These things really happen?

So today is CD 17. And no ovulation in sight. I have tested, I have temped, I have checked -- nothin. Nope. Nada. Negative.

So what's a girl to do? Of course, the answer is obsess about it.

I have read a lot. I mean A LOT about this subject. I feel equipped. I feel I can make a relatively informed case for my progress. I am doing everything right, my body just can't perform.

HELLO? OVARIES? ANYONE HOME?

You'd think they were in hiding for 14 years. Oh wait...

But I read the most depressing thing yesterday. Even if you do every single thing right in a given cycle, a woman between the ages of 30-35 only has a 15% chance of conceiving. On average, it takes that same age group nine cycles to achieve a pregnancy.

Wow.

I am not liking my odds. That would be .15 as in if I was a baseball player, I would be batting .150. I should be benched if that's the case. That's a horrendous average. And it's not like taking extra cuts in the cage makes me any better.

Maybe I could get some personal instruction. Some sort of Spring Training for the reproductive system. That would be nice -- six weeks of warmups in a sunny locale. But if I don't improve after those six weeks, they could send me down to the minors. That would suck.

I can't believe people this age get pregnant. I mean, obviously, it happens. I see pregnant women all over the place. But the odds are so stacked against you, it seems almost surreal that actual babies get born to actual women without heroic intervention.

Maybe this is a sign?