In this edition of the Swarm, the bees share how long it took them to conceive. It took us a year and a round of clomid to get pregnant the first time. We lost the pregnancy very early, waited a month, and got pregnant with Liam on our second round of clomid. It was only [...]
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Now that we’ve adopted, I think we fall into the rather unique category of trying to conceive our second child while having not conceived our first. Alright, it isn’t that unique, but it sounds kind of funny. While I’m nowhere near ready for another newborn, we have been talking a lot about our other kids. [...]
As I mentioned previously, I was very hesitant to admit that there was something wrong with me, and couldn’t figure out why my regular doctor couldn’t help me get pregnant. I knew seeing an RE would be expensive. Very few states offer infertility insurance coverage, and our state isn’t one of them. I knew my [...]
TTC is draining. It starts with it’s been three months and I’m still not pregnant, but then three turns to six, and six turns to however many months you’re at right now. For us, our bump in the road (not in my abdomen) came six months in. I had stopped taking the pill and we [...]
As soon as Mr. Confetti and I became engaged, we began joking about the genes we hoped our future children would and wouldn’t inherit from each of us. Mr. Confetti knew how to flatter me, by saying he hoped they got my eyes and my smile… cheesy I know. I hoped they would have my musical ability [...]
Late last year, I saw my OB who gave us the go-ahead to start having babies again. She wanted to see me before we started TTC again to make sure that I was completely healed from my c-section. I am, and she gave us the go-ahead to make babies, and she even gave us a [...]
I have to admit, these past four or so months of not trying to get pregnant have been pretty amazing. Don’t get me wrong, if I were to end up pregnant today I would be incredibly happy and thankful, but I’m rediscovering things I sorely missed. Cold medicine and ibuprofen. True story. Every time I [...]
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