planning for a baby

 

ronnie and i found out we were pregnant on october 14th.
it was a sunday.
i documented it, so i had a good memory of the day.
and my first blog post was three days later...

 

oct 17th

i've been on birth control since i was 17.

(hey mom and dad!)

i figured after being on it for

t w e l v e   y e a r s

it would take a minute or two,
or three months

to get out of my system.

not so much.

it took ten days.

i got off bc in september.

i thought i could take this fall

to clean out my system

and then start "trying"in january.

and if you don't know me very well,

then you should know this:

i am a planner.

to the max.

and i wanted a fall baby.

- we don't have any fall birthdays in the family.

- the parties would be fun to plan.

- its my favorite season.

perfect, yes?

unless you don't get pregnant in january

and instead, get pregnant in september.

which puts you due june 12th.

- madeline's birthday is in june.

- ronnie graduates in june.

- its hot in june.

not my plan,

but june it is.

so my uber planned out life,

just got a 4 month kick-start.

the lesson here is:

as soon as you're off bc,

consider yourself baby ready.

oh, and feel free to call me myrtle.

fertile myrtle.