When I was younger, whether at age 7 or 14, I was the girl with a baby on my hip. If there was a baby in the room it was likely that I was the one holding it. I was 10 years old when my little sister was born and I bet you I probably held and cared for her more than my own mother, and that was by choice. My little sister was a dream come true for me. She was always (and of course always will be) my little baby.
I babysat a lot growing up and also volunteered to take care of babies in the nursery at my church. It wasn't until I got a job in a Birth Center as a Nursing Assistant that I realized my natural love for babies was more than just a hobby or a slight affinity, but that they really are my passion.
If it had been up to me, Phil and I would have started trying to have kids pretty much right after we got married. In hindsight I'm very glad he made me wait because I see the last two years as very precious time that I got to spend alone with him. Also, if I would have gotten pregnant right away I never would have finished school.
We started "trying" in December of 2011. Our thought was that even if I got pregnant then I would have enough time to finish school with a few months at the end to relax before the baby came. I thank the Lord every day that we didn't get pregnant right away!!
For some reason I always thought that I wouldn't get morning sickness. I think that was mainly because my Mom didn't have it for any of her pregnancies, so it was just a very naive thought. It never really crossed my mind that I might possibly feel sick for the first 3 months and that it might be a little hard to be drawing blood, collecting urine samples, and giving shots every day. (And yes, we did all of that that in class every day)
I did go through some times during the 5 months of trying where I got scared. I knew that doctors say it can take a normal healthy couple from 6 months to a year to get pregnant sometimes, but after 3-4-5 months its hard to not let those fears creep in. What if we couldn't have kids? What if we will end up having to spend thousands of dollars to get this family that I want so bad?
Those 5 months were a test in my ability to trust God's timing. In the end, I literally couldn't have gotten pregnant at a better time. I was able to finish school and graduate before I started feeling sick. I was able to quit my job and stay home while I feel rotten every day. We own our first house (duplex) and have a residual income which will allow me to stay home with this child. God's hand was all over the timing of this process.
The whole 5 months that we were trying I was doing everything within my power to help move the process along. For those of you who really know what it means to "try," you probably know what I mean. The process can get downright dirty sometimes. I was tracking my ovulation cycle by taking daily morning temperatures, checking my (this may be tmi but so is most of pregnancy talk) cervical mucous, using over the counter ovulation predictor strips. If I had to estimate, I probably spent around 100 dollars on everything during those 5 months.
(I'm not forcing anyone to read this so I don't feel so bad for including the dirty facts of this whole process. If people don't want to hear it, they don't have to read it.)
Since I was tracking my ovulation and very attentive to my cycle, I know for a fact and am 100% sure that we conceived our first child at Family Camp which was at Lake Geneva Christian Camp, where Phil and I met 6 years ago. If that's not a great story then I don't know what is!
Since this post is already ridiculously long I will post the story of when we found out we were finally pregnant in a separate post. Please don't forget to post your questions so I can do a Q&A post. Thanks for reading!
That is really neat that you got pregnant at the same place you met!!!
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