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Sensible or OTT?
Hi! I'm TTC my second child, currently waiting for ovulation to take place. My son is napping in bed and I'm sat here drinking a cup of tea thinking about all of the 'do's and dont's' that comes with pregnancy. For example, caffeine intake, only taking paracetamol if I really have to rather than anadin extra or ibuprofen (I have a stinking cold at the moment)
Other things like what's foods to avoid etc. I'm not even pregnant yet! Please tell me I'm not the only one who's obsessing over things like this. I feel a bit crazy!!!
I just want everything to be perfect and I know that if I don't get pregnant this month or next it won't be because I did anything 'wrong'
Does that make sense?
I think it stems from having a miscarriage a few years ago and also I'm quite an organised person anyway so I like to do things by the book.
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