The BFP!

The first month we tried, I didn't really understand the "optimal window of fertile opportunity," which is 2-3 days before you ovulate. This is why you need to know your body well, even with use of ovulation test strips (get the lowdown on ovulation prediction here).

To be honest, I was disappointed when I saw the negative pregnancy test the first month. My period was a day late and I was just sure that we'd been successful. I told Grant that he shouldn't take hot baths and started looking into other silly changes we could make. I wrestled with myself and with God, until I came to a peace that God was in control and that He was going to see His will done in our lives, no matter what that looked like. We got pregnant month 2 of trying. If you find that charting is not working for you, don't dismay. From what I've read, it doesn't work for everyone. I've had friends get pregnant on accident doing natural family planning (or even on birth control) and I've had friends who can't get pregnant despite every trick and tip they can find.



When you are ready to start taking a pregnancy test, you can use
the wonderful Wondfo again!  Pregnancy tests this time, of course. In the picture, pink is the pregnancy test. Find them here. I found, yet again, that pregnancy tests are really expensive, and I couldn't stop with just one test a month! I was too anxious and started early, so I went through about three our first month and about eight when we found out we were pregnant. I watched the line get darker and darker as the days went on.

I did end up going out and buying a more expensive version from Walgreens, but only because I couldn't believe it was true! Here is the one we used. Digital seemed more accurate when reason was far from my mind, but all it ended up being was a test strip that was read by a digital piece it went into. Despite the bad reviews, it worked for us, but I am definitely more loyal to Wondfo.