https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:55:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1623210 Thu, 08 May 2014 22:58:51 +0000 simplyfelicity 1623210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@As Time Goes By: Same here! Ever since I started TTC, alcohol (even wine!) is less attractive to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622888 Thu, 08 May 2014 20:46:12 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1622888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After 6 months TTC, I cut out EVERYTHING imaginable. Even hot/cold foods during certain times of my cycle. But, by 12 months TTC, I was tired of depriving myself...so I gave up on giving up things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622871 Thu, 08 May 2014 20:44:04 +0000 soyjoy222 1622871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll admit I sort of went cray cray with avoiding things. I already eat organic (because I"m convinced I have to if I am TTC) and am pretty picky about household chemicals, but I have since cut out lunch meat, hot baths, and a bunch of other stuff that I like. The hardest has been cutting back on coffee. I rarely drink alcohol, coffee is my vice so that has been really hard. </p> <p>However, I will admit that I have found myself to be terrified of the microwave the past two months and will either avoid using it at all costs, or I will run out of the room while it is heating. I swear I can literally feel it frying my eggs. SO CRAZY. I was starting to feel super nuts until I saw Dwight try to fry his nuts using a microwave on The Office and then I thought...maybe I"m onto something here....</p> <p>LOL this TTC business is not as fun as I thought it would be!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622404 Thu, 08 May 2014 19:06:00 +0000 As Time Goes By 1622404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't avoided much... I limited my caffeine intake a couple years ago so that I'm not concerned about and I found I haven't been as interested in alcohol the last couple months (I say as I am enjoying a beer!) so I don't think I had much in my TWW last month. I think some if what you're avoiding is healthy to avoid regardless of being pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622107 Thu, 08 May 2014 17:18:15 +0000 MamaMoose 1622107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing I avoided while TTC was advil </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622092 Thu, 08 May 2014 17:10:14 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1622092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: Makes perfect sense to me! Some little part of me just wrap myself in (BPA-free) bubble wrap until I'm pregnant...and then maybe until I'm safely through the 1st trimester! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622017 Thu, 08 May 2014 16:24:30 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1622017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The strangest thing I've avoided is sex. :P It seems counterproductive, but my embryos are already made. The meds mess with my drive and then I'm paranoid in the tww after transfer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622009 Thu, 08 May 2014 16:20:18 +0000 Cole 1622009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I tried to cut out a bunch of odd things to varying degrees of success while ttc (um sugar lasted maybe two hours...) Ultimately though I wound up coming back to a happy middle ground. I am not sure if it makes me more crazy or less to admit that now that I am pregnant I worry a bit more about things like pesticides, plastics and chemicals than I do about a slightly runny yolk in my egg or whether the rule is no soft cheeses or no soft cheeses that aren't pasteurized. I suppose I am lucky though that most of the no-no's while ttc aren't super appealing to me anyway so I really just miss the hot tub after I swim. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622007 Thu, 08 May 2014 16:20:08 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1622007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to be a total crazy and I still have weird things like I won't lift heavy things and ill be more gentle with my body but generally speaking at cycle 5 I've let up on a lot of the obsessiveness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1622000 Thu, 08 May 2014 16:11:59 +0000 snowjewelz 1622000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not avoid anything. In fact I consumed a ton o f alcohol during the TWW I got my BFP b/c we were on vacation! I think I'd be too miserable if I'm already cutting out sushi/raw seafood before I even got KU. I miss those things terribly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1621945 Thu, 08 May 2014 15:42:25 +0000 Mrs tartan 1621945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Coffee and hot baths, which are two of my fave things!<br /> I've had more of both since being pregnant than in my months of ttc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1621931 Thu, 08 May 2014 15:34:21 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1621931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just cannot. I used to when ttc #1 but no longer. I am stuffing sushi into my piehole until I see 2 DARK lines. Cffiene is being cut not for ttc purposes but because I noticed I need more water and less drinks that aren't water.<br /> Id say though that I does make me feel a bit weird to tan, so i've only been spray tanning and being outside, but I haven't actually laid out with tanning oil or gone to a tanning bed in awhile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1621925 Thu, 08 May 2014 15:31:32 +0000 mrs. bird 1621925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i gave up avoiding things i wouldn't otherwise avoid. i remember after a year of giving up tuna fish, i was feeling rebellious &amp; ate some, it was awesome! haha. best tuna sandwich ever! i used to care, but i don't anymore, three years is too long to give up a lot of that stuff for no reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-strangest-thing-ive-avoided-while-ttc#post-1621922 Thu, 08 May 2014 15:28:50 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1621922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, I've avoided all sorts of things while TCC (or in the TWW), seemingly to no avail. </p> <p>Alcohol...check.<br /> Sushi (esp. tuna)...check.<br /> Hot tubs...check.<br /> Household chemicals...check.<br /> Strenuous exercise...check.<br /> Gasoline fumes/exhaust...check.<br /> Pesticides...check.</p> <p>And then things just start getting weird. I've minimized exposure to various chemicals in plastics, chemical sunscreens, and to artificial fragrances (which may or may not contain phthalates). And I have tried to avoid carrying my cell phone close to my body and generally decrease use...although HB has not helped at all with that. :silly: </p> <p>Let me be clear...I'm pretty sure most of these things (in normal, small to moderate amounts) are nothing to panic over. But sadly, my TTC/IF brain has hijacked some of my common sense and, in the interest of keeping the peace, I've gone along with it.</p> <p>What have you have avoided while TTC? Do you think this was a mostly-rational decision? Or a crazy TTC impulse? </p>