This is the first two week wait (2ww) where I have decided to act like a pregnant woman during my luteal phase. This means limiting myself one cup of coffee per day, not drinking alcohol (though I have had a few sips, here and there – mostly in social situations to avoid pregnancy inquiries), taking prenatal vitamins and baby aspirin, no melatonin, etc.
In the past, I decided to just act normal until I saw a positive pee stick. I figured that to do otherwise would put too much pressure on the whole experience. I also thought that I would feel like a little bit of an imposter – like I was pretending to be pregnant, when really I was just an wishful-thinking infertile.
The thing is, with my last 2ww, I kept thinking, wait, should I have a second cup of coffee? What if I’m pregnant? Maybe I should test! Or, drinks tonight! Better test! And it just put so much pressure on everything.
What about you? Do you limit pregnancy forbidden stuff in your luteal phase? Or wait until you pee on a stick?
I always limited the forbidden pregnancy stuff when I was in my luteal phase. Then whenever I got a BFN, I’d drink twenty cups of coffee to drown my sorrows (I’m not much into alcohol).