So its cycle day 14 and most women would be actively trying to get pregnant at this point. Not me! This is the day that a lot of women think is the magical ovulation day. So many women assume they ovulate on day 14. A lot of these women are not getting pregnant because they don't really know when they ovulate. I read a statistic that 15-20% of couples struggle to get pregnant because they don't really know when they are ovulating and therefore are not timing intercourse correctly. Charting is a great way for a women to tell when she is ovulating. Charting signs such as Basal Body Temperature and Cervical Mucus are two good signs that may help with determining ovulation. I still have another 17 days until my predicted ovulation day. No signs of ovulation are present that would signal me to think otherwise. So I am still playing the waiting game.
Meanwhile, my 8 month old is starting to show separation anxiety from me. I leave the room and she starts to cry. I thought this would happen at a later age, but I guess it is normal. Just another sign that my baby girl is growing up way to fast. Lately I have been trying to imagine myself as a mother of two and am having a hard time seeing it. That doesn't say much considering I couldn't picture myself as a mother of one before I had my daughter either. Looking back I barely remember pregnancy. I remember what happened, but I don't remember what it felt like, and I don't remember what it was like to have a big belly in front of me. I look at my stomach now and wonder how in the world it stretched that big and now it looks normal....I am excited to feel it again, god willing.
Sara
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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I wonder how many women really do ovulate on that magical day 14. I definitely owe my baby to charting and being aware of fertility signs.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to not remembering my pregnancy, not remembering what it felt like having a life inside me, remember what the kicks felt like. In some ways that makes me want to do it again, but my brain says no, not right now or anytime soon for that matter!
I wonder too. I have yet to meet any women who actually ovulated on day 14. I know there are some out there. I wonder if that is just the average of when all women ovulate?
ReplyDeleteLol, I think they call it pregnancy amnesia. I look at pictures of myself 36 weeks pregnant (I went into labor at 37 weeks so that was my latest pic) and I don't remember being that big! Its amazing what our bodies can do and come back from.