1. When you are in your IVF cycle - Do you Drink any caffeineCaffeine
Caffeine-ergotamine?
NO no caffeine and nothing like "decaf tea or decaf coffee" at least until 25 - 30 weeks and then very sparingly
2. Do you use anything with Splenda? NO! (except this time from weeks 10- 13 it was all I could keep down.
3. Are you ..
yes in the beginning ONLY healthy food - then when m/s kicked in whatever I could keep down
NO chocolate, no lunchmeat
I wish I could say that too....after eating like a pig lately, not sure what healthy is!!! I have been so munchy. I am hoping its the meds though...carbs!!!!
Thanks Morgan..I will give up coffee to have a healthy baby. I will start eating healthy from now on.
I think all veggies and fruits are good, however organic is best I believe. You find things on the internet all the time about all of it. I would give up the coffee slowly. Go every other day or half decaf, but I even gave up decaf because of the process it goes through to get decaffinated.
I haven't given up coffee. I am so used to having coffee at least one cup a day. I am in the 2nd IVF cycle, yet to start lupron. I hope I haven't done any damage by drinking coffee till now. After reading all the comments above.. I have decided to give up coffee.
Can you please suggest what are the healthy veggies and fruits to consume..
I think that chocolate can't be that bad. I mean people eat it all the time and they end up getting pregnant naturally. I mean I know it has caffeine in it but I can't get rid of it. I want it to much.
Never thought about chocolate having caffeine!!!! UGH!!! And of course there is the sugar factor. I need to get better at this!
I cut out all caffine, including chocolate, i am eating completely organic and trying to stay away from foods high in sodium (i.e. cheese) I have limited my sugar (however i can't resist honey in my caffine free tea) and have tried to eat balanced meals. The problem for me is ever since i started the injections i have not had much of an appetite at all, and have to force myself to eat something. I am also craving water constantly and the doc told me to back off on the water and drink fruit juice or gateraide instead (due to fluid retention) and it *****. the strange thing is that despite my diet I still feel bloated and fat and have not lost or gained any weight.
I started eating more fruits and veggies (but I'd still have a bag of chips, ice cream, etc.) I also ate a lot of spinach salad. I also made some fruit smooties with orange juice and a variety of frozen fruit (I would let the juice go to room temp because I heard that one is not supposed to drink really cold drinks!)
I didn't drink caffeine or soda. (I am on my 2nd IVF try.)
I did cut out caffeine when I read that it was bad for your fertility but also it slows down your metabolism. I don't really worry about splenda but I don't really eat many things that have splenda in it. I have started to eat healthier but haven't really changed everything that I eat. I have just tried to eat more fruits and veggies because I figure if I get pregnant I should be eating more of these anyway.