We start out by waiting for the blood test results, (the constant BFN we seem to face every month), once we confirm the beta is negative, then we start provera or some form of progesterone to start our cycles (some of us...including myself....meaning I didn't O the month prior), then waiting for AF to start after stopping the provera. Next it's waiting until CD3 or CD5 to start our meds, once the meds are in, then we wait to O, once we finally do O, it's on to waiting in the 2ww (from point of O until AF, BFP or BFN). ALWAYS WAITING!
Things you can do in your 2ww to keep your mind occupied:
While in the two week wait (2ww) you may want to keep busy and stop obsessing.
You have done everything trying to get pregnant. You made love regularly, enough and at the right time. But now you are facing the dreaded 2ww. The 2ww stands for "the 2 week wait," the time between ovulation and your menstrual period. Hopefully your menstrual period won't come and you will be rewarded with a positive pregnancy test.
But what are you going to do while you wait these 14 days before you know if you have succeeded in getting pregnant?
Here are 50 things to do in the 2ww:
- Take your daily prenatal vitamins including folic acid
- Write a daily journal
- Update your facebook page
- Don't smoke
- Don't drink alcohol
- Set some goals and write them down
- Make a new budget
- Write down babynames
- Make your home green
- Organize your home
- Treat yourself to facials and bubble baths
- Eat healthy - leafy vegetables contain a lot of folic acid
- Go out and have good food - Once you are pregnant you may not geel like it
- Drink pineapple juice or fresh pineapple slices - contains selenium which aids with implantation
- Eat walnuts
- Use loose clothes : nothing that fits too tight
- Don't lift anything too heavy
- Exercise - but in moderation
- Take long walks
- Hydrate well - Drink 1 or 2 liters of water each day
- Enjoy making love - at this point it's for pure fun not bab ymaking
- If you have to, drink coffee but limit it to 2 cups a day
- Go out,
- Try to stay busy so you do not obsess too much
- Find a good obstetrician
- Investigate good hospitals
- Calculate the exact day when your pregnancy test should be positive
- Watch one dvd a day
- Send your husband a love letter each day
- Clean up the refrigerator
- Get rid of toxic chemicals in your house
- Take a regular nap - Naps are God's gift to the impatient.
- Meditate - Do Yoga
- Spend more time talking to your husband
- Go out with a girlfriend for some tea
- Ask your husband to do the vacuuming, dishwasher, laundry, and garbage disposal
- Practice peeing on a stick - with a Q tip
- Investigate life insurance
- Paint your rooms - During pregnancy the smells may drive you crazy
- Reorganize the kitchen
- Do some gardening
- Repot your plants
- Take the dog for long walks
- Check the medicine cabinet and throw out old medications
- Wash the dog
- Go to a museum - each day a different one
- Cut coupons
- Watch for maternity clothes sales
- Read a good book, or two, or three..
- Reorganize your closets
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