Hi everyone!
Wish,
and you are one strong woman and you will have your own little bump before you know it! I have that feeling again
As for the eating and drinking thing, I feel you there. Honestly I did have wine at times on the TWW because I thought the blast does not attach until around day 10 and even then most women are not as planned as we are about the whole process and they have healthy babies. I know it is such an individual decision for everyone, so don't take it that I am saying everyone should do it this way (or endorsing it) or that way but it is the way I thought about it. As we all know the U.S. is quite conservative about all recommendations (and rightfully so because as a nation we are so litigious and some people don't use common sense...aka an occasional glass of wine does not equal saving it up and go binge drinking on a Friday night), but UK/Europe has a more balanced approach. In fact their National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines suggest the following:
1.3.9 Alcohol consumption in pregnancy
1.3.9.1New Pregnant women and women planning a pregnancy should be advised to avoid drinking alcohol in the first 3 months of pregnancy if possible because it may be associated with an increased risk of miscarriage.
1.3.9.2New If women choose to drink alcohol during pregnancy they should be advised to drink no more than 1 to 2 UK units once or twice a week (1 unit equals half a pint of ordinary strength lager or beer, or one shot [25 ml] of spirits. One small [125 ml] glass of wine is equal to 1.5 UK units). Although there is uncertainty regarding a safe level of alcohol consumption in pregnancy, at this low level there is no evidence of harm to the unborn baby.
1.3.9.3New Women should be informed that getting drunk or binge drinking during pregnancy (defined as more than 5 standard drinks or 7.5 UK units on a single occasion) may be harmful to the unborn baby.
Ugh.....now my spacing is off. Oh well! Not quite sure how I will be after the first trimester, but if I have a glass here or there I am likely not going to throw myself off a bridge for being a bad mother. However I won't have a glass in public when I am the size of a small whale
....that is just asking for public opinion onslaught. I guess time will tell. After hearing the heartbeat I might do a 180 and swear off all wine until the child is 18. Ok, that definitely will not likely happen
to everyone! I have a good feeling that some more BFPs are I there way in the next couple of months!
I love it !!! I'm sending you tons and tons of fairy dust this cycle xxxxxxxxxx
