Did it happen?

I believe that my fertile period of time this cycle has passed. When I woke up this morning I found some creamy CM. I experienced a big dip in temperature yesterday morning. Down .4 degrees. I expect to see a steady rise in temperature over the next couple days. I really hope that happens.

My good friend whose baby was born just a few weeks after Finn just found out today that she is expecting her second. I would really like to conceive close to her again because we could experience pregnancy together for a second time! :) I am so happy for her.

BD Baby Dancing

If CM is an indication of ovulation, then it is definitely happening for me right now. I woke up this morning to gobs (I know, gross) of EWCM. 

I have been having so much sex this last week, it is blowing my mind. We have not done the deed this often since before Finn was born. It is too much! I noticed my CM this morning and I am like, "Darn, that means we have to do it again!" It is super hot here right now and it just gets uncomfortable.

My poor vajayjay.

Ovulation

I am pretty positive that I am either

Ovulating

~or about to~

Yesterday I had some stretchy CM. I made sure to do the BD with Eric.

This morning I notice that it's clearer and even more slippery,

Which indicates that I am more fertile than I was yesterday.

So we did it again!

I also temped this morning and got a slightly lower reading.

If my temp goes up in the next day or two, I will know for sure that I ovulated.

Yay!!

Baby Crazy

I have not been able to sleep well at night because I stay up, staring at the wall, fantasizing about the new (nonexistent) baby.
We had trouble deciding Finn's name. Nothing really seemed to fit. I just thought of the middle name Grey for a boy, though. And we know that if it is a girl her middle name will be Rose (after my sister). Finnegan's middle name is Dale (from Eric's side of the family).

Grey Grey Grey. I really like it. Definitely a good middle name. I wonder what would go well as a first name for Grey. 

What about Thomas? Tommy. 

I have always been partial to the name Tommy.

I am not sure how Eric would feel about it though...

Since the last guy I was with before him was named Tommy.

Tommy Grey Pierson goes well together, though.

I also like Wayland. Finnegan and Wayland Pierson. Wayland Grey Pierson. That is nice too.

I really hope it is a boy. We would be very excited if it is going to be a girl, as well. Picking out a girl name will probably be harder, though. I have not even looked! 

In other news, I did some crazy and made a baby hat. Like a newborn hat! Don't judge me.

Cute right? I love making baby hats!

Even though the baby will be born around next summer, I imagine I am going to make a hundred of these.

Just like I did for Finnegan.

A Revised Plan - Breastfeeding

I think that I am going to bring back my A.M. pump. If I do so, I can begin building a supply for Finnegan. Up until a few days ago, I pumped every morning for donation. I think I am going to keep the rest of the breastfeeding schedule like it is right now, as well, and not attempt to cut anymore sessions out -- for now.
It is very possible that night weaning will have been enough for fertility to return. If by the time Finnegan is 9 months and I have not gotten AF or a BFP, I will begin to wean him completely. If I have a supply built up in preparation for weaning, I may be able to continue giving him breast milk until he is one year old (probably complimentary to an infant formula.) I feel good about this plan.

On another note, I would like to make a little observation about temping. A lot of the charts I have seen of other women's temping shows more sporadic temperatures day to day. Nothing big, but just a few tenths of a degree difference from one morning to the next. So far, I have had the SAME temperature (97 degrees F) every morning since I began temping.
Well, that is not completely true. The second morning I had a temperature of 97.6 degrees F, but I have attributed the difference in temperature to having gone to bed very intoxicated the night before, so I do not count that one! I cannot wait until I see when I ovulate! I really hope it very soon.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

Already? I hope so!

I woke up this morning to vaginal discharge!

I have not had ANY at all since my baby was born.

It is white and creamy

&From what I have read, that could mean I am gearing up for
OVULATION!!!!

What a fantastic way to start the day. This means that the methods I have used to bring my fertility back, in regards to breastfeeding, could really be working. It would be so incredibly amazing to catch the first egg, but I will be happy too if my period shows up in the next couple of weeks! Just so we know things are getting on. 

In other news, my husband got paid today so I am going to spend a few hours out and about, paying bills and doing a little shopping. It will be so nice to get out of the house and to get my mind off of baby making! It really does just consume me when I am sitting here at home.

My First Pregnancy

We decided to begin TTC shortly before our wedding 

& actually conceived about one month after we were married. 

That makes Finn our honeymoon baby. 

It was March 21st, the day that we found out.

I had been so flustered over the last few months of trying. Even though it had only been a fairly short amount of time, it just never felt like it was going to happen. I was so convinced that it was not going to happen that even when my period was five days late that month, I did not bother testing. We had our hopes up just a couple months before in January, when my period was two weeks late. 

Eric and I had just moved into our new home and decided we would celebrate with a bottle of Gin. I was extremely doubtful that I was pregnant, but I had him buy a pregnancy test while he was in the store anyway, just so I could prove to myself that I was not. 

When we got home I locked myself in the bathroom and took the test. When it showed up as positive I couldn't believe it. I gasped and covered my eyes and began to count to 100 (afraid that it was just a false positive and that it would turn negative). When I looked down again, it was still positive! I cannot describe the rush of emotions I had! 

Eric tried to come in and I screeched at him to get out! He later told me that when I came out my face was all red and I was crying and he was sure that it was negative. He held me and told me that it was okay. 

WE ARE PREGNANT! 

I told him. 

& We paced and cried and kept looking at each other in shock.

I really loved being pregnant. I loved the way my body looked and the feeling of our baby moving inside of me. I enjoyed labor and delivery and I just cannot wait to do it all over again! I feel so blessed.

20 Weeks with Finnegan

27 Weeks

A few days before giving birth.