The True Struggle .... Trying To Get Pregnant.

This issue is VERY dear to my heart as I am at this very moment

Trying to get pregnant with baby # 3. 

It has been so difficult for my husband and I to be able to have another baby. 

After 7 years of being on a Mirena  IUD.

It has been so hard. Harder then I ever thought it could be. 

To the point that we have lost a few babies at this point in our Journey. It has been filled with heartache, pregnancy test and waiting. Praying that we will see those beautiful pink lines. 

As of this very moment I am in the TWW ( Two Week Wait )

period and it is very . 

The TWW is the two week between the time you ovulate and the time you can can get a positive pregnancy test at home. 

Today we are  6 dpo ( days past ovulation ) and well I know that there are so many people who say that we can't take  a test until 14 days after ovulation. However lets get real! What female trying to get pregnant really waiting the full 14 days.

I know that people who are 6 days past ovulation has been blessed enough to get a positive on a Home pregnancy test.  ( not a Bright on but still its there ) 

 I am going to be taking a pregnancy test every morning for the next 4 days. 

I am praying that I am one of those luck few who get a very early positive in these four days. 

We have been full on trying for about 5 months. 

long months that seem to never end. The Cycles where we don't end up pregnant are the hardest on me. I know that is has to be hard on my husband as well however he doesn't show it.

To start with I honestly had no idea what I was doing. 

I have never had to try to get pregnant before and never thought I would be having this problem. 

Things that I didn't know could fill a book honestly. 

Pregnancy Terms To Know

TWW - Two Week Wait

TTC- Trying To Conceive 

DPO - Days Past Ovulation

BD - Baby Dance

BFN - Big Fat Negative

BFP - Big Fat Positive

HTP - Home Pregnancy Test

AF - Aunt Flow

LMP - Last Menstrual Period

EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus

CIO - Cry It Out 

BBT - Basal Body Temperature 

SAHM - Stay At Home Mom

POAS - Pee On A Stick

BMS- Baby Making Sex

CB - Cycle Day

CF - Cervical Fluid

CL - Corpus Luteum

CM - Cervical Mucus

CP- Cervical Position

CY - Cycle

DI - Donor Insemination

DP - Dancing Partner ( spouse or Significant other )

FTTA - Fertile Thought To All

FMU - First Morning Urine

HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin ( Pregnancy Hormone )

IF - Infertility 

IUI - Intrauterine Insemination

IVF - In Vitro Fertilization

LH - Luteinizing Hormone

O - Ovulation

OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit

PCOS (POS ) - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

S/A - Sperm Analysis

TCOYF - Taking Charge Of Your Fertility