I hated being pregnant with my daughter- I had perinatal depression, complications and then I almost died giving birth. I swore I’d never do it again, but adopting proved much harder, lengthier and complicated than you could imagine. So why now that we’re TTC does it make me want sex even more? I know what’s coming. I know it’s going to be 9 months of hard suffering and then 12 months where my body still won’t feel like mine. Is that weird?

I also know some women love pregnancy and mine was worse than most. So not writing this to scare anyone. And I know this one could be better and my medical team is certainly prepared with every type of support. Just not expecting it to be easy.