How fast can the spermies swim???

Such a hilarious picture of the spermie! Much cuter than the actual thing that is for sure. As of today I am on CD13 and ovulation is coming up! All of the signs of fertility are present. Today was the 5th day testing with an OPK and I recieved my first positive. Remember this means that my LH surge has been detected. Because I have been charting for awhile, I am pretty sure ovulation will occur either tomorrow or the next day.

One of the major issues that couples TTC face, is the lack of cervical fluid. The best way to descirbe this is what most women see as discharge. In a woman who is not on hormonal birth control, she will notice this fluid changes throughout the month. Most women only generate a limited supply of cervical fluid and need additional lubrication to make the TTC experience better. While there are many lubes out there to help out the process, many of them kill sperm within 30 minutes of contact and create a barrier to their traveling to the promised land. If the spermies do not have a conducive environment to survive then they can not reach the egg. No sperm meeting the egg means no chance for conception.

Of course there is a sperm friendly lube out on the market that so many women swear by. Hubby and I have used it for all of our cycles trying. While so many women love it....I have to be honest in my judgement of it....we don't like it. There I said it. But at this point, whatever gets the ball rolling we are up to trying it. The lube is called PreSeed...not to be confused with PreConcieve Plus which is another sperm friendly lubricant. To date PreConcieve Plus has been pulled from the market due to lawsuit against PreSeed. You can find all of the information regarding PreSeed at http://www.preseed.com/.

The lubricant comes in both multiuse application and prefilled applicators. The usual price is around $16.50. Depending on how much you use it could last a few months. Just a word of advice...it's really only needed during your fertile time, other than that you can use regular lube.

The Historical Perspective

Greetings! Hello! Hola!

Welcome to our story on the pathway to parenthood. A little background about us. We are a crazy, laid back, completely in-love couple who just happen to be married and working on our first little one. We've been together for eight years and counting and after many years of unapologetic selfishness, we are trying to concieve our first baby! Let me preface by saying that while it seems like we have been at this for awhile, by the Fertility Specialists of the World's standards...we just started. They should try doing to the do without results.

After getting married we were repeatedly asked, if not harrassed, by friends and family members, when we were going to have a little one! Any woman who is newly married knows EXACTLY what I am talking about. While you appreciate the fact that everyone wants you to get to doing to the do and procreating ASAP, it become more than irritating and a little intrusive. Over the years we have learned to politely dodge that question. But alas...here we are in a great place to start our little...or big depending on how much I like this motherhood thing....family. And now....noone seems to ask us the question any more at all! AHHHH!!!!!

A little background about our TTC journey. This all started early 2009 when we decided it was now or never...we are slowly approaching 30 although in my mind I am 21 and holding. Bump what the calendar says. We talked and planned and talked and planned and practiced, but didn't really try perse. July 2009 was the official start of all of this. We charted, we checked all kinds of fertility signs (more on that later), we did the do like we had just met (not that we had sex before marriage...surely not).....July '09 resulted in the dreaded arrival of dear AF (Aunt Flo). I was not upset...disappointed but not upset. On to August '09....by the time I ovulated I was tired...he was tired....we missed the window of opportunity....I think...In any case...AF showed. I remember this cycle because when I got the negative on the pregnancy test I cried....literally cried. I had spent my entire early twenties trying not to get pregnant and now it was alluding me! On to September '09....we charted, we checked fertility signs, we used OPK's, we used PreSeed, we timed the love making just right and even threw in a little Maxwell since I was told his music was a sure fire in baby making.... Again AF showed up and yep I cried again. But quickly got over it.

So here we are on cycle #4 trying to make this little one to get our family started.

I promise to explain all of the acronyms so that you can really get a grip on whats going on here and hope you enjoy it.