Is this your FIRST BABY?

Why yes, Thank you for asking.  This is my first baby!

Why make a post about this?  Because despite all the posts on the internet about what not to say to pregnant women, I have enjoyed being asked this question and take it as a sign of progress in our society.

I know some people had written me and my husband off, thinking we were just going to be that cool couple with big bank accounts and trips to Europe, instead of kiddos.  BTW- We do still plan to be those people, we'll just have a baby strapped to us and will be hitting 20 cities from a #TinyLab first. ;)

But back to the first baby questions.  

This is actually the number one question I receive, and I LOVE IT.  

For years, the news has put out all kinds of fear mongering, hateful articles about women in their 30's and, heaven forbid, their 40's trying to get pregnant and have babies.

Weird that healthy fertile women would be questioned about their ability to get pregnant and have babies, right?  I certainly thought so.  It's definitely not an exclusive thing for teens and twenties.

But in all of my father's well intentioned attempts to encourage me to have children, over the 10 years of marriage to my husband, he sent me article after article, from major publications, about how waiting was just wrong.  It was dangerous, it was stupid, and I'd probably not be able to get pregnant, when I wanted to, if I waited.

Did you know some medical professionals even refer to pregnancies after the age of 35 as geriatric? Yep. Geriatric.

Then... My sister sent me this glorious article, written by the well researched Jean Twenge, who found herself in a similar situation as me- a victim of well intention of forced upon baby panic because she was in her 30's wanting to have kids.

This article is not short, and for good reason.  It is well worth the read and well worth talking about.  I'll keep this short so you can check it out.

HOW LONG CAN YOU WAIT TO HAVE A BABY?

Millions of women are being told when to get pregnant based on statistics from a time before electricity, antibiotics, or fertility treatment.

I rest my case.  I thank, everyone who enthusiastically ask if this is my first, like it is an obvious choice, and make no assumptions that I am not a geriatric pregnant woman.

Also, for fellow 30/40 somethings trying to get pregnant.  Once I figured out how to get pregnant, not the practice, but the real mechanics of it, we we're pregnant with in 6 months of trying.  I just celebrated my 35th birthday too.

I really loved the Kindara App and think their new Wink thermometer will really help women take control of their fertility, and the book Taking Control of Your Fertility is awesome.

Good Luck!
Don't Stress!
Remember, you've got this!
And enjoy the baby making!