Motility

Do you know this word? I didn't. The dictionary on my iPhone defines it as the "ability to move spontaneously and independently." This is an ability you want sperm to have if they are to do their thang and swim to the promised land. That sounds a little weirder than I meant it to, but I hope you'll bear with me. You can have as many millions of them as you like, but if they're just sitting around, it's a no-go. So in addition to making sure I'm ovulating (and, by the way, that now seems to be the case, although I have a basal body temperature thermometer on its way from amazon.co.uk just to make sure), I thought it might be smart to be sure that N's side of the equation is in working order. So we got this home test kit on the left that includes funnels and test tubes and drops that turn things a range of really nice-looking colors no matter what the result (see said colors on the right). And while I realize that the manufacturer was trying to appeal to speakers of several languages at once, I get a huge kick out of the fact that the box says "2 TEST(E)S" on it. But back to colors. We landed in the fuchsia range, which is where we wanted to be. This means that there's an 86% chance that everything is operational, which is nearly a B+. This is what happens when you try to get a teacher pregnant.