kapgar – It’s daunting, isn’t it? One minute you feel like you have all the time in the world and babies are not even on your radar, then it’s like OH SHIT! We gotta start giving this some serious thought and figure out what the heck we are doing!

Sonya – It’s funny you mentioned WW, because my mother has recently started with them as well. She says the exact same things, eat what you want and still lose weight. I get a bit overwhelmed when I have to track things though. It’ll confuse the crap out of me, especially trying to figure out what some of the foods over here are worth! I mean, how many points is a serving of a Knorr Box Kip Tandoori or something? I guess I’d have to join properly and get the lists from the Dutch WW, but it’s expensive.

Amber – Amber, I don’t even want to think of the lectures and comments I’d get if I did manage to get pregnant. I’m sure the first things they’d do, before even congratulating me, would be to tell me all of the things that are wrong or that I’m at risk for.

I didn’t think I could have children as I had a miscarriage in my first marriage and when we did try, it just wouldn’t happen. I got the “lose weight” thing too.

Even now, being pregnant, when I visit the doctor, all I hear about is “you lost this week” or “you gained – BAD”. I realize weight won’t come off overnight, but the doctor sure seems to think it will.

I don’t think nature intended for only skinny women to have babies.

Speaking of weight loss..if it’s something you need to do in order to get pregnant and you feel that strongly about it,I have big success with Weight Watchers. I eat everything I want and still lose an average of 3-4 pounds a week. The only excerise I do is walking. Well let me correct that..I HAD that success and will again when I start up again on monday!!!

Sonyas last blog post… Homemade Tortillas

OMG of course you should have hope. You potentially have another 10 years to have a baby. Do look into the oestrogen dominance thing I mentioned yesterday if you haven’t already. I think a vast majority of femail problems stem from hormonal imbalance. We are incredibly complex hormonally. Men have it easy in that respect (unless of course they are at the wrong end of one of our bad days,ha). There are also ways of regaining the balance without using synthetic hormones often prescribed by doctors.
Well enough of my ramblings. But if you need any help with anything at all I am always here for you:)

Paule – See, now that gives me hope. You are a great mom and if you were not into kids before and manage, I am sure I could too. You can’t compare you and I age wise though, I mean we all know you are not even human. No female of our species is as fit or looks as good at your age as you do. So I figure you’re some alien sent to earth on a mission to make the rest of us all look bad :P

The main reason I feel pressed for time is that we’ve already tried and failed miserably for years. I don’t know how long it would take, especially if they still want me to lose a lot of weight first. So I have to look at it in terms of it possibly not happening for years after we actually make the decision. So while 34 isn’t too old, if you look at it in the way that it could take 3-4-5 years to happen, it doesn’t leave me a lot of time to think. At least that’s how it feels anyway.

Nicolas last blog post… Remember the good days.

I have a friend who seems to only want to talk about ultimate fighting. It is dead boring to me, but I let him drone on awhile before gently changing the subject. Whether the topic is children or ultimate fighting, too much isn’t amusing anymore. I’m still not rolling my eyes though…