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When to have a second baby

As Liam rapidly approaches his first birthday, Mr. TTT and I have been talking about when we might want to have another baby. We’ve always known we wanted more than one child, so the question hasn’t been if, but when. At first, it seemed like an easy decision to make – we’d try to get [...]

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Our Ordinarily Unique Road to Conception

Becoming pregnant, as everyone reading this blog knows, is one of the biggest decisions in your life.  And while there is such commonality we share in this process, each couple’s journey conceiving is individual and distinctive. Ours was no exception. As you know, Missus Scooter and I are in a same-sex marriage so our conception [...]

Then and Now: Things to Do Before Getting Pregnant

About a year before I got pregnant I penned a list of things I wanted to do, buy, and accomplish before we started trying for a baby. Yeah, I took my folic acid and charted and stuff like that, but these were the silly personal goals I held. Let’s see how I did: 10. Buy [...]

The Funny Thing Is . . .

The idea of having children of my own has long sent chills up and down my spine. While I have always adored babies – you can usually find me snuggling with one whenever given the opportunity – the idea of being responsible for nurturing and growing another human being has always been absolutely terrifying. Labor [...]

PCOS, Clomid and our journey toward parenthood Part 1

My journey toward parenthood began long before I even knew that I wanted to be a mother. Without going into drastic detail, I got my first period at a very young age and it was excruciatingly painful. I was on the birth control pill by the time I was 14 in order to control the [...]

The First-Cycle Roller Coaster

There is really something magical about the first cycle of TTC.  Mr. Blue and I started counting down the days until June and dreaming about what it would be like if we got pregnant right away.  We even talked about how fun it would be to tell his parents for his Mom’s birthday if it [...]

The Two-Week Wait Project

After waiting to ovulate, two extremely looooooong weeks of waiting to see if a bambino is on its way commence, and the waiting can be a bit of a pain where the sun doesn’t shine.  I pass the time by singing the Fetus Song from FRIENDS as performed by the one and only Phoebe Buffay: [...]

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