Up until now, I’ve spent my whole life trying NOT to get pregnant. It is terrifying to think that when you finally WANT to get pregnant, that it might not happen. I have been on birth control – first Depo Provera injections for about 6 years and then Alesse birth control pills (“bcp”) for another 6 – for almost 12 years. We knew we would want to start TTC around the time we hit the 30 year old mark so, after a once in a lifetime trip to south America, I stopped taking my bcp in November. Although we didn’t want to start TTC right away, I wanted some time to let my body take over and get back into a normal cycle, since after 12 years on birth control, I had no idea what normal would be for me. I figured a bit of a wait would also give me some time to get healthy. Not to mention, after reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers”, DH didn’t want to have a baby born in the late part of the year which meant we had to wait until at least April to start trying.
Generally speaking, I would say we are pretty healthy people. While I haven’t been as diligent in getting to the gym or out for a run as often as I would have liked, we spend a lot of time working on our home and are fairly active. Our eating habits are pretty good as well, but that’s not to say that I don’t love dessert (I have a serious sweet tooth) and it would be shameful to admit just how much wine gets drunk in our household. So, starting in March (January-February was a bit of a lost cause – I work about 16 hrs/day during that time and so we order in food at work) I have been focusing on eating nutrient rich meals, eating a lot more plants than I have in the past, drinking litres of water and I *gasp* gave up both coffee and wine (well, all alcohol) cold turkey. I will admit I’ve had a couple of slips with the wine – at dinner with friends when I wasn’t yet prepared to field questions about why I wasn’t drinking, but otherwise I have been sticking with it and feel great. Oh and of course, I started a prenatal vitamin!
Aside from that, I’ve been trying to be less stressed on the whole. My job can be pretty intense but I have been working on spending more time on me, for me.
I would love to hear about what you did to get ready for TTC and/or what one thing you felt helped prepare you most for your pregnancy.
I am also Pre TTC (if you didn't see that on my blog - lol) and I did the same thing, with the exception of changing my diet - I know I need to, but I just can't stop eating my junk yet - lol. The Prenatals are a great idea - I started those earlier this month. I would recommend getting a BBT Thermometer (Basal Body Temperature) and start charting your temps every morning, a great website to input that information is FertilityFriend.com - I started using it this cycle & I learned when I ovulate :) Great tool for TTC. I have added your blog to my blogroll so I can stay up to date on your Journey! :) Hopefully you can do the same. If you have any questions, feel free to email or message me! I'd love to help! Lots of sticky ::Baby Dust::
ReplyDeleteThanks Megan! I still have to add a blogroll but once I figure that out you'll be on it! Thanks for adding me to yours :)
DeleteI downloaded the free version of FF on my iPhone and have been tracking CM but haven't started tracking my BBT. I'm a total control freak and was trying to be a bit more hands off, to see if it would happen without me getting all OCD about it! If it doesn't happen this month I don't think I'll be able to resist.
That's how I feel about OPK's - I wont buy them unless we don't get pregnant July & August, then I'll start with those, haha. I haven't paid for FF either, I'm just using the free option on my iphone & on my computer.
DeleteIf you need help figuring out Blogger - let me know! I have been blogging for 3 years now, so I'm pretty confident in my blogger knowledge - HAHA