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Preconception Woes
by Lori Ramsey
Does the two weeks from ovulation to the end of
the cycle tend to drive you nuts? Do you feel like you climb aboard a train
going out of control with your emotions? Trying to conceive can be stressful if
you’ve tried for several months or longer and not succeeded. There’s nothing
like spending those two weeks wondering if you conceived, avoiding medications
and alcohol. Anxiously waiting for the moment when you can secretly take that
pregnancy test. Come on, I know you test way too early. It’s so tempting now,
with the affordable price of pregnancy tests, to test as early as one week past
ovulation. But you see that single line and you fret and get angry, sad, upset.
I understand, I was there one time myself. It’s a crazy time of the month.
When I was trying to conceive I both dreaded and looked forward to the two week
wait, when I’d wonder if that precious baby would be growing in my belly. Every
little symptom I’d obsess over, every twitch, cramp, sensation, craving and mood
I’d wonder “Is this a sign of pregnancy?” More times than not it wasn’t. Talk
about an emotional rollercoaster. I would remember fondly the times when I
didn’t know my body so well. (When you learn to chart your fertility signs you
become very acquainted with all the intimate details of your reproductive
cycle.)
So the question remains, how do we get through these two weeks of waiting? The
key is not to obsess about what’s happening inside your body. This is tough, I
know. Once you see that rise in temperature that confirms ovulation, you begin
to realize that it is possible that a baby is growing in there and thus starts
the rollercoaster ride.
This is the best time to busy your mind elsewhere. Try not to think of what
could be going on inside your body. IF you are pregnant, you will find out soon
enough. Start a project that takes 10 days to 2 weeks to complete. This way your
mind will be on your project and not obsessing about possibly being pregnant.
Time will go by faster too.
What types of projects you decide to do is up to you. What do you like to do?
Crochet? Sew? Paint? Perhaps you could start a home improvement project. Or even
something as easy as reading a new book or books. The point is to busy your
mind, so your body will relax and do what it’s designed to do, make a baby!
Lori Ramsey
of
Stages in Pregnancy
©2005 by Lori Ramsey
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