Disappointment: No TTC advice or talk. It's all from "now that you are pregnant...."
Oh well, I still managed to make it halfway through this large book already! I figured it will help me have a good understanding of different things before we get a BFP, and that can't hurt, right?
It's informative and funny. There is a lot of things in there that I never realized that happens with your body and how the smallest things affect you and the baby, but I think some of them could drive some people to obsessive tendencies. Too much of this is bad, not enough of that is bad, etc. etc...
Even though I read these books and like the information (and it makes you think about things and how you would do things during pregnancy), I don't think I would go crazy with the advice they give. To me, if you try and have a "perfect" pregnancy, you are going to stress yourself out...and stress is absolutely worse than occasionally having less-than-perfect food or skipping out on a yoga class once and awhile.
I would like to think that I would be relaxed and enjoy my pregnancy and not become obsessive about what I eat or do, but I really won't know until I am there. I think being a scatter-brain will more than likely make me calm and relaxed than if I was super organized and had OCD-like tendencies (*cough* my husband *cough*).
When it comes to parenting I already know what I would be like and already have my beliefs in almost everything on how I am going to raise my kids...it always seemed to be an ingrained thing about me. I just "get" it, it's totally natural to me. I've worked with kids consistently my entire life. My mom had a home daycare from when I was 8-17 years old (which I loved and always changed diapers and helped her out, babysat most of the kids on weekends). I volunteered coaching under-6 soccer, was a Sparks(4-5 year old Girl Guides) leader, did co-ops in Junior Kindergarten classes in grade 11 and 12 (half my school day), lead and programmed for Preschool programs at the YMCA while I was in University and College, obtained a degree in Early Childhood Education and worked in Nursery schools, JK classes and childcares both in the UK and Canada. I've worked with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and older children and I am totally in my element with them. I miss childcare for that reason, but I am anxious to have my own brood to be with and spend time with...teaching and watching them develop into being their own person.
Now into charting territory - my chart for the past couple days has been amazingly consistent.
My temperature has been the same for 4 mornings now, and really low! I'm hoping this trend stays this way so that I get a huge and obvious jump in temperatures this month! I want some solid cross-hairs, I'm tired of the dotted ones!
Irony will probably work it's magic, since I could have a December due date and I've always said I would never want to have a December baby! Not that it has stopped us from TTC this month of course, we contemplated taking a break this month, but I could never...once you start, you can't stop until you get a BFP! Whatever happens, happens.....but since Murphy's law rules my life, I wouldn't be surprised if we got it right this month!
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