First post - A blogger I've become

We'll, here it is - I've become a "blogger" too! :0) "Becoming a blogger" is deceptive though, as I've been journaling online since July '04 - with my personal website instead of a blog service. That journaling has mainly focused on my journey to conceive a child, but has managed to include day to day events as well.

I decided to make the switch because I was impressed after viewing the blog of an online friend. I read a little more into blogger.com and really liked it. I've been doing my journal with handwritten code in HTML, and I really liked the format of the blog, with archives and past post links - things that would take more coding on my part that I really didn't want to do. I'm lazy, what can I say?

Anyways, I really liked all the things I could do with this service, like the feedback options, but my favorite is AudioBlogger, that lets you call from any phone and leave a message that is immediately posted as an MP3 audio file. I realized how perfect that would be when I finally get pregnant and give birth, Zane will be able to call to make the announcement so it can be posted in the blog. Now that is something I know I can't do with HTML! :)

I started online journaling as a TTC (trying to conceive) journal for a few reasons - to save my sanity by writing it all down, to share my experiences with others (it really bites to feel all alone when you are trying so hard to get something that is just out of reach) and because I really wanted to be writing a baby journal during the waiting part of cycle #3. I thought a TTC journal would pass the time while in the "2ww".

It became more than a "TTC Journal" as I experienced two of the most devastating events of my life - miscarriages in November '04 and March '05. The normal parts of my life began to leak into my writing as well, so it became a journal of major life events and minor life events, not just a journal of temperature fluctuations and body changes.

I also had separate journals for both of my pregnancies, because it meant a lot to me to record the changes and feelings so someday my children could read them - well, at least MOST of them, some of this journal/blog they really don't need to read! :) I've realized all those journals were part of one journal, the journal of my life, my world, so this blog brings that all together. Enough separating all those parts, it is time to keep them all together - besides, it's easier on me to have it all in one place.

Now this blog will be a place for everything - from dull everyday moments to exciting TTC journey events, because it all needs a place to be recorded... especially when baby milestones get to join the throng of events and observations!

P.S. My past journal entries will remain here for viewing.