My husband and I both always wanted kids. I always dreamed of a big family and my husband is actually crazy enough to agree with me.

I stopped taking hormonal birth control in August of 2012. My husband and I started actively TTC when we got married in the summer of 2013. By the time I joined Glow at the end of November in 2015, I'd already gone through a rollacoaster of emotions. Most days, I was pretty convinced I was infertile. Some days I'd get mad and realize there was a decent chance it was my husband, not me. But since he wasn't in a rush to have a lot of tests done, I was left wondering and waiting. We wanted to conceive naturally and as we were grad students we honestly weren't at a place where we could afford expensive fertility treatments or consider adoption. Those were options we agreed we'd save for our thirties. But as I got closer and closer to my 30th birthday, I just didn't think it was going to work out. I had tried a lot of period tracking apps and had tracked my ovulation on my own since high school.

But the science and magic beyond Glow takes a lot of factors into consideration. It provides educational articles and community support. I'm so pleased to say that within 6 months of being on Glow, I got pregnant. My last period was on April 29th, I found out I was pregnant on June 7th, and on February 1, I gave birth to a healthy, beautiful baby boy.

Thanks to Glow I'm fairly certain I even know when I conceived!

Ladies knowledge is power. Whether you are trying to conceive or want to avoid getting pregnant at all costs, I highly recommend Glow and it's sister apps.