Joe and I just got back from our anniversary trip to Greece last week. Our anniversary was June 13th and we decided that during our anniversary trip we were going to start trying for a baby. I've always wanted to have children and while I was originally disappointed that it was taking so long to get my life in order and actually head toward that path, it wasn't the right time. I feel like now is. At first when we got married in 2014 I wanted to start trying right away but we talked about how it would be nice to spend a year to enjoy our marriage and to go on one last trip to Europe. We have gone to Europe every year since 2009. Knowing that we were going to start a family, we realized we probably wouldn't be able to take another trip for a while and decided to have one last one for our anniversary.
Before deciding to actually go for it I did struggle a little with the decision. It was something I really wanted for a very long time and definitely felt ready for but I really liked my life the way it was. The idea of it changing forever and taking on such a responsibility was scary. I knew someday I'd become a mother and my life would never be the same so I spent my entire 20's doing whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. I traveled all over the world and experienced life to the fullest. I spent my entire 20's being selfish because I knew that there would be a lot of sacrifices I'd have to make for my family. And it was great. And I worried about how different things would be. I worried about how my relationships with my friends would change and about how my relationship with my husband would change. But I knew it was time.
I was on the pill for 13 years and it was great. I never had any problems with it and it made my periods painless. I talked to a lot of people my age and they all said it took them 6 months to a year of trying before getting pregnant so I decided that I'd stop taking my pill and just switch to condoms a year before I actually wanted to start trying knowing that if something happened before then, I'd be okay with it. That was when I turned 30. So when we decided to start trying, I counted out 14 days from my period and planned our anniversary trip for when I thought I'd be ovulating and made sure we tried 3 days before, the day of and 3 days after the guessed date. So we'll see what happens.
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