Here we GO.

I am headed on Vacation next month. (August 14-24) My amazing husband and I are headed back to our hometown (Portland, OR) for his birthday, which is an exciting event all in it's own. His sister is coming from Hawai'i and we're going to party it up. and then when we come back, we're stopping our birth control.
This is a little scary for me. THey say that removal of your mirena IUD makes you more fertile. I've heard stories of women being pregnant immediately because they had had sex and then the sperm was still actively swimming when they had the IUD removed. That's a little daunting because they say that you should go through one cycle before actively trying to conceive.
I've already started the prenatal vitamins, as of this morning. It's from the people who make Women's 1-a day, except it's a prenatal vitamin. It's got DHA and EPA in one pill and then all kinds of things in the other, like folic acid, multiple different B vitamins and all kinds of other ones. I think I will be pretty well prepared for this if I do say so myself. I need to buy a calendar, and see when the first date of my period is after I have the IUD removed, wait until my next period has passed, and then we should have an idea of what the wait will be until a HPT is appropriate.
I really believe that this is going to be completely different this go around. I still really miss linnea, and I wish that I could somehow bring her back. Sometimes I get very sad, and I feel like I'm somehow forgetting her, or leaving her memory behind by wanting to have a new baby, and sort of move on.
It's amazing, I heard this new study that says that the way women are leading their lives today leads to their biological clock is ticking faster. (here's the article) By the time you are 30 years old, 90% of all of your eggs are gone. That's terrifying. It's saying, yes you could wait, but your chances will be headed downhill rapidly. I'm so glad that my husband is on board and that we have been blessed with another opportunity to bring life into this world.
I am so incredibly in love with him, and I feel so incredibly lucky to have such an amazing family to support this decision and to support my life choices. Today is a good day I believe.