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My Story: Success Details On My Conceptions

© Lori Ramsey

While on the journey of trying to get pregnant with my third child, I have read everything I could get my hands on about preconception and pregnancy. And one of the things I thoroughly enjoy reading is the success details from other women who have gotten pregnant. This is why I want to share with you now, my story.

When my husband and I decided to start trying for a family, we really thought that we would get pregnant the very first try. After all, we both came from fertile families. We started trying in August 1994, and actually we hadn't used birth control at all since we were married in April that same year.

I didn't have a clue as to what my body was doing - or what it was capable of doing. I didn't know what basal body temperature was or how to chart any of my fertility signs. I simply thought that once you decided, then it was a done deal! And since my husband and I were still honeymooners, timing wasn't an issue. I had borrowed an obstetrics nursing book from a friend who was in nursing school and read some there. However, month after month when my period showed, I was devastated. We had decided to give it six months before pursuing medical help.

That was not going to be the case. In November 1994, I had a particularly stressful month and I put getting pregnant out of my mind. I remember having to go urinate about every fifteen minutes at work the week before Thanksgiving. I was a finance and insurance manager for a car dealership at the time. And to top it all off, I was laid off my job the day before Thanksgiving.

Because my husband was about to graduate from college, we were moving 75 miles away and I spent the week after Thanksgiving packing and loading the car to get ready for the move. I did not understand why I would crave a double bacon cheeseburger one second then want to gag on it the next. I started getting a clue about the time when my period was due. The morning my period was due, I had such a strong wave of nausea hit me that I ran into the bathroom and knelt down at the toilet. While I was waiting to vomit I was thinking, "Now, what can I eat when I'm done here?" That was my biggest clue!

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