Friday Randoms

[HoneySpider]

Man, I would kill for a red bull right now, I'm exhausted. But then my baby would have 3 heads or something.

[winecheery]

+o( chips and red bull girllllfriend wth?? haha

Let's see, AF ended today, and I was thinking how I just don't want to let the holidays be ruined by not getting KU. So, I vowed to not get discouraged or irrational anymore until February. (When my doc said she expected me to be pg by, and if not, she'd run tests for me, and not make me wait the recommended year)

If I'm not pg in Feb 2013, I will be irrational then. Until then, I'm going to make an effort to stop living from period to period (which is not wholly true, but does sorta feel like that) and just enjoy the following:

1) Being thin
2) Drinking great vino
3) Sleeping
4) Spending money on whatever
5) Having uninterrupted anything; sex, phone convos, exercise, friend time, etc

And just celebrate the season. :heart:

(Holy novel batman. SORRY)

[HoneySpider]

Nov 9, 2012 11:07:07 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

Nov 9, 2012 11:02:53 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

Man, I would kill for a red bull right now, I'm exhausted. But then my baby would have 3 heads or something.

Yeah, I'm actually not sure what I'll miss more, those or alcohol.

TBH, I think the caffeine thing has been harder for me so far. Feeling tired and sluggish all the time sucks.

[mandapanda18]

Nov 9, 2012 11:33:21 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

Nov 9, 2012 11:09:34 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

TBH, I think the caffeine thing has been harder for me so far. Feeling tired and sluggish all the time sucks.

I don't think I'll give up caffeine entirely (I really don't drink much, just the one RB most days), but RB has too much other crap in it for me I think.

I have been weaning off of caffeine very slowly! I tried cold turkey on Sunday and I felt aweful, then had to take tylenol w/my cup of joe! So I have just been drinking like 4 oz... enough to keep the headache at bay... the research all says up to 200 mg is fine... but its my first (and possibly last) baby... so I'm paranoid!

[HoneySpider]

I've done a pretty good job of not drinking caffeine but there are some times when I just really feel I need it (you know, so I don't fall asleep driving to work or something) so I'll have a smaller dose.

[winecheery]

Nov 9, 2012 11:38:34 GMT -5 mandapanda18 said:

Nov 9, 2012 11:33:21 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

I don't think I'll give up caffeine entirely (I really don't drink much, just the one RB most days), but RB has too much other crap in it for me I think.

I have been weaning off of caffeine very slowly! I tried cold turkey on Sunday and I felt aweful, then had to take tylenol w/my cup of joe! So I have just been drinking like 4 oz... enough to keep the headache at bay... the research all says up to 200 mg is fine... but its my first (and possibly last) baby... so I'm paranoid!

I've been weaning myself already, down to 1/2 cup-1 cup a day now. I was like, three giant mugfuls girl...I love me some coffee.

Surprisingly no headaches to report but I think it's cuz I'm slugging back water all the time too, or trying to.

[mrssandro]

I still allow myself one cup of coffee. No more artificial sweetener though. But I did give up my coke zero addiction. Boo! Still by the afternoon I am TOAST! I wish I could nap at my desk.

[Cheesecake]

You pregnant ladies should look into how much caffeine is in what type of coffee or drink. I know that, however unlikely it may sound, a shot of espresso has significantly less caffeine than the same amount of drip coffee. Having more smaller doses of coffee would be better for me than having 1 larger dose to keep headaches and the random tiredness/being sluggish at bay. If you do stay within the 200mg caf limit but can have 4 coffees/coffee drinks instead of 1, I know what I will choose - some day :-)

Oh and Cheery, I think I'll join you in the trying to not get freaked out or upset about AF until February. We have the same timeframe going on so lets virtually enjoy our alcohol together before it's time to get sober!

[winecheery]

Nov 9, 2012 12:33:05 GMT -5 Cheesecake said:

Oh and Cheery, I think I'll join you in the trying to not get freaked out or upset about AF until February. We have the same timeframe going on so lets virtually enjoy our alcohol together before it's time to get sober!

Love to :drink: :drink:

[FastHands]

My Friday random is that AF is still freaking not here. I'm not tired, my boobs aren't sore.. I got BFN at CD28.. I know I'm not pg. I would like to get on to the next cycle pleeeease!

[winecheery]

Nov 9, 2012 12:51:01 GMT -5 FastHands said:

My Friday random is that AF is still freaking not here. I'm not tired, my boobs aren't sore.. I got BFN at CD28.. I know I'm not pg. I would like to get on to the next cycle pleeeease!

aww fasty. Sorry lady

[SallySparrow]

Charting/temping is really freaking hard when you work night shift, but try to be a daytime person on your days off.

Work has been terrible this week--really busy and one really terrible, sad case last night. I like being a nurse, but holy cow, it's hard sometimes.

And I got home this morning and couldn't sleep--I'm all up in my head about everything that happened this week. I bring work home a lot. So I've been up for almost 24 hours. Looking at the bright side of that, I should sleep REALLY well tonight.

[ejpint]

My temps have been crazy so far this cycle. I can't decide if I have a bum thermometer, or if our new house has highly irregular temperatures at night. I've ranged from 95.3 to 98.6 just in the last 6 days (up and down like mad). WTF?

[serendipity]

I am so sick of drinking green tea... +o(
I have also tried to limit my coffee drinking to one glass a day.

[mrssandro]

Nov 9, 2012 14:08:53 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

Nov 9, 2012 12:14:29 GMT -5 mrssandro said:

I still allow myself one cup of coffee. No more artificial sweetener though. But I did give up my coke zero addiction. Boo! Still by the afternoon I am TOAST! I wish I could nap at my desk.

I'm trying to give up artificial sweetener too. DH thinks it's the cigarettes of our generation.

If I really feel like a soda, I'll have Mexican coke or a Pepsi throw-back with real sugar.

It's so hard on the soda's since they are free here at work. They have a caffeine free one here but it's Dr pepper and has HFCS. I guess this is why I am not giving up my 1 cup of coffee. The coffee keeps me moving if you know what I mean and this is a positive since I had major issues going last time.

[Deleted]

I fear giving up coffee.

On days like this, I hate that my desk is in the middle of a work room. I hit the ground running as soon as I got here, and I'm attempting to eat my lunch, and the students just keep talking and my CW keeps asking questions. It's so loud. So very loud....

Although it amuses me how often I have to remind college students to use their inside voice.

[ilovecandy]

I am suppose to go to book club on Tuesday night but H gets off work early and wants to leave to go visit his family for Thanksgiving ASAP. We were originally talking about leaving Wednesday.

We got free tickets for a football game tomorrow courtesy of that team giving tickets to the army yay!

I am going to. Pure romance party tonight and am very excited.

[housegeek]

I'm obsessing about TTC. I'm on 12dpo with a BFN, so now I'm just waiting for AF to show up on the 11th so I can forget I ever tried to TTC and hope for an oops in a couple years. I feel like I have legitimate signs that I am pregnant, but I also feel like A, if I say them I'll sound like an idiot when AF visits, and B, maybe its always happened a week before AF and I never noticed. Le blah.

[glauren]

I'm so exited to be done with work - even if I do have to work Sunday!
I emailed HR for the full details of our maternity policy today and I feel so exposed. No one IRL knows we're TTC except my BFF.

I'm down to one cup of coffee a day (from, like, 5. For real.), but I'll miss Diet Coke terribly!