1. Getting super giddy when you decide to go for it.
2. Buying folic acid and learning that you should take it for at least a month before trying to get pregnant.
3. Cutting out caffeine is a lot harder than either of you imagined.
4. Cutting out alcohol sucks too.
5. But the hardest part is getting in shape and eating well.
6. If you tell people your plans they will have a lot to say about it.
7. And as time goes on they'll start asking how your sex life is going, and offer awkwardly intimate suggestions.
8. You hear all kinds of old wives' ideas on how to conceive that make you roll your eyes.
9. But you secretly try them because who knows?
10. You suddenly notice kids everywhere you go.
11. When your friends offer to let you babysit, you actually take them up on the offer.
12. If you’re a briefs guy, wearing boxers takes a lot of getting used to.
13. You’ll also miss using your laptop on your lap.
14. Not to mention riding your bike.
15. Taking your temperature is now a regular part of your morning routine.
16. In fact, tracking your cycle has sort of taken over your life.
17. Despite all of that you will buy a bunch of ovulation kits anyway.
18. When you are at your peak fertility YOU. WILL. HAVE. SEX.
19. In fact, you will have lots and lots of sex and it won't always be the sexy kind.
20. There are few times in life you will feel as ridiculous as you do when you lay on your back and hug your legs after sex.
21. The two weeks you have to wait between having sex and being able to take a test is the worst.
22. You can never buy just one pregnancy test.
23. Lastly, the disappointment of a “not pregnant” test.
