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Healthy Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy
Okay, so today’s the day I promised to discuss the embarrassing third reason I’m happy to be pregnant. First, let me tell a little of the back story. After my miscarriage, I worked really hard to get my body back in good shape to try and conceive again. I joined Weight Watchers to help me lose the last of my pregnancy weight and consistently exercised four times a week. I was feeling fantastic and very proud of myself.And then I was ovulating and we were trying to have a baby and I felt pregnant within one to two days. I mainly felt bloated and tired. It was hard to… Read More -
Well, I’m Pregnant!
Yeah, I’m in disbelief, too.After a negative test at the doctor’s office, I decided to wait until the 17-days-past-ovulation mark to try a home test.If you’ve been following along, you know that I didn’t go to the doctor for a pregnancy test; I went for a yearly check-up. Since the doctor was already testing my blood for other things, she offered to do a pregnancy test. I tried to explain that my cycle is really long and that she should trust me about when I say I ovulated instead of looking at the last date of my menstrual cycle, but she said we should test anyway.My… Read More -
Survey Says: Not Pregnant
The nurse called to say that the results of my blood work indicate that I’m not pregnant. Honestly, I’m surprised. I feel pregnant again (even though you’re not supposed to be able to feel anything). But I would also be surprised to get pregnant so easily. So who knows. I asked how early blood work can measure pregnancy, and she said ten days. It’s been more like eight days, so I have no idea if that’s affecting it or not. The internet said as early as 7 days.I don’t know. Just wanted to keep you updated.(Meanwhile, I’m trying to generate a whole list of reasons why it would… Read More
