MY FIRST TIME...(BLOGGING)

It will happen..., that is what the love of my life tells me about getting me knocked up! I am 37 years old, with "a few good eggs" left and a "potentially" blocked tube. (Left tube, if you must know.) Our doctor, Dr. O, gave us about a 6% chance of getting pregnant. (Really? 6%? not 4%? or 8%? How do they come up with the figures?)

Anyway, I have been processing the news and for the first time in my life, I don't have any answers or an action plan with a clear outcome. I prefer not to cry, whine, or feel sorry for myself. Instead, I use my witty sense of humor (or so I think) to get through difficult times. I can understand and respect people who like to share their feelings; it’s just not my personality. Please don’t be offended by some of the things I will write. It is not my intention to hurt anyone but my goal is to create a funny blog about infertility to help me get through this challenging time in our life.

Which brings me to my next point, what is up with some blogs that use a whole bunch of acronyms to describe infertility? I am not exaggerating when I tell you that I had to Google what “TTC” and “DH” meant! (By the way,” TTC” = Trying to Conceive and “DH” = Dear Husband.) So this is my promise as I take on the challenge of writing a blog (a first):

1) I promise to be honest, not take things too seriously and make you laugh.

2) I promise to use adult terminology such “I got my period” not “I got a visit from Aunt Flo”. (I have two lovely aunts and neither one is named Flo.) I will use the word "vajayjay" because it’s funny. It sounds like a celebration.

3) I promise that I will not to use infertility acronyms. (Unless I’m quoting.)

4) I promise that I will offend some of you but know that it is not my intention.

5) I promise to have spelling and grammatical errors. I am not a writer and English is my second language.

6) I promise that I will whine. Yes, I said it! I will own my feelings and whine. I think I might even tell you when I cry.

7) I promise that I will use language not suited for children or even my mother.

8) I promise to continue laughing with my husband and love him more each day. (Even on the days I don’t want to.)

9) I promise to go off on tangents and use a lot of parenthesis.

10) I promise that when I don’t feel so optimistic I will say to myself “IT WILL HAPPEN!”