First Post - A bloggers quiz

1. Why do you blog?

I love to write even though I am not very good at it. This is the easiest way to sort through feelings and document "us".

2. What was your favorite age to be and why?

25 - That is my current age. Tim and I have a blast being together. We have moved past the first few years of marriage where we struggled, we are still so in love, and we are comfortable together. I think its a comfortable age, not too busy, not too overwhelming.

3. What's your favorite sport to play?

I like to play soccer. I used to do gymnastics but many debate if its a sport. Gymnastics was the most fun for me, but I still struggled with it.

4. What's your favorite sport to watch, and who's your favorite team?

I don't watch sports, but I do love to watch the Red Wings play hockey.

5. If you could pick your perfect career (and money doesn't matter / the kids are out of the house) what would it be?

I have the perfect career (sorta), I love being a photographer.

6. Do you ever feel guilty for blogging?

Not at this point.

7. What is your favorite holiday?

Christmas. Cliche I know, but I love being with family, decorating make my home look so beautiful, and I really enjoy searching for that perfect gift for everyone.

8. What's your favorite kind of music?

Country or christian. I love the lyrics for the most part, and its about my music. I also enjoy some pop music but usually for the music and not lyrics.

9. Do you consider yourself a good driver or bad driver?

Somewhere in between. I am not a great driver, Tim is definitely much better. But I am not terrible. I do lack some in concentration and my ability to react could be faster.

10. What's the farthest away place you have visited?

I live in the farthest place I have visited. I mean I was raised in Michigan and I live in Southern California. We have driven back and forth on 3 separate occasions now. I have seen a lot of the United States through my car window at this point.

SA Results

So because I am being sent to the RE the dr gave me all of my records to take with me. Well I am excited because I never got to see DH's SA only told it was normal.

Here is what it was, very interesting.

Color: Gray white-gray to translucent normal
Motility: 75% (70-90)
Volume: 5.0ml (2-5)
Viscosity: Semi Visc
Sperm Count: 58.9 mil/ml (50-160 mil/ml)
PH Semen: 8.0 (7.2-8.4)
EBC/HPF: OCC
Sperm Abnormality/ 100: 15% (<40)
Result comment: double head, coiled tail observed.

so overall pretty good.

Child Birth

So I am not sure why but I have always looked forward to giving birth to my child. I never thought about an epidural or any other drugs because I believed I could do it on my own.

The closer we get to actually getting pregnant the more I truly want this. I want Tim involved and aware of how to help with the process too.

I have always thought I would stay at home for as long as I could so I am not stuck in a bed. I want to be comfortable and able to move about.

Now that we have the military insurance I am not sure how it will go. I can only hope they will honor my birth plan. I want a drug free, natural child birth. I want my baby put straight to the breast not the scale.I just think it will make the expeience so meaningful (on top of what it already is). I would love Tim to catch the baby and hand it to me but I don't think he would ever go for that.

Anyway that's just what's on my head today.