Fertility Fiend ... or is it "Friend"?

In the midst of our emotional roller coaster ride, Mike and I were expected to "perform" on cue in the bedroom, as per our instructions from the RE.

Nice timing, doc. Nothing like being directed to go at it like hormone-crazed bunnies when your emotions are all over the map.

Actually, I should direct my contempt toward my ever-uncooperative insides and their usual impeccable timing. Who the hell decided I would ovulate on what should have been my baby's first birthday? Insanity, I tell you.

Any woman who has used the Fertility Friend website understands the little "intercourse timing anaylzer" box that appears after FF's software has determined you have ovulated. The "analyzer" analyzes your chances at attaining pregnancy based on your intercourse frequency around the peak time in your cycle. Then, the analyzer uses dots to indicate which days you "BD'd" - out of a total five days - and how those interludes rate, in their not-so-humble opinion.

With Ryan, our conception chances were only rated as "good," as we opted for the somewhat conservative BD schedule back when we were still stupidly naive about the whole TTC process. But this time, though, nothing was held back. We went for the gold and FF has rewarded that gusto by scoring our chances as "high" and has given us a green dot in each of the five windows that were considered peak days to achieve conception.

For whatever reason - maybe the odd timing of all of this - I found it amusing that Mike and I met the BD challenge established by Fertility Friend and "earned" our approval rating at a time like this.

Now, it remains to be seen if we'll be awarded our long-overdue medal in nine months, or will we once again need to compete in another BD marathon.

All I can do is hope and pray.