"Are you pregnant yet??" and other fine questions...

Wow, here I am. When I was in the confines of my car at 5:00 p.m. my mind was filled with witty and personal thoughts I felt compelled to share about my journey to pregnancy. Now as I sit here with my glass of red wine, the one perk to not yet being pregnant, I find myself a little nervous and unprepared. I feel like maybe I am at a job interview and you, the potential reader are my potential future career. But I will skip the interview logistics, raise my glass and cheers to the words we will share...which gets me to my point. The whole reason I started this blog is because I am a 33 year old woman trying to get pregnant and I am constantly bombarded with words...sayings...stories...and advice I don't want to hear. For example:

• "Don't stress, it will happen." Okay I won't stress about the fact that my body won't do what your body has done 2 times over with no problem. You look at your husband and get pregnant! But I didn't realize the key to getting pregnant was just not stressing about it. Thanks.
• "My sister is a nurse and never heard of that as a reason for not getting pregnant. "Oh, is your sister also God and all-knowing? I will divulge in later posts what the 'that' is.
• "Are you eating enough?" I am not pregnant yet so I am NOT supposed to be eating for two. This is my mother's favorite (she does have some reason based on my past, but again, I will address that later).
• "SOOOOOOO, anything new??" Ummm, yea, I bought a new mascara that I really like. Don't you think if I was pregnant I would tell you???

Those are just four of my favorites that I have recently heard. I guess I am guilty of stupid remarks on this too because when I was at my doctor's last Thursday and we were talking about the fact that I have to go to the hospital and get dye shot up my tubes (???), he asked if there was anything else. So I said "Well, I am really ready. I just want a baby." His response was exactly the kind of response that I would like to give sometimes... "Oh, okay let me write in my notes that you are serious now and see what we can do." Mind you I LOVE my doctor and considering he has had to deal with me and my neurosis's many times over, I took it as the joke that it was.

So anyway this blog is dedicated to the woman out there who have tried, are trying, or will try to get pregnant. It is dedicated to us, the stupid things people say to us, the scary tests, procedures and consultations we have to go through, and it's to us eventually sharing stories about our sweet little baby boys and girls. Now to start at the beginning...but first I need to go get more wine...

Sheri