Hello to all trying to conceive,
After seven years of trying, accumulating knowledge and experience through extensive study so that I could become pregnant, and almost two years sharing my story as a blogger for “Trocando Fraldas”, I decided to summarize all my knowledge. And here is the result: a manual that is not technical, with simple language and easy to understand. Its purpose is to provide knowledge for ordinary women, like you and me, who want and are seeking only one thing – pregnancy!
Chapters of the eBook
- My Journey as Someone Trying to Conceive
- Techniques for Conception, Cervical Mucus, Basal Temperature, and Issues That May Arise
- Tricks and Tips to Aid Conception
- What Can Hinder You
- Diseases and Treatments
- Myths and Truths
- How to Recognize Pregnancy
- Stories from a Frantic TTC Woman
- Final Considerations
Yes, I was trying to conceive! I never imagined not being a mother; I think that even before I understood myself as a person, motherhood was already running, very strongly, in my veins. The beginning of it all certainly came from the admiration I have for my mother. Actually, motherhood came naturally with time, and from a young age I pictured myself with a shiny, big belly, carrying a baby. But reaching that stage was not easy. Our case wasn’t as difficult compared to other couples who deal with much more severe infertility issues. But even so, it was an emotionally and physically exhausting period.
The joys that motherhood brought me made up for all the difficulties I had when trying to get pregnant at first. Women who are trying to conceive suffer, punish themselves, go crazy, make friends, learn, search for information until they finally get their positive. But after all, what does it mean to be someone trying to conceive? What defines us, those trying to conceive, is the quest to create a new life and feel the joy of receiving the news of a positive result. It’s funny that when it finally arrives, it hardly seems real!
Welcome, crazy TTCers! This is a work made especially for you and dedicated to all my dear friends who, even on hard days, never left me alone. Today, I try to give back to each of those who are still on this journey just a little of the affection and friendship I received when I was still actively trying! Who says I’ve stopped being a TTCer? Being someone trying is a philosophy of life: “Once someone trying, always someone trying!” So, shall we dive into the world of the eternally frantic TTCer?
Dedication
This little manual is for the three most important people in my life: my Gremlins, my children, my life! It was for them that all this happened, and I would do it all again, every madness, every tear – I would do it all again! I dedicate it to my dear husband without whom none of this would be possible; without your support I am nothing!
I thank my dear mother, who inspires me to be the mother I am, and my father, who has always supported me in my doubts and needs. I am grateful for my dear mother-in-law who, with each passing day, shows me what a great woman she is and, moreover, a wonderful grandmother to my children and proves to be an excellent mother, a true role model.
I could not fail to mention my friends who are also trying to conceive, whose names would be unfair to list, but who feel and know the affection I have for them. To my dear mentor Alessandra, who helped answer so many doubts during my trying-to-conceive days and who inspires me to be the same for my reader friends, or at least a third of what she was for me in my attempts to get pregnant.
A special thank you goes as well to the editor of this book, who had to read so much about women’s topics, and did it all with the greatest enthusiasm in the world.
My deepest thanks to God and to life!
