Everyone's in on it!

Simon and I talked about it and we think we're ready! We thought it would take longer to settle into the whole being married thing, but really we're settled. We are sickeningly happy, we have a 3 bedroom house, great jobs... what more do you NEED to start a family?

Imagine my surprise when I tell my three closest friends SJ, SM and M and they say that they are all going to start trying to get pregnant (aka TTC- Trying to Conceive) soon too! I tell them, that I'm stopping my birth control pills mid cycle to see if that helps (you hear about all sorts of girls who get pregnant because they missed one or two pills), SJ and SM are going to start next month and M is waiting until she gets back from her trip to Australia in November. Who would have thought? All of us TTC together! It will be so great if we all get pregnant at the same time. In fact, SJ and SM have a plan- they will work together and alternate days off so that they can baby-share. One day SM will have both babies and SJ will work and then they switch. Sounds improbable that it will work out timing wise, but who's to say.

We have all been researching TTC tips and met with our OB/GYNs and we've learned that:

• Each month you have a 20% chance of getting pregnant
• You should limit caffeine (and alcohol, of course)
• You need to start taking prenatal vitamins with folic acid BEFORE you get pregnant!