Happy Conception Day
When you go through infertility, your life becomes very planned out and really, all of the mystery goes out of the pursuit of making a baby. You know how big your egg follicles are at any given moment, how thick the lining of your uterus is and exactly when you ovulate. You even mark these things on your calendar.
So it’s no surprise that I remember these dates.
Four years ago today, I was on a table with my legs in stirrups. A nurse named Jennifer, a thin catheter, and some members of STBEX’s boys’ swim team all got together and got me knocked up. I’d had a weird vision or premonition or something on the way to my appointment so I smiled through the uncomfortable procedure, fairly sure that this time it was going to work. It was weird going back to work and thinking about what was going on inside my uterus and trying not to get my hopes up too much because I’d been terribly disappointed before.
Today I’ll hug Betsy a little tighter and remember how just four short years ago, I never could have conceived of having a great kid like her, but somehow I did.
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Ooh, my daughter’s conception day is May 11. And I was also impregnated by a woman. *shrug*
Congratulations to you today, and to the you of four years ago. And especially to Betsy!
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Congrats to you both!!! The fertility dance does take the ‘mystery’ out of the situation- that said- so worth it in the end. Glad you have your girl.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Happy Conception Day!
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:52 pm
There is something really awesome and special about knowing the moment she was conceived.
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:22 pm
I think it’s personally great that you know the exact date. It sure beats “Sometime after that other glass of champagne”.
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:49 am
happy day to you and B (a little late). I think it’s kind of cool you know exactly when she was conceived. Maybe when she’s 21, you’ll go out for wine on this day and raise a toast to you, and to her, and to your legs raised on the table.
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:52 am
Happy Conception Day! A special day to be celebrated indeed!
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Is there cake on conception day?