In the meantime, Jacob and I have been getting our wee seedlings' final resting...er, plant bed place in order. Going wild and crazy and trying something new. Straw bale gardening. We currently have a couple bales outside "cooking" (fermenting and composting) as I type this. I also have a couple containers for one or two of the tomato plants--just in case!
Spring...where are you? My allergy afflicted sinuses tell me you're here--but my frigid toes tell me a different story!
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That picture is completely priceless! We are getting teased. Last week we got to the zoo and playground almost every day plus daily walks. This week snow, frigid rain, and lots of cold windy gusts when you walk outside. The seedlings sound really cool. Think I will be buying some tomato plants this year and try to do container gardening AGAIN.
Hey, you said that you were trying for kids for awhile and then realized that you were doing something wrong and then changed what you were doing and got pregnant. May I ask what your trick was? Unrelated to this post but it has stuck in my mind since I read it and wondered what you meant.
Val, as soon as I clean up my tea spew I'll answer you!:D
Tea spew? Is that some type of fertility treatment? lol
Ha! I read your comment out loud to my husband and he wanted to make sure that I let you know that we were, indeed, using all the correct parts. He's a funny guy, that one. We went through several years of fertility treatments--clomed, hormone shots, charting, ultra sounds for egg checks, basically as far as we could go before we had to start paying out of pocket. Our decision was that if we had to go that far (IVF) then we would spend that money on adoption. The thing is, they could never come up with a definitive reason for why we weren't pregnant or staying pregnant. They found possibilities in both of us, but nothing that they could say, "This is it. This is the cause." Everyone kept telling us to relax. And I kept saying that if one more person told me to relax I was going to hit them. So, we stopped "trying". Threw away all the ovulation tests, the charts, stopped going in for checks--just stopped. Having a biological child wasn't worth the strain it was putting on us. We went back to simply having sex for fun. And went on with our lives. I went back to school. Sean went to the academy. And there we were--fairly stress free, stable income, and I popped positive. And it stuck. Ironically enough, I had papers on my desk to send to the adoption agent to set up a home visit. So there's the short version. I'm not going to tell you to relax. No way. Did you guys have any problems conceiving the first time? Not that that's always an indicator, just wondering.
Uh, well yes and no. I wasn't on birth control or trying for many years we just threw caution to the wind. Then we started trying and nothing happened for about 6 months, so I decided to have the leg surgery I was putting off and conceived instantly. Due to the shape of my uterus I am not infertile but have reduced fertility cause it's harder to conceive with a BU. I think I too was "relaxed." Most of the women I know that truly cannot conceive are toothpick skinny and have VERY stressful jobs. I asked my gyne and she said that is very true cause mother nature is no fool. Now I am stressed a bit but not a toothpick by any means. I like your story. I have another to share with you another day :)
so, how did that happen, again??
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