Now that the little one is on the way... the "telling" begins. Just when and who to tell when is the real question. My parents know... we actually told them the day we found out. My mother had an "inkling", so we ended up telling them. Besides some very close friends we haven't told anyone else yet.

When did you start telling the baby tale?

~CravingBaby

I found out on Sunday that I'm preggers... and I confirmed it yesterday with my Doc. So now what? The OCD part of me wants to immediately begin designing a fab nursery (don't worry I won't) and start shopping for itty bitty little onesies and booties.

What did you do when you found out you were preggers?

OMG! I got my BFP! Sunday morning I took a digital test and got my very first BFP! I am so excited. I went to the Dr. this morning to confirm and will head back in a few weeks to do a battery of tests and a viability scan!

The Dr. said I am four weeks and four days along... due at the end of April.

I can't wait to start writing about "maternity"... graduating from TTC is so much fun!

~Craving Baby

If you're trying to conceive and you haven't found Fertility Gal yet... or you haven't been to the site lately... you've got to go and check it out. The new design and look is fabulous. A little hard to navigate at first only because it is so different than it was before. There are now even more wonderful ways to chart and track your TTC and your pregnancy... and best of all it's FREE.

Check it out today at FertilityGal.com

Hey gals. Sorry for the silence. I took almost a two week hiatus from "Craving Baby". Just trying to not stress while waiting to test. As of today it's been 32 days since my last period... and I think I see a very very faint line on the preggers test. It may just be my imagination... but my DH sees it to. So I'm thinking there's a good chance I'm pregnant. I'll test again tomorrow or Tuesday to see if I get a darker line.

Hope all the mamas out there in the blogosphere are doing great.

~Craving Baby

I read this article last night and thought many mommas would find it interesting... "The Six Best Careers for Moms." My career has been an important part of my life since graduating college. I've worked to add a variety of skills to my services. I've proven that I am a creative, reliable and passionate professional.

However... now that I've decided I'm ready to be a mom... I really really want to work from home. As a freelancer I do get to work quite a bit from home, but some clients require that I work from their offices on certain projects.

I found the six recommended careers from Caroline's, Divine Caroline blog really interesting.

How about you ladies out there in the blogosphere. Are you work at home moms?

Hey ladies! I am out of town for work right now but just wanted to throw out a huge THANK YOU for the comments on my last post. I feel much better about having these feelings... you've validated them for me and offered some great advice.

~CravingBaby

Woah. What a weekend I had. It was nice and relaxing right up until the end when I found out that my brother (younger) may be about to become a dad. He recently found out that his ex-girlfriend is pregnant and he might be the father (apparently there are a few possibilities... ewww.)

Anyway... I'm sitting here feeling sort of sorry for myself. This was supposed to be my big baby year and instead I just feel like a big baby myself. The DH and I haven't told his parents or my parents yet that we're trying... we wanted it to be a surprise. However, now I'm afraid that when we do get pregnant (if we aren't already) and we announce it to my side of the family I'm just going to look competitive (sort of a little habit of mine). It's probably stupid but it's how I feel.

The DH and I have done everything right. We've worked hard, we've built a loving home and we've planned so that when we welcome our bundle of joy into the world we'll be ready. Now I feel like that joy is hampered by my brother's, how should I say this... opportunistic ex-girlfriend. Neither have jobs, she already has one child and the situation just couldn't be worse (at least from my perspective). "I'm so mad I could just spit" (one of my favorite lines from the original Parent Trap).

The oh-so ironic thing is that if I am pregnant now (I'm several days past ovulation)... his potential child and mine would be due about three or four weeks apart. Arrghhh... this is painful.

So what do you think ladies? I'm a being a big baby or is it fair for me to feel that even though I'm not pregnant yet my baby joy thunder is being stolen?

Well I've been very dedicated to completing my chart on FertilityGal and testing using an ovulation predictor kit... testing the "O". It hasn't showed that I'm ovulating yet... but of course the DH and I are playing the baby making game. The last two months we sticked to the every other day recommendation. This month we're trying every day. I guess we'll see what happens.

What about you ladies? How did you get preggers? Every day? Every other day?

Help a Craving Baby out. Send me your advice.

Hey there mamas. I'm a big Old Navy fan. Since I do most of my work from home I can dress very casually every day and prefer to not spend a fortune on my work attire... therefore Old Navy is perfect for me. Now that I am TTC I'm starting to pay more attention to the stores that carry maternity wear since hopefully I'll be stocking up on some soon.

I just saw today (on BabyCenter) that Old Navy is having a $1,000 maternity sweepstakes. You can enter to win every day between now and October 2nd! $1,000 sounds like a good starting point for me. LOL.

Check out the contest here.