Some people have a hard time answering this question. A stork comes and leaves a baby on your door step. A couple prays and prays until God feels they're 'ready.' The whole 'birds and the bees' thing (which I still don't get...and I'm 27...and pregnant). "When a man and woman love each other dearly..." After one wild night of drinking. Immaculate Conception? After spending thousands of dollars on fertility treatments or the adoption process.
Whatever your route, the answer is actually quite simple: A baby comes from the joining of an egg and sperm, followed by implantation of the fertilized egg in the uterus, 36-40 weeks of baby-growing and finally the birth!
But what about the process? The journey one takes when trying to conceive (TTC)? Is that as simple as the answer to this age-old question?
For some people, it is very simple. You know the ones...they say things like "all my husband/boyfriend has to do is look at me and BAM I'm pregnant!" Those are the people I would call lucky (or, when I was down and out about our TTC journey, itchesbay--that's a little Pig Latin (and a lot of jealousy) for ya!). But really, some people fall pregnant without much effort at all...and good for them! I can only imagine how stress-free they must feel when they decide it's time to have a baby.
For others (like myself and the beautiful ladies that I've shared my TTC journey with), simple is the very last word they'd use to describe their journeys. For us other, less talked-about, women, TTC is kind of like the movie Groundhog Day (although, I suppose 'Groundhog Month' would be a more fitting title). Aunt Flo (AF) shows up on cycle day (CD) 1. Immediately, we start temping (checking at-rest body temperature) and/or using ovulation tests. This is done to, hopefully, pin-point ovulation. No ovulation. No pregnancy. You see, ovulation is very, very important. We plan out our baby making (you know...sex) so that sperm will be most likely to find and fertilize that egg. Timing is everything. Then, we play the waiting game for about 2 weeks (we call this the '2 week wait'). We get super excited about our "pregnancy symptoms" and start peeing on sticks (oh come on...I'm talking about pregnancy tests jeesh)!! Lastly, we find ourselves heartbroken when AF shows her rotten face early, right on time or late. It's an awful, merciless cycle that repeats itself over and over.
But (I know from personal experience) seeing that second line (or "PREGNANT") on a pregnancy test makes you forget all of the gut-wrenching disappointments month after month!
XoXo,
Tosha
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