Fifteen Weeks, six days. Day 113 in the quest to chase our little miracle
I began my journey with the top ten things they should warn you about IVF, now as i continue down my journey i give you the top ten things they should warn you before getting pregnant (and no i am not complaining or wishing i was anywhere but here, but they are funny, and i thought we could all do with a bit of humor 
at my own expense)
- Dont forget the breath freshener – Vomiting a little and swallowing happens just a little too often
- Buy a packet of tooth picks… No the vomit does not get stuck in your teeth, your eyes just need propping open in daylight hours
- The thing where you check the toilet paper every time you go… nope that doesnt stop
- Bigger boobs, sorer boobs, droopier boobs, it is all about boobs. Waking up in the middle of the night and holding your boobs because they feel like they are touching the floor and pulling you down with them…. boobs its all about the boobs
- Remember: your bladder is smaller. Go for a pee before you go for an hour and a half walk and drink 1 litre of water… Because you wont make it home, i am telling you now, you wont make it home!
- Fibre, prunes and pears…. you thought the clogged you got after the egg collection was bad… GOD! There are all sorts of weird happening inside of me!
- Emotions – Full stop, no further explanation needed than, emotions
- Zits, pimples, scars, acne… Did someone warp my skin back to 1997? (They tell me its the oestrogen levels)
- Cankles, you now no longer have ankles, just a fluid filled cankles, that feels like you are pushing your feet out of your skin as you walk…
- And all those questions you had to answer at the fertility clinic… GUESS WHAT? Yup you have to answer them again, and again, and again!”Do you know your name, your DOB, your address, your medicare number , when you had your last period, would you like to be on the mailing list, is your mucus light or heavy, is it clear or coloured, how much do you drink, do you smoke? std’s, sexual partners, miscarriages? Blood tests? Ultrasounds, sign here, print there, initial over here, witness there” – again, are we having a baby or buying a house?
And i think i will add in a number 11, the most impoirtant thing they dont tell you before you fall pregnant
YOU DONT CARE! you dont care that you have to repeat your history a thousand times over, you dont care that you have to pee 24/7 but cant poop to save your life, you dont care that your toes dont touch the floor at the end of the day, and that you no longer have ankles, you dont care that you are slowly getting rounder than a beach ball, you dont care that you have to layer on the make up or that you are yelling one minute and crying the next – nope you just dont care!
Well i dont, i dont care one little iota, cause in 6 months time, there will be a miracle, and i know i just dont speak for myself when i say, that there are thousands of women out there who would happily give up more than their looks and dignity if it meant holding a child in their arms.
Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses
