Calgon. Please take me out of the bad place.
I type this brief message while swigging a Diet Coke (tm) and shoving dark chocolate truffles in my mouth. What's sick about this? I was reading some more of those "What to Do" chapters in the Brill book last night, really, more like the "DON'T DO THIS!!" chapters, and boy, one thing was made clear to me:
I am clueless.
According to the book, I am doing everything wrong. I guess I'm not supposed to have sugar. Avoid chocolate. I am also not supposed to have the artificial sweetners either (that I understand). I already knew about the caffeine, and I am okay with that. No aspirin. (But then on some boards ladies are popping those baby aspirin to thicken the uterine lining?). No advil.
The no sugar thing threw me. I mean, I am pretty sure my mother was swinging the martinis as my dad chain smoked when she was pregnant with me. But no sugar and diet cokes for me. I know, times have changed.
But. I am screwing things up already.
The TWW is awesome. I have been obsessively reading blogs and baby boards. Obsessively doesn't really capture my fervor. I must be stopped. I have decided to perform an intervention on myself and go out of town for the weekend. I am pressuring J. to leave her job early so we can hit the road and go up north to my beloved town of Madison, Wisconsin. Its God's country.
Surely this will make me a normal human being again. Heh.
I am clueless.
According to the book, I am doing everything wrong. I guess I'm not supposed to have sugar. Avoid chocolate. I am also not supposed to have the artificial sweetners either (that I understand). I already knew about the caffeine, and I am okay with that. No aspirin. (But then on some boards ladies are popping those baby aspirin to thicken the uterine lining?). No advil.
The no sugar thing threw me. I mean, I am pretty sure my mother was swinging the martinis as my dad chain smoked when she was pregnant with me. But no sugar and diet cokes for me. I know, times have changed.
But. I am screwing things up already.
The TWW is awesome. I have been obsessively reading blogs and baby boards. Obsessively doesn't really capture my fervor. I must be stopped. I have decided to perform an intervention on myself and go out of town for the weekend. I am pressuring J. to leave her job early so we can hit the road and go up north to my beloved town of Madison, Wisconsin. Its God's country.
Surely this will make me a normal human being again. Heh.
posted by Grrlscout at 2:53 PM
4 Comments:
Lots of people have opinions about all the things you 'shouldn't' do. I think almost anything is ok in moderation. I have PCOS and was suppose to lay off the sugar and didn't and got pregnant anyway, against the odds. I'm sure it would have been better had I listened but conforming isn't my strong suit. Do what feels right without driving yourself crazy, that's my motto!
Take all of those books, put them in a box. Then take them outside, douse them with lighter fluid and then throw a match on them!!!!
I drove myself crazy reading the books this time last year. I had a list of what I ate/drank and when. I swear it lead to the stress that caused me to stop ovulating.
p.s. I bought three pregnancy tests tonight....thinking about testing tomorrow at 8dop, too early I know....
I think the books are and aren't useful. It's entirely likely that if you are pg, that implantation hasn't even occurred yet. One diet coke and some chocolate ain't gonna be the deciding factor, I'm sure. And those books??? One book I have urges against taking hot showers because the heat releases toxins from the water into the air. I'm sorry. I'm NOT going 9 months taking only cold or lukewarm showers. I'll just keep my hot showers short, which is better for the enviroment anyway.
For me, during TWWs, I'm avoiding alcohol, fish, and soft cheeses. I'm allowing myself 1 cup of coffee a day (my vice!)--no more caffeine than that. But really? We're all kind of crazy for even doing that much. Many het women are pg for weeks before they even realize it, and I'm sure they weren't being all super careful... and many of their kids turn out fine.
So, my assvice? Do what works for you. Don't deprive yourself too much. When you are officially pregnant, then you can be more vigilant. But, I find that it's far too painful to deprive oneself of everything every cycle and then get negative test after negative test. Ya gotta live a little until that happy day.
All very good advice. We are here in Madison and went to a bar where a bunch of undergrads were sloppy drunk. I ordered my cranberry spritzer and ogled the crowds.
My good (straight) friend A. didn't know she was preggers and drank copious amounts of booze and ate sushi like a fiend. Not to say that we all should do this, but she has beautiful, normal baby girl. So I am trying not to be totally crazy. Just a little crazy.
Eryn- I too have three Clearblue pregnancy tests but I think I am going to wait until T-day. That's 13 dpi. Be strong like bull. You don't want any false BFNs!
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