You see, there was a bigger reason I gave up all that stuff. I was pregnant. I'm not anymore. If you want all the details on that, you can read about it here. The point of this particular post is reflecting on all the healthy changes I made during those few weeks and what I plan to do going forward.
There's nothing like finding out you're pregnant to make you re-evaluate every single aspect of your life. Where you live. Who you interact with. Your job, your car, your beauty products, your medications, and of course, your diet. I've heard other people say this, but honestly, I don't think I ever lived as healthy a lifestyle as I did for those few weeks when I was pregnant.
Sure, it was hard. Mostly the quitting sleeping pills thing. The food thing wasn't too hard for me, because I really started craving healthier stuff. I wanted water, I wanted fruit, I wanted nuts. I didn't want candy or cookies or chips.
My prenatal vitamins didn't make me nauseous, as I've heard so many women say. And I easily started walking 30 minutes almost every morning, not for me, but for my baby. I knew that moderate exercise reduced the risk of many complications, and it results in a healthier baby.
So, all these things I should be doing for myself? I didn't. But when somebody else came along (however briefly), it was super easy to do all the right stuff.
And now that I've had a miscarriage, I really couldn't wait to have a big cup of coffee and an Ambien. Okay, not like one after the other. You know what I meant. But I didn't do that.
I've decided that whether for me, or for some future baby I might have, I need to be as healthy as I can from this point forward. I gave up all the medication. I gave up caffeine. I got into a walking and yoga routine. I got into the habit of eating healthier foods. I took my vitamin every single day. And I can keep doing all those things now.
It's a little harder, because my cravings have turned back to their more "normal" state. Like we have only two pieces of Halloween candy left. And we only had one trick or treater. One.
Still, I'm doing my best to keep up with my pregnant habits, even though I'm not pregnant. I planned to live that way for 9 months anyway (more if I was successful at breast feeding). So why stop now? Don't I deserve it as much as the baby? Yes, I do.
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You've been on my mind, Janet, and I'm sorry for what you've been going through. But I think you are doing such a good thing by making those healthy choices. It's just as important to do it for us as it is for someone else.
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