my personal experience and how I finally decided that I was [...]

10 Things I Want to Do Before Getting Pregnant

Yep, we’re still trying and nope, I’m not pregnant yet.  So, with that out of the way, I want to talk about what to do while I’m NOT pregnant.  The constant trying and waiting over the past several months has left me feeling that I’m in a state of limbo.  For two weeks out of [...]

Pregnancy Update

These past few weeks have been interesting ones on the baby front (thank you to everyone who sent me emails checking on our status).  I’ve been dutifully writing down my cycles, complete with little notes about how I’ve been feeling and when I was feeling it.  I’ve been doing all of this so that I’d [...]

A Baby Trial Run

I was at church on Sunday when Melissa, (click here to say hi to Melissa) came up to me with a panicked look on her face.  Her arms were completely full with her four-month old baby and all of his travel necessities - diaper bag, toys, and car seat.  “Do you have something you have to do for [...]

Pregnancy – My Mother’s Story

When the CPA and I decided to try to get pregnant, I jumped in with both feet.  (Okay, it’s more like I dipped my toe into the shallow end of the pool, but it got wet, nonetheless.)  In any case, we didn’t make this decision lightly.  It was made after a lot of hours spent talking, [...]

Trying to Conceive – First Month

As you are all aware (probably more than you want to be) the CPA and I are trying to get pregnant.  No, not this minute, I just mean in general.  You know, we’re, ummm… flying without a parachute.  Yeah, that’s it. It’s been a strange thing, this flying without a parachute.  Each time it’s happened I [...]

Getting Pregnant: The Time Is Nigh At Hand

Yes, the time is here.  After much discussion, debate, and deciding, it is time to get going.  While my husband is jumping cartwheels while simultaneously trying to conserve energy (because apparently trying to get pregnant takes a lot of energy, wink wink) I’m trying to count the days in my cycle.  Even after all of the stuff [...]

Does Getting Pregnant Require Therapy?

I think I need therapy – and I’m only half joking when I write that.  I actually believe in therapy and think it serves a wonderful purpose.  I have had mostly good experiences with it and have found it tremendously comforting and helpful when I needed it.  It’s nice to have a sounding board, one [...]