Empty Womb Pre-Planning

    Good old aunt flo, she showed up two days late this month.  Anytime that happens it makes me get hopeful, even when every used pee-stick turns up a big negative.  I don't get my hopes up quite like I used to, but hoping I'm pregnant for a couple days gives me a break from inevitable let down when aunt flo pops up.
    Since I'm an empty-womber yet another month (this will be our tenth month of trying, it startles me how close to that year mark we are getting) I've been doing my empty-womb planning.  Car seats have always been on my mind, if my child could just never ride in a car I'd probably be a happier person.
    I'm terrified of cars, I don't like being in cars, I don't like my husband being in cars, I don't like my friends or family being in cars.  Of course since we live in a rural state we're all in cars all the time.  Moving 5 hours from my family across state hasn't helped.  While now we mostly drive through our city to college and work, we still have those long 5 hours drives across the interstate, highways, and dirt roads to visit home.
    The fact that the U.S. doesn't make companies release the safety standards for car seats makes me sad.  I wish I could know that the seat is the absolute safest means of travel for baby x.  I know they all have to pass safety tests, but I want to know whether they just passed or they aced the test with flying colors and put everything else to shame.
    I've been looking at the Chicco Keyfit car seats, and various Maxi-Cosi lines.  I just read a smashing review here at Babble, one of my very favorite sites.  It sounds amazing, so I'm researching them.  The car seat is definitely one item I plan to splurge on, not for pretty floral patterns, but for safety.

Let's Dive Right In With Where I'm At

My husband and I are on our eighth month of TTC.  I'm currently in my dreaded two week wait.  I'm ranging between super hopeful, because we bought OPK's and Pre-Seed this month, but I'm also nervous because the OPK's showed I ovulate later than my guesstimated date.

I've survived what I consider a long eight months by reading several blogs, mommy blogs, pregnancy blogs, infertility blogs, review blogs, you-name-it-I've-read-it-if-it-relates-to-children blogs.  I love preparing, I love planning, I love learning and researching so blogs have been my way to prepare myself during this waiting time.

I love reading review blogs, I want to nest and buy all my baby necessities and wants so bad so I can read review blogs and make mental notes on what brands have what benefits.  I'd love to someday do my own review blogs, even if I have to borrow a baby or swaddle my cat, because I want so badly to try all this stuff out and have an idea before Baby X gets here.

That is something else, I'm a science major, so my two yet to be conceived children are Baby X and Baby Y, Baby X being the one we're currently working on.  You'll notice I said science major, not english major, so we'll just have to endure my grammatical errors along the way when they happen.

I don't want this to get so long, but I look forward to having readers, maybe guest bloggers, reviews, and connecting with people who are in my same situation, or mothers who have advice.  I look forward to letting you all in on the tears and laughter along this weird winding path I've found myself on, and hopefully announcing a bun in the oven on here.

I promise I'll even figure out how to properly format this blog, eventually.