<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7255596212717771017</id><updated>2011-11-20T10:48:31.618-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A puppet on a string</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apuppet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7255596212717771017/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apuppet.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>A puppet on a string</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05126799834673676896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JZnFH08f4KI/TslH5IcW1VI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/jR1GZco2CZM/s220/puppet.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7255596212717771017.post-6188712250377358350</id><published>2011-11-20T10:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T10:48:31.033-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Let's begin!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Well let's start from the start I guess. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I have begun this blog primarily as a means to get my thoughts out and keep myself motivated as I struggle to try to conceive my first child. I don't care if noone else on the planet ever reads it, I am just hoping right now that it will help me (as selfish as that sounds). If it can go on to help other people who may be in a similar situation to myself then that will always be a bonus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;So, a bit of background: I am a 24 year old primary school teacher, been married to the most wonderful man on the planet for a year and a half although we have been together for coming on 7 years. I spend my spare time devoted to football, be it playing, watching or coaching my&amp;nbsp;free time seems to revolve around it.... And for the last 9 months my husband and I have been trying to conceive our first child. Many people may look at that and think to themselves, well 9 months isn't that long, but to me it is. As a healthy couple in their 20s (neither of us smoke or drink) it shouldn't be taking this long.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Well that's the story anyway. I will be posting updates on my efforts (and random happenings of our family life) as I see fit. But like I said at the start- I am doing this almost as a means of counseling myself to keep my mind clear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7255596212717771017-6188712250377358350?l=apuppet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apuppet.blogspot.com/feeds/6188712250377358350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://apuppet.blogspot.com/2011/11/lets-begin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7255596212717771017/posts/default/6188712250377358350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7255596212717771017/posts/default/6188712250377358350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apuppet.blogspot.com/2011/11/lets-begin.html' title='Let&apos;s begin!'/><author><name>A puppet on a string</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05126799834673676896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JZnFH08f4KI/TslH5IcW1VI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/jR1GZco2CZM/s220/puppet.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
