Taking Care of Business
So I’m sure most folks who are reading this (yes, that would be you, the one person who comes and reads my blog…) know by now that my husband and I are “trying”. We’ve been trying for about 9 months now with no success. My husband tends to get frustrated more easily than I do, but I had a little breakdown last week when it started to get to me as well.
Tuesday morning we had our team meeting here at work. One of my colleagues opened our meeting by saying his wife was pregnant with their first child, and that she was due in November. Great news, I was happy for him, felt slight pang of jealousy, but nonetheless, felt genuinely happy for him, getting to be a first time dad and all. Then my boss adds, “Oh by the way, my wife is pregnant as well, with our second child.” That’s when it hit me – I’m ashamed to say that my feelings jealousy grew to a point where they were slightly higher than my “happy for him” feelings. I mean, really. How fair is it that their wives are both expecting – much less, my boss’s wife for the second time and here I am with my husband, struggling for one?!?
I know I shouldn’t complain – after all, we’ve only been trying for a few months. Even my OB said to give it a year, and if we’re still not having any luck, then we’ll do some tests and stuff. I don’t know. Hopefully we’re both healthy and it’s just taking us a bit longer to conceive…Hell, it took my brother and his wife about 7 years before they were able to have a baby! So I’m sure it will happen…just gotta be patient and positive.
I’m trying to be healthier, too. Whole grains, lots of veggies and fruits, lots of water, exercising more….I’m going to gym more now. I’m trying to go every weekday. I do a bit of cardio and some weights every day, but I alternate the part of my body doing the weights. One day I’ll do upper body (arms, shoulders, etc.), then the next I’ll do lower body (legs, hips, thighs, etc.). Abs, I do every day because that’s one of the areas I need to focus on. It means getting up about 15 minutes earlier in the morning, but it’s not such a big deal. Actually does make me feel better, like I’m doing something good for myself, so it helps keep my spirits and energy up.
All part of the master plan to be in good shape, good health and therefore…good breeding ground!
Tuesday morning we had our team meeting here at work. One of my colleagues opened our meeting by saying his wife was pregnant with their first child, and that she was due in November. Great news, I was happy for him, felt slight pang of jealousy, but nonetheless, felt genuinely happy for him, getting to be a first time dad and all. Then my boss adds, “Oh by the way, my wife is pregnant as well, with our second child.” That’s when it hit me – I’m ashamed to say that my feelings jealousy grew to a point where they were slightly higher than my “happy for him” feelings. I mean, really. How fair is it that their wives are both expecting – much less, my boss’s wife for the second time and here I am with my husband, struggling for one?!?
I know I shouldn’t complain – after all, we’ve only been trying for a few months. Even my OB said to give it a year, and if we’re still not having any luck, then we’ll do some tests and stuff. I don’t know. Hopefully we’re both healthy and it’s just taking us a bit longer to conceive…Hell, it took my brother and his wife about 7 years before they were able to have a baby! So I’m sure it will happen…just gotta be patient and positive.
I’m trying to be healthier, too. Whole grains, lots of veggies and fruits, lots of water, exercising more….I’m going to gym more now. I’m trying to go every weekday. I do a bit of cardio and some weights every day, but I alternate the part of my body doing the weights. One day I’ll do upper body (arms, shoulders, etc.), then the next I’ll do lower body (legs, hips, thighs, etc.). Abs, I do every day because that’s one of the areas I need to focus on. It means getting up about 15 minutes earlier in the morning, but it’s not such a big deal. Actually does make me feel better, like I’m doing something good for myself, so it helps keep my spirits and energy up.
All part of the master plan to be in good shape, good health and therefore…good breeding ground!
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