Its a waiting game...

Well...after several tries with the OPK I finally got the big "go-ahead"...the signal to do it like bunnies. Without really sharing too much information with John on what was going on with my body and my cycle (at his request) I managed to squeeze in some baby-making hopefully at the right times. I still feel like a living science project...it really is amazing...once the OPK came back with a positive I knew that in a couple of days I would see the temp shift...and sure enough this morning it shot up to 98.1 degrees (and all time high for me). So now, if i got all of my information straight, I am supposed to hope that my temps stay up there.
I am trying so hard to not be totally obsessive about the next two weeks, but it is really hard not thinking about it. I want so much to be able to share good news with my family on Thanksgiving day...in person. Although I am still freaked out about having something living and growing inside of me...I think of the movie Aliens...hahhaa. I feel like there is so much to learn about before bringing a baby into this world. After a trip to Babies R Us today for my friend's baby shower this weekend I feel like I am going to enter into a whole other world. Everything will change...I could be someones mother next year at this time!!

All of this is very scientific...

For the past month or so I have been doing research like a scientist attempting to win a nobel prize. I wish I had known for all these years exactly what is going on inside my body...why don't they teach you in school that there is such a small window for opportunity to make a baby. I have turned into a temperture taking, day charting, fluid examining (I know....TMI)...freak. I have done more research on the body's signs of fertility than I remember doing for any paper or project in the years I was in school.
So here I am typing away while my husband is napping next to me...and I am thinking "sleep my honey... I will be waking you up tomorrow morning for some more baby making"...it is cycle day 11 and we need to do it every other day for the next 2 weeks...doctors orders!!! Right now he seems very excited about this, but we'll see in a couple of weeks. If my calculations are correct we can't go wrong. There should be a little baby "twig" in my belly before Turkey Day! I hope so, there is nothing more I would want to share with my family than that...