Due to various reasons, I have never been an avid coffee drinker. First of all, it used to drive my stomach nuts. I'm now starting to believe that had more to do with the 'battery acid' they served as coffee where I used to work than actual coffee itself, but I suppose that's still up for debate. Second, I've always been able to substitute Mt. Dew for coffee any time I needed a caffeine pick me up. Well, I don't like HATE Diet Mt. Dew and the 9 million calories in the regular stuff really doesn't do my diet any justice, so that's out. And third, there is always the "caffeine is not recommended during pregnancy" bit. And no, I'm not pregnant, but I figured better to be overly safe than sorry, right? So needless to say with the exception of a rare Sunday morning Joe, when we got up way too early and I didn't want to look too sleepy in church for fear of looking rude, I just don't drink coffee.
So why start the caffeine now when so many people are struggling to stop the addiction? You can write this down or in stone or where ever because I don't see it ever changing: I AM JUST NOT A MORNING PERSON! I can function in the morning, get up, get ready or get Graham some breakfast etc, but I can't jump out of bed and tear after Graham at tornado speed at 6:45am. And I find that I spend the majority of the morning disciplining/ scolding/ yelling at Graham partially due to the fact that I am just not awake yet... and of course partially due to the fact that he is just plain sassy almost every hour of the day.
Anyway, after all my baby, or lack there of, drama last week, I have been doing some major reevaluating and I have decided that one cup of coffee every morning is not going to completely abolish my chances of getting pregnant, nor is it going to harm a baby, given I do actually get pregnant some day. So in the spirit of not wanting to be a complete rag every morning, I am going to try having one cup of coffee every morning in hopes that my "I'm not a morning person"self can try to be a little more pleasant!
i can't believe I have missed so many blog posts! And I must have missed out on girl time last week finding out all you have been going through in the "baby" department. If it helps, any, we are in the same spot. Spoke to the Dr. last month about "options"- doesn't sound all that fun. Maybe we should just hang out sometime..... just the two of us.
ReplyDeleteIf it makes you feel better, I had coffee the entire time I was pregnant with Hannah. When I first found out, I stopped for about 7 weeks, but after that I went right back to the same amount I drank before. I think she turned out ok... :)
ReplyDeletei had no idea you had so much going on! I NEED coffee to function in the morning. It makes me happy and not so grouchy.
ReplyDeleteI know, Sarah inspired me and now I'm like a blogging machine, of course my house is a wreck, but you can't win them all :) Thanks for the support, but I am bummed to hear that you guys are in the same boat. It's one of those boats you hope no one else is ever in with you. We definitely should get together, just the 2 of us sometime to chat. Until then, best of luck and keep me posted. I will do the same :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, crap's been a little haywire lately. We're working through things one step at a time I guess.
ReplyDeleteShe's just perfect in every way :) Even more reason to drink me some Joe!
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