Today I went back to the gym for the first time in 2+ weeks. Between the pneumonia scare and then so many doctor appointments with this pregnancy I haven't gone lately. Plus the exhaustion. I was almost too tired to go but I forced myself to go and I feel so much better afterwards!
(please no judgement, just need advice)
Question: what do you ladies think about caffeine?
My research seems to imply there is a correlation between high caffeine intake and increase miscarriages but also says that <200mg has no correlation between miscarriage and caffeine, and that it is the higher amounts that is a problem. I have cut down to only 1 cup of coffee (if I have a second cup it's decaf but I'm drinking peppermint tea at work now because of the nausea). I had a "zipfizz" this afternoon because come about 1pm I had reached a point where I wasn't going to make it through the rest of my classes at all. The zipfizz has approximately as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. Most of my research says that the reason zipfizz is considered "not recommended" for pregnancy is because of the caffeine, though it has 100mg of caffeine and that is below the limit. And I'm using about half a tube right now.
I KNOW I should not drink a lot of caffeine, so please no judging..... But the exhaustion is epic. And when dealing with high school kids I can't be that tired....and my last period class is the worst behaved of the day, I need energy to survive. I don't know what else to do. :/
Gagrl - we'll be glad to help you with the OPKs. Best time to use an OPK is in the afternoon, after a 3-4 hour hold. I usually tested around 4pm after work. The more concentrated the urine the better read you'll get on the OPK. Your OPK is only considered positive if the test line is as dark or darker than the control. Sometimes cheapies get really really close but not 100%, so don't stress too much if it is almost the right color. The nice thing about cheapies is that they're cheap so if you get close to positive you can test again in a few hours and usually that'll be positive.
CD11 looks like a good time to start. You want to start early enough so that you don't have to risk missing the surge and since your last O was later that should be good.
Faye - the way your temps are dropping I would think you might get a rise tomorrow. Taking a day off shouldn't hurt. If you do get a temp rise tomorrow then you'd still be at O-1 (and -2 and -3) so that is still very good. You've got plenty of spermies waiting up there and they can last 3-5 days on average (up to 7 if they're really lucky). If you get the temp rise tomorrow then try to get in BD tomorrow just in case because egg can last 24 hours.
Elle - Hope you get on your next cycle soon! how was your vacation??
for you.
