If there is anything that can hamper fertility, it's nicotine, and the over consumption of caffeine!
Nicotine, put the cigarettes DOWN, you do not want them, nor do your ovaries.
If you are already pregnant and still smoking, consider this, you are trapping your baby in a womb that is filling with smoke on a daily basis. He or she can't get away from the poison. That's right Poison, it's Poisoning the precious bundle you are trying to nurture. So put it out!
Caffeine, Not so bad in moderation, no more than 200 mg a day, that could be as many as 4-5 sodas a day! Just moderate moderate moderate when it comes to chemicals that act as stimulants. Sometimes take them completely out of your life.
Drugs: Weed, Crack, Heroine, Speed... Stop doing those, this may sound silly, but think about it, those drugs are affecting your baby's brain at this very moment! Do yourself, and your unborn child a favor and get off the drugs.
Remember ladies, these rules aren't just for the luckily expecting, it's also for the desperately trying/hoping.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Caffeine and Nicotine, fertility fuck ups?
All this tracking has me feeling like a hound dog!
It's been months, years, I've been tracking forever! I am tired of taking my basal body temperature, and tired of checking my Cervical Mucus, and Tired of feeling around for my cervical position!
I know, It's tedious, it's obnoxious, and to be quite honest, it hasn't worked all that well up to this point! well Dear, it is working. It's helping you find out more about your body, and your natural cycles, and rhythms, and things of that nature.
Not only that, but it's helping rule things out! It will tell you how long your normal cycle is, it will tell you when to expect an interruption of the "regularly scheduled sex" because of Aunt Flow, and it will become the proof your dr needs to start you on Fertility drugs if needed.
So keep it up Momma to be! It will all be worth it in the end when you are holding that beautiful baby in your arms! :D
To test or not to test, and speaking of.. which test is best?
So I know this is an important one on everyone's mind! To test or not to test!
I'm not sure if I"m pregnant, I feel weird, and it' s too early/late to be my period, I'm bleeding, but not period bleeding, crampiness.. could I be ovulating? Could I be pregnant and encountering implantation bleeding?
So many questions swirling around in my head! I can't seem to make a decision!
Lets make this easy! Every two weeks, pee on a stick.
It doesn't matter if it's a dollar store test, or a 20 dollar test, if you test every two weeks, you will figure out pretty darn quick when you are expecting!
I personally prefer to use the Clear Blue Easy tests, they are just easier to deal with, and I feel like I"m really getting my money's worth when I can buy 5 for 22 bucks!
That doesn't make it the best test out there, and to be perfectly honest, in the end, the best test out there is the one that says positive! Right? lol That's what I thought.
So Choose a day of the week, and make sure that once every two weeks, you pee on the stick, make it part of a nice routine, do the deed, and then start the water for a nice warm bath, apply a facial mask, and put up your hair.
After you are done with that, three minutes should have passed, look at your test. Either way, whether it's positive or not, it doesn't matter. You can relax the stress of a negative result away with the bath, or quickly scrub off the mask and screech your way down the hall holding the test above your head as you tell your hubby! :)
Easy advice huh?
Enjoy your testing days, they may lead to a small bout of depression, but at least if you test every two weeks, you can pin point the date of conception easier. :D
Hope that helps all!
All I want for Christmas is two pink lines
Well hello there ladies! if you are reading this, it's because you are TTC, Pregnant, Have just lost a baby, or been told you can never have kids.
What we want to Accomplish with this blog:
Knowledge! I want to empower all of you ladies to take charge of your fertility!( yes that's a book title, get it read it :D) I want you to understand the signs of fertility and be able to take advantage, or avoid them.
Answers! I want to put answers to questions in here, so that you can have a little relief. Talking to your dr is hard! and most of them don't want to take the time to ahve an in depth conversation about your problems, " Take these pills, have sex" ok..... not good enough for me! and I"m sure it's not good enough for you either!
Give Advice! There are Three of us here, and none of us are Doctor's, we Just know what it's like to hear the works
" You'll never have Children"
" You are medically Infertile"
" I"m sorry Ma'am, you've lost the baby"
" No dear, I don't want to have kids"
We have all felt the shock, cried the tears, then we figured out that the doctor's aren't always right, that our bodies heal, and that as our relationships strengthen Hope can return!
Busting through Embarrassment! You shouldn't be embarrassed by your body, that's not fair! You should be in tune with your body, understanding it's needs, and clues.
Cervical Mucus! OMG I said it! It's natural, and it's the only thing that will make sure his swimmers reach your egg(s) without dying!
Screw Guilt! I want you to know right now, that we have all had the thought,
" Why is it that I want to get pregnant, a nd can provide a good stable home for a child, yet can't conceive, yet Suzy dropherpants over there is pregnant once a year?"
Yeah, that's normal, don't feel guilty, it's human nature to be jealous, and want what we don't have, and covering it in a righteous anger is also normal.
In a nutshell Education. Support. Sympathy.
We are the blessedbethemommas3, and we are here for you.
Thank you for reading! <3
A grand adventure is about to begin. -- Winnie the Pooh
-- Mary Mason
A mother's joy begins when new life is stirring inside... when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone.
-- Author Unknown
Before you were born I carried you under my heart. From the moment you arrived in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart.
-- Mandy Harrison
Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of Mother's Love.
-- Maureen Hawkins
Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.
-- Carrie Fisher
Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
-- Elizabeth Stone
Pregnant women! They had that weird frisson, an aura of magic that combined awkwardly with an earthy sense of duty. Mundane, because they were nothing unique on the suburban streets; ethereal because their attention was ever somewhere else. Whatever you said was trivial. And they had that preciousness which they imposed wherever they went, compelling attention, constantly reminding you that they carried the future inside, its contours already drawn, but veiled, private, an inner secret.
-- Ruth Morgan
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
-- Jill Churchill
There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it.
-- Irena Chalmers