It’s not easy for me to make a decision. I can stand down the toothpaste aisle for 20 minutes debating between cavity prevention and extra whitening – Which one’s cheaper? Is the brand name better? – I want to pick the right one and it’s just toothpaste! Now multiply that times a gazillion, and you’ll know how difficult it is for me to decide when to try to have my first child.
I get all the good feelings. I’ve been married nearly five years, I have a degree, a condo, successful career, and a cute dog. What else do I really want? (Besides a family, that is…) But now that I’ve decided that’s a plan I want to pursue in the near future, it’s my job to do what I can to get myself ready.
I’ve been reading news articles on “the perfect age” to have a baby. I’ve read about things to eat before conception, good ways to work out, and best positions for conception – Yes, even that. Some of it may be “full of it,” sure. But why not have fun in the planning process, and learn as much as I can along the way?
Some people call me an over-planner and premature… But I think there’s beauty in planned pregnancy. Even if it’s extra planned. And I’m excited to
have created a journal full of memories I’ll remember forever about wanting to have a child… Long before I even was trying to bring that child into this world.
I’ve found joy in my journey towards motherhood, and I can’t wait to see where the rest of my road leads.
Jennifer Johnson, aka Future Mama, doesn’t believe you have to be a mom to be a “mom blogger” these days. She wants a baby, and then maybe wants a baby, and then definitely sort of wants a baby NOW! Married four years, with a successful journalism career under her belt, she’s already accomplished more than most 23 year-olds. Just no baby… yet. She’s an open book when it comes to what’s on her mind during her journey towards the inevitable baby bump, and she chronicles her voyage on her blog Baby Makin(g) Machine!
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