so i figured i better catch up on things. i began reading a fertility book that a friend passed along. i'm getting caught up on the menstrual cycle and all pertinent hormones and surges and all that shit. it doesn't matter how many times i learn this darn thing, it just doesn't stick. i better hope i get pregnant easy.
it occurred to me yesterday that if we're going to start "trying" then i better start taking my folic acid. i had been on it all along because when you take methotrexate, you take folic acid. but now that i'm not on methotrexate i stopped the folic acid (actually folinic acid if you're really keeping up with things). duh, better start that up again.
when i was looking for my new folic acid tonight, i noticed there was a prenatal vitamin too. oh i guess i better take that one...forget the folic acid i'll just do this one. you would have thought that the secret to world peace was inside that bottle. first of all it cost a fortune (if you consider $12.99 a fortune). then it was wrapped in plastic without one of those nice perforations to help you open it. then there was a safety cap. then it had a seal over it that you couldn't poke through with your fingernail. then it actually had cotton inside! what the hell is in these things???
and then the dreaded moment...seeing how big those damn vitamins are and smelling how bad they smell. am i really going to be able to choke these down every morning? maybe not. good thing i bought that fruity folic acid :)
Better eat before taking those suckers! And yes, they do smell awful!
ReplyDeleteomg...they're horrible! i still gag when i smell them (i have some at the bottom of my expired muscle relaxers that i keep around in case of "emergencies")!!! guess they're not exactly geared toward r.a. patients opening them either, huh?
ReplyDeletehave you started your basal temperature yet? or your cervical mucus? it just gets better ;)
Ok not to be a huge PIA but don't forget the DHA/EPA (fish oil capsule) supplement for neuro development! :) If you thought you were having fun with the horse pill wait till you have fish burps! I take my FA in the prenatal and then I found a pre-natal fish oil that has the highest amount in one pill instead of two. It worked best for me to take them before bed (less unpleasant side effects- you'll sleep through the burps).
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