first, and most importantly, go wish the gloriful, wonderous jodi chromey a fantabulous 31st birthday!
so, it’s been no secret around these parts that i’ve been in a ridiculously foul humour the last month or so. as more than a few of you have figured out, i thought i might have gotten myself pregnant through my own idiocy. being the kind of “out of sight, out of mind” person i am, i didn’t want to talk about my worries for fear of making them real, as if voicing my concern alone would make a sperm meet an egg and start dividing with a vengence. i don’t know if talking about it would have helped me feel less stressed about it, but i do know that clearblue easy sure as hell helped allay my worries. don’t you dare think i’m ever playing unsafe again.
use birth control, boys and girls. every time. no glove, no love!
the weather here has taken a turn for the FUCKING HOT and i’m none too happy about it. it’s pretty disgusting for the first week of june. it’s as hot as the middle of august the last couple days. sleeping last night was a futile effort. i was up every other hour and the dreams were crazy. all things considered, i’m in a pretty good state today. i think it’s the fact i’ve been eating really well this week (thanks in part to starting my food journal again to keep me honest) and it’s helping my insides feel lighter which makes me feel better as a whole. funny how that works, huh? feed your body good quality fuel and it performs better. who knew?
i’ve been feeling the need to take control of my environment the last few days. the fixing my eating habits is a symptom, i’m sure. doing all my filing the other night is another. as is calculating and swearing over my budget for the next three months. next, i think i need to go through my bookshelf again and put all the recipes i’ve collected this year in my cooking binder. it shouldn’t, but it still does amaze me just how much better i feel when my demesnes are in order. sometimes i wonder if that’s a symptom of ocd or somesuch. if so, i think i can deal with it.
tee hee. :)
Heya girlie..
Hey! You should pass some yummy recipes my way! I love cooking :)
About that hot thing? We’re feeling it too. It’s gone from 33C to 35C in ten minutes! Wtf is that?? Currently 93F. Whatever. This is gross. Within the next two days though, it’s supposed to be like 18? Heh. I can live with that. Yay, I speak Canadian weather talk! Hooray for Celsius!
Btw – Clearblue’s an effin’ godsend. ;) And bois? No cover wang, no get bang!
bag it, or she’ll sag it
*blink*
phew
i have a better idea! why not “take charge of your fertility”? (see http://www.tcoyf.com for more info. there’s also a book.)
i’ve been learning some interesting things about my body. it’s pretty amazing how many lies we girls were told in high school family managements classes.
basically, you take your temp. every morning, and you can use that information to know when it’s safe (or not safe) to have unprotected sex. i’ve been taking my basal temperature every morning for the past few months. the hard part is predicting when you ovulate, but after graphing your temp for awhile, you’ll see how your cycle goes (when a woman ovulates, her temp will spike and then generally stay in the higher ranges until her period starts), and can then more accurately predict when that will happen, and use birth control accordingly.
after ovulating, the egg lives for 24 hours. that’s it. bye bye! a man’s sperm can live for up to five days. that’s a lot of days in a month you can have unprotected sex and not worry about getting pregnant. example, if you know you’ve ovulated on day 14, and it’s day 16, well, then you’re safe to have sex. it’s pretty simple. you should check it out, if for no other reason than it’s *very* interesting to graph your temp every morning and see how your body changes throughout the month.
I’m glad that things turned out ok for you heather! Pregnancy scares are traumatic. I have used the pill and have recently switched to the patch, so if you have any questions in that area, I’d be happy to help any way I can.