And the journey begins...

Well, actually it began about 13 months ago, when we decided we want a baby!

Who’d ever have thunk it.  I never wanted kids and husband just went along with the flow, but when I think back on things, for the last while me (aka Noob Mum) and my husband (aka Noob Dad) have more and more begun saying things like “if we had kids we’d do this or we’d do that, or we’d NEVER do THAT, what’s wrong with those people?!”.   Haha.  Oh, and we’d talk hypothetically about the day where our kids can do whatever boring house chores we didn’t feel like doing in exchange for some or other bribe...ahem, I mean pocket money. ;)

We have many opinions on how one should raise one’s kids (like it or not :P ), and I think with the little bit of life experience we’ve gathered along the way, we’re better equipped to be parents at this point in our lives than we were in our 20′s.  Which is why I’ve already given ourselves the titles of Noob Mum & Dad – I kinda already feel like a parent, just waiting for the kid to arrive now, hehe.

Anyway, so the decision was made in Feb 2011.  Almost right from the get go (about 2 months into baby-making mode) I decided to monitor my fertility via bbt charting and using an ovulation microscope.  I knew my age may not be in my favour, so I didn’t waste any time.

In July 2011, about 4 days past ovulation, I suspected something was a-brewing, so a few days later I took an hpt and got a positive. Yay!  Shortly afterwards I went for a blood test to confirm, but on the very day I went for the test I had a miscarriage, at 5 weeks.   And, since then there’s been nothing baking in the oven again.

A couple months ago I decided to look more closely at my bbt charts, and that’s when I noticed the luteal phase (LP) of my cycles were a tad too short (known as a luteal phase defect) – so I began looking for natural remedies to fix this problem, and I believe I’ve found them.

My homoeopath also mentioned, based on certain things that I told her, that it could be possible that I have endometriosis, which, as I have read, may or may not hinder conception – no tests have been done to confirm whether  I have endo.

I’ve also recently begun taking supplements to increase the quality of cervical mucus, making it more sperm-friendly and nourishing them for a few days until they reach their destination (ie the egg).  I have no idea whether there’s a problem with mine, but I thought there’s no harm in taking it anyway – things can only be go better with supplements…

I take a number of vitamin supplements to assist in general health and well-being, which can also only aid fertility…and I’ve gotten Noob Dad to take Vit C and zinc since those are good for the spermies.
Anyway, that’s about the whole story and this is where we’re at now.  I’ll be posting some more informative bits on natural fertility aids, which is also where I’ll be discussing the remedies I’m using for the issues mentioned above.

I’ve decided to give it a few more months and if there’s still no cake in the oven, we’ll have to think about going to see a fertility specialist to see what the problem is.  Boo.

Baby dust to us! :)

Oh, and as you may have guessed, the names we've chosen are Danielle or Aidan.  I don't know if we're going to have more than one baby, but I sort of wish we were having one of each, that way we get to use both names! Hehe.