What I didn't count on were the disproportionate number of "lows" that I would encounter throughout the process. I had considered and braced for many -- including ones that were designed or imposed specifically to block my partner and I from having a child together. And I was aware of the risk of others from which no person or couple is safe (medical complications, for example).
A litany of lows does not a good blog make. And boy howdy, did we have lows.
And then, we had a high. A big, fat, positive high.
On January 22, 2013, assisted by our OBGYN, my partner and I conceived our child -- a girl -- who will be joining us in the flesh on or near October 14, 2013.
I am going to be a mom.
We are going to be moms.
Holy crap. I'm going to be a mom.
