There's not much going on in my ttc world. My temps haven't been going up as much as I would like. TCOYF took away my coverline, and Babymed and FertilityFriend gave me one for day 10. I think I ovulated on day 11. I suppose it's possible that I'm having delayed ovulation, but that's never happened to me since I've been charting.

The past couple of days have been nice for me. I haven't heard anything baby/pregnancy related to get me down. I need a little break from hearing that kind of stuff.

I have a meeting tonight for Vacation Bible School this summer at my church. I'm going to be a teacher. Thankfully none of the ladies coming have babies for the others to goo-goo and gah-gah over.

Some girls and ladies love to hold and play with babies, but that is not me. I like the preschool age better. I don't volunteer to help with nursery at church, and I never ask to hold people's babies. I only hold the babies of my close friends, and then only when they offer them to me.

I'm not a baby-hater. When I have my own baby I will talk baby talk. I'll happily take my turn in the church nursery. In public I will hold my baby and not hand him off right away. I will offer my baby first to those who are close to me and who don't chase me down just to ask to hold him/her. Until then, I'll be happy to avoid getting baby spit on my good clothes.

Do you have "pushy baby holders" at your church? Within the first month that new parents appear at church with their new baby, this person, who never speaks to the couple otherwise, asks to hold him or her. I've known new couples who are not ready to give up their new bundle of joy to someone they are not sure they can trust or who could get the baby sick.

I have heard of people at my church saying such things as, "We're only allowing family to hold her now," or "We're a bit protective and we're not letting others hold him yet."

I agree that new mothers should not let "pushy baby holders" push them into doing something they are not ready to do yet. I've found that most mothers and fathers eventually relax and eagerly pass on the baby to others' waiting arms.