Think bread instead
I have been cutting back on bread for years — ever since the low-carb kick really came on the scene and starting shrieking in its skinny jeans.
I mean, I L-O-V-E bread — and rolls, English muffins, anything in the delectable carb family. That was the problem.
Since Darling Husband could plow through five slices of toast in one sitting, and I had an addiction to soft pan rolls with butter, we made a joint decision to stop buying it.
At first it seemed really weird, but we had gotten used to it. We ate eggs with turkey bacon, but no toast. We ate wraps instead of sandwiches. We made pancakes and muffins occassionally, but never caved and bought a loaf of bread.
In my recent pre-pregnancy reading, I have learned that bread is back! Well, apparently, it never left, when it comes to true nutrition.
Whole grain bread is very important for growing babies, so the book encourages women to eat “good” carbs (whole wheat pasta, bread, brown rice, etc) before trying to conceive and during pregnancy.
So on the weekend, we bought our first real loaf of bread in ages. It was some kind of crazy-healthy organic whole wheat, and it wasn’t bad. And it was definitely nice to have toast with my eggs again — some things are just meant for each other!
Pregnancy Punch
I bought cranberry juice at the grocery store on Saturday. And club soda. I have never bought either of these items in my life, but I did after reading that they make up … dum, dum, dum! … “pregnancy punch.”
See, in books and TV shows, preggo women are always ordering cranberry-and-soda’s when they are in bars and restaurants. They can’t drink, they can’t have caffeine, so they don’t have a lot of choices.
I’m still not sure why it’s always cranberry juice, but according to its Wikipedia page, it has mega health benefits:
- It can help prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease.
- It can help cure, prevent, and relieve the symptoms of urinary tract infections
- It is a natural diuretic and can be used to relieve bloating
- It can also help prevent kidney stones.
Personally, I think it’s the juice of choice because its pretty colour makes it look like a regular cocktail. I tried it, mixed with club soda, and it’s good!
I’m still paging through What To Expect When You’re Expecting. I haven’t gotten to the section on foods to eat/avoid yet, but am planning to make a crazy master-list as soon as I find more info. Stay tuned!
Stating the obvious
So I stayed up late last night, reading my new fave book, What To Expect When You’re Expecting, and I was … well, surprised by some of the “advice.”
Who was this book written for? Crack addicts???
I have went through page after page of advice with headings like “Don’t put that in your pipe,” and “Breaking the smoking habit.” I have read sections about why drinking heavily while pregnant is “not a good idea.”Um … yeah, obvs!
“Good news,” I told my Darling Husband over breakfast this morning, “I’m not a crack addict, or a smoker, or a heavy drinker. I’m playing by all the rules!”
Drop everything and read!
Yayayayayayay!
Darling Husband and I were mall-ing this afternoon, and ducked into the bookstore to look for a book for our nephew.
Of course, while DH was browsing the boy books, I made a beeline for the Parenting section. Almost immediately, I spotted What To Expect When You’re Expecting — with a new mod cover!
I should explain that I have had a fascination with this book for years. It was so popular that I have always thought about it as the pregnancy bible. I would peek at it in the bookstore, and think about the day when I would buy it for myself.
I always figured I would already be pregnant when I actually bought it, but DH cruised down the aisle and spotted me holding it, and offered to buy it for me. Hallejuah!
This was a much better Valentine’s Day present than roses or candy 🙂 Can’t wait to read it!!!
Stop … in the name of love
So, if you’ve been keeping track …
- We now have Best Friend, Little Sis, Mom, and the entire fam-in-law totally, 100% on the baby train … with Darling Husband and I leading the way down the track.
- The big ol’ conception party is scheduled for August, or sometime thereafter.
- Yes, there will be cake.
The next step — drumroll, please — is going off the pill.
After careful consideration — or something — I have decided that even though I am a little worried of having an accidental knock-up before Best Friend’s wedding, I don’t want to stay on the pill until then, just for the sake of being safe.
I know that the pill is not like baby-poison, and that if I happened to get pregnant right after stopping the pill, it wouldn’t be a bad thing. But I still feel like it’s something that should be totally out of my system for a couple of months. It’s just my own paranoia!
I am so excited, I kinda just want to stop today, but I’m trying to be practical(-ish). I’m only in the first week of tabs, so if I stopped today, it would screw up my cycle and I’d get my period three weeks early … if that’s even possible. I was not the best science student.
Sooooo I am going to keep on keepin’ on for the next three weeks. Then I’ll have my usual week off, Aunt Flow, etc., and then … not take it again. Hopefully then I can continue on, pill-less, and not undergo too much body trauma.
I am very curious as to what will happen. I don’t remember what it’s like to not be on the pill. Will I lose the weight everyone says the pill puts on? Will I have bad cramps for every period?
I know a few girls who have gone off the pill because they said it made them “sad” and “moody.” Are you serious? Will this make me a happier, nicer person? Sheesh, Darling Husband might be in for a treat!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
xoxo
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