Waiting to Try
This is more of a sidenote kind of post for those who are interested, but I want to post it because I know there are probably more women out there like me who ran into the same blocks I did…
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned how my maternal instincts have kicked in but Mr. JM and I aren’t in a position yet where we feel comfortable starting to try for a baby.
But, as things go, my ‘maternal urgings’ weren’t going to settle down just because I wanted them to. (I wish!) The solution? Search the internet for information and support in the category of ‘we’re thinking about it, but we’re not trying yet’.
Easier said than done.
What I thought would be a popular subject turned into something hard to find. If you weren’t pregnant, then you had to be trying. If you were trying, you were most likely referred to fertility type stuff. Even what budgeting stuff I found began with, “In the next nine months you’re going to want to…”
I became frustrated in a hurry because even the various forums I found were no help. There was no section for “I’m planning, not trying”.
That is, until I found BabyandBump.
B&B had exactly what I was looking for. Not only do they have the usual sections all through stages of pregnancy and the usual chit chat sections, they had much more, including my coveted ‘waiting to try’ section.
Finally! Finally I had found a place where I could talk about how I was feeling with the whole wanting to but needing to wait thing. Not only that, they have an 18+ section for talking about mature things, a women’s only section AND a men’s only section.
Even if you’re not looking for a waiting to try section like me, I highly recommend you check it out. There are a lot of great people there – even if it is mostly UK based.
*Rattle in picture from Sterling Silver Company
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