Limbo Land Day Eight
92 days ago i posted my first top ten you know the one – The top ten things they should warn you before your first IVF appointment… Well as the days have progressed, i am learning that there are more and more things that really should be added to that list, and as such i am now adding number 11 to that list:
11. Are you prepared for Limbo Land?
11a. limbo land is defined by the English dictionary as the period of time between when a blood test reveals a positive human chorionic gonadotropin count, and the second blood test where the HGC count must be higher.
11b. We have included a list below of things that MUST not be done while in the limbo land phase. Failure to follow this list will cause a brain overload of epic proportions…
- DO NOT Google – there is scientific research indicating that prolonged Dr Googleing causes un nessasary stress
- DO NOT look at yourself in the mirror poking your belly out wondering what if anything is in there
- DO NOT pick up a calendar
- DO NOT poke your boobs
- DO NOT pee on a stick
- DO NOT analyze smells wondering if you would normally smell those smells
- DO NOT think you feel sick, if you are pregnant nausea is still a couple of weeks out
- DO NOT yet sign up to a pregnancy website
- DO NOT stare at pregnant ladies, stare at babies, stare at children, stare into oblivion… stop staring, and most importantly,
- DO NOT think, just switch of your brain, distract yourself, do anything you can to avoid thinking – for it is the thinking that will only send you insane!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein
