As we’ve mentioned before, we are intending to move at some point in the near future after which we’re intending to go forth and multiply.
The thing is, that people keep asking up why wait to start trying for a baby? They tell us that it can take months, years even of trying before hitting the jackpot. The odds are that even if we start now we’ll be long since moved and settled in before Mrs Nobody even gets pregnant let alone gives birth. We’re hesitant because if things don’t go to plan we’ll end up having a baby in this tiny little two-bedroomed terraced house in the centre of a large town, close to the local red-light district, the football ground and the putrid green canal. Not ideal.
However, as they say, it will in all probability take months of trying before we have success so we’ve decided we are going to start trying as soon as.
We want to do this right so first, to create optimum circumstances and before any hanky-panky commences Mrs Nobody will be taking folic acid suppliments for a while and I’ll be on the zinc tablets and loose trousers. We’ll both lay off the caffeine and alcohol (not that either of us are drinkers anyway) and we’ll steer clear of anything that could cause damage to any potential pregnancy. Mrs Nobody’s steroid cream that she uses for her eczema for example. Or drinks that contain aspartame.
In addition to all of that, Mrs Nobody has been to see the Doctor for a smear and to check that she’s clear of infection and immune to reubella. Can’t be too careful!