What I Wish I Knew
Greetings. As I am officially into my second trimester (!) I wanted to take some time to log the things I wish I had known going into this journey. I know this blog has been passed around to people that I may not know personally (what's up strangers!) and that makes me so very happy. If this weird spot on the internet can give others who are going through a similar journey some guidance/hope, than I'll feel really good about myself - which is always the point. So here goes my list of things I wish I had known when we started on this fertility rollercoaster: 1. The year of "trying" was the hardest for me. The year we spent trying wreaked emotional havoc in our household. Having sex every other day for 3 straight months sounds cool until you have to do it. And peeing on sticks every day, multiple times a day, is really frustrating. Taking your temperature every morning and charting it was fucking annoying. In the thick of it, I felt lost and hopeless - I knew somethin...