Monday, Feeling Hopeful

When Jesse and I first decided to begin trying to have a baby at the end of December, I had already been off of birth control for a month. To begin our attempt at conceiving, Jesse and I simply continued to have sex without the use of birth control with a slight knowledge about average ovulation patterns. In January, armed with much more knowledge of fertility, I began charting my period dates and dates of intercourse on an online fertility calender. Mid-February, I began taking ovulation tests and added this information to my fertility calender. What made it really difficult, though, was that every ovulation test I took came up with a negative result. At the beginning of March, I began taking my basal body temperature as another means of testing fertility. And by mid-March, I bought a male fertility kit for Jesse in order to test his sperm count and mobility. We decided to hold off on his test, though, while I was potentially most fertile and test him later in my cycle when I wouldn't be fertile. Finally, though, after taking 27 days worth of ovulation tests, I got a positive result TODAY!!! I was so excited. At least I have conclusive evidence that I do ovulate and have the potential to get pregnant. And being able to know what day adds so much possibility to the potential I have of getting pregnant. In addition, I had sex twice yesterday and then again today which greatly increases my chances of conceiving. Furthermore, I found out that, statistically, 50% of couples get pregnant within 3 months of trying, 75% get pregnant within 6 months, and 80-90% get pregnant within a year. That means that I have a 75% chance of getting pregnant within the next 2 weeks. So, discovering my ovulation date and having sex near and on that day makes me that much more hopeful that I will indeed conceive really soon!!! Here's crossing my fingers and hoping for the best!!!