Again, not pregnant

But at least I'm crampy, and miserable!

Not yet

I was thinking my recent GI issues might actually be early pregnancy gas. No such luck.

Probably not this month

So the Gyno thought I'd already ovulated this month, and I had a second negative test so he's probably right. I think I'll save the last 5 tests in the pack for next month and start testing on the earlier dates. Perhaps buying another 7 pack to test all around the dates just to be sure too. Not that I'm trying to get the conception over with, but it would be nice to know if we can acually conceive without intervention.

Not pregnant yet

And according to my pee-on-a-stick test, not ovulating, but that doesn't mean we didn't try anyway. But it did mean I got to go down to the pub this afternoon and quaff cider.

While at the pub I had a wonderful talk about child rearing with someone else who has no children. This, of course, makes us experts in what everyone else is doing wrong. I fully expect some of my strong opinions to change once we have one of these things to take care of.

Fortunately some things won't change, such as a policy on not watching tons of television. Although that's a bit of a cheat since we don't have cable and have no reception at all. The only "television" we watch is either things from Netflix or things online.  This will certainly help us to monitor what is watched in the house.

Private for now

I wanted to start this as private (although if you're reading this, then I've since opened it up) as I don't want the whole world to yet follow along on the parenting journey.

Yes, this is another parenting blog. I this case it is two computer geeks with nerdy vintage tendencies. This blog is a way to share with family and friends (and anyone who gives a shit) our plan to conceive, gestate, birth and raise a child (those middle two bits will be my job) in this crazy, mixed-up world. Don't worry, there are no plans to go into the details of conception. Suffice it to say we will be having a lot of fun trying.

Step one started today. I had my IUD removed and bought ovulation predictors. As I'm 40 years old (Spouse is on the cusp of 26) I really need to do this now if we're ever going to have a child biologically. The ovulation predictors are to hedge our bets and because peeing on sticks is loads of fun.

So that's a bit about this blog. I (or we) will go into more of the background later. We may even argue about child rearing here in the postings. We've only discussed things in vague terms so far, so who knows where this wll go.

Wish us luck.