The Goalie Has Been Removed
This is wild. Today we got my IUD removed to officially start our journey of trying to get pregnant. We want to get pregnant this year, sometime in the summer and then hopefully give birth some time in the Spring of next year. If everything goes to plan. That's so wild. I am so excited. And anxious. I bought a fertility book that basically is answering all the questions I've been googling anyway. I want to be prepared, I want to be realistic and rational. I want to be hopeful and excited but also I know how long and painful trying for pregnancy can be. I'm not stupid. I'm terrified of not being able to get pregnant. Oh but for the first time in my life I'm letting myself be a little bit more hopeful and positive about something - and that's scary. In the ideal world, my period starts immediately and I'm on a regular cycle that we can track pretty simply and are able to know when I'm ovulating so that we can get pregnant right away. We wait maybe 3-4 mo...
