Transfer preps

I recognize that there's not much I can do to guarantee the transfer succeed, but there are still some things I can do to help me feel in control.

I decided to try to lose 10 lbs before the transfer. I have a month and, if I have to wait anyway, I want to make the best of the time. I thought about doing Medifast since it seems to have good reviews for quick weight loss. The products are EXPENSIVE (almost $800/month) and look disgusting. I can almost guarantee I'll buy the products, try them, and then immediately not want to do it anymore. In any case, I should learn to make better eating choices for long term benefits. Not only that, but I don't think filling my body with chemicals right before a potential pregnancy is the right way to go.

So with those considerations in mind, I decided to try to do a low-calorie/high protein diet for the next two weeks, to start. I can pick and choose my own meals mainly based on fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins and as long as it's within my calorie range, it should have similar enough results to Medifast. I'll have to prepare everything in advance, which is a big difference than just taking a pre-packaged meal, but for $800 in savings I'm willing to give it a try.

My lower back has been bothering me. Last egg retrieval I had some unexplained pelvic pain around the same time frame as now and when I went to get it checked out they said it was nothing - and it did go away on its own a few days later. I'm wondering if this is more of the same, basically post-surgery . I was thinking it might be something with the mattress so we took a look at the frame and it was messed up. There was a piece broken so we took it apart and left the mattress on the boxspring until we have time to replace it. I was actually planning to do a complete overhaul of the bedroom over the summer and I haven't had a chance to do research yet, so I might just leave this until then and move up the timeline a little. I hope the frame bandaid helps in the meantime.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day and it's the first one I've thought about in terms of my own non-motherhood. I'm not sad or looking head or wondering or thinking about anything. A little numb, I think. Just a thought that occurred to me.