At least I'm not a total freak

One of the problems with being relegated to a secret blogger about babyness is that there are no readily ascertainable living and breathing folks to talk about pre-conception trials and tribulations with. Bonzo and I had to make a pact not to talk about it anymore since it only exacerbated our Men-are-from-Mars-Women-are-from-Venus moments (we're lucky in that we suffer little from this issue in general but we just can't do anything productive on a few subjects). Poor guy doesn't understand and can't help so what's a husband to do but change the subject in 5 seconds flat? Thankfully, I'm at that age where many of my friends and colleagues are at least thinking about kids, either in the abstract or with certain goals in mind, so children and conception do come up without my having to sneak it into the conversation all the time. And then it can also come up in girl-to-girl talks about our nether regions in general. I don't get a lot of these chats because I don't work with many women and I unfortunately spend more time at work than any other place. In fact, in my immediate group work there is only one other woman besides me so thankfully we get along well, since it would get lonely otherwise (the boys are great, really, but it's nice to have someone fully on your team, too). Anyway, she and I were talking pills and periods etc. the other day and she happened to mention that a couple of her friends had to wait months, and up to a year in one or two cases, for a period after coming off the pill. Again I cry inside my head "WHY DO THEY NOT WARN YOU ABOUT THIS?!?!", but at least there are others. I knew the ladies were out there but I didn't know any personally, and now I at least know of one or two. I feigned ignorance about this possible side effect and asked my co-worker a couple of questions about her friends. Apparently, all of the ones who waited for a while were back to their regular cycles as soon as their periods started again, which is good news. Everyone is different, of course, so I'm not going to hold my breath, but I was concerned that the sluggish restart would continue past the first period and cause even more months of non-conception time.

So all this to say that I'm feeling calmer again knowing that others have made it out the other side without too much trouble. Me too, me too!!