Calgon take me away!

[judecorp]

I have a headache today. Ugh... probably because I didn't eat/drink enough throughout the day. But with a day like today, I should have just had a stiff drink instead. ;)

It's 44° outside and I couldn't deal with the raw dampness so I put on the heat. I hate paying for heat but I also hate feeling damp and cold. I made a salad and yogurt for lunch today and it was totally unsatisfying. By 2:00 or so I was practically fantasizing about food and it was all I could talk about. I knew I wanted to make some sort of real dinner tonight but really couldn't fathom defrosting and making some sort of meat dish... so I decided to make tuna-noodle casserole which I hadn't made in about three million years. I'm trying to avoid tuna, though, so I used canned chunk salmon that we've had for a while. We needed egg noodles, though, and while I was at the store I also picked up a muffin at the bakery because I really thought I was going to flip out if I didn't eat anything.

The casserole was delicious but now I still want to eat. I really need to start packing better lunches because I can't just fantasize about food all day. Or have headaches on rainy days when all I want to do is sleep the day away. I should have called out sick. I really REALLY wanted to.

Jen needs to have an upper GI to rule out a hiatal hernia. Poor Jen! But I hope this is the answer to all of her stomach woes. :(

This post has no point. I just want to go to bed until my next ultrasound so I can stop thinking about it.

Comments

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yes!

Of course I think that. I also think that Jen and I need to get the heck out of Boston and come to the City sometime soonish.

If you ever need a place to crash, you could always use our place. You could even have your own key so you could come in at all hours of the night. I know how much more of a wild woman you are than me & J. ;)

But yeah, seriously. Why don't we hang out? It's just crazy. We SHOULD.

[keelamonster.livejournal.com]

Don't sweat the tuna too much. As a doctor who used to deliver the babies and one who just had a baby, the mercury thing is fine if you're only having 2 or 3 servings a week. And salmon also has mercury, too. Any fish which eats another fish is where the mercury risk is. So salmon, tuna, swordfish, etc. Basically all of those fish who have the awesome fatty acids that promote brain and eye development in babies. So, get your 2 to 3 servings in order to promote that brain and eye development and not much more than that to keep the mercury under control and you'll be fine.

Also, I was a total rebel and I ate soft cheeses. And smoked a cigarette once or twice. And had beer toward the end. Heck, 2 days before I found out I was pregnant I had so much soft french cheese and red wine, it was a miracle this girl was born at all. And she was, and she's fine and beautiful and wonderful.

You'll do fine. I can't wait for our babies to meet.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

All fish have mercury, I definitely know that, but I also know that some are worse than others - especially fish that are higher up on the food chain like tilefish, swordfish, etc. I've never seen salmon on that list, only on the safer lists. I'll have to check back on that. I know that "they" say that canned tuna is ridiculous for the mercury... which is why I stopped giving my cats the tuna water a while back. But who knows?

I know that some people are "riskier" than others in terms of what they'll do/eat/whatever. I'm just not comfortable with a lot of that. PCOS and insulin resistance already gives me a significantly higher rate of miscarriage and stuff, and with all of the trouble we're going through just to TRY to get pregnant, I don't feel comfortable being too rebellious.

Although I /do/ enjoy soft cheese and sausages. Everyone has their limits.