AUTHOR: Sara TITLE: The Big O (and we're not talking about Ovulation, people!) DATE: 2/12/2005 05:22:00 PM ----- BODY:

Jenna has started a new site to discuss books. While on the topic of reproductive reading, I wanted to hit on something that I did not discuss in my posting regarding the last book I read in that arena. I want so very badly to get pregnant, but I want more to not do anything, ANYTHING that could jeopardize that child. Sound familar? Bear with me for a minute, here . . . When my friend R had her little boy, which I had the opportunity to be present at, the second that the good doc began sewing her up, he gave me the job of checking her uterus. Don't freak out yet. I was mortified when he first said it, too, but he then just explained that I would need to press on the uterus by means of her stomach and if it changed position, it either meant she needed to urinate or that she was hemorraging. I am not sure how I maintained my composure, but seeing the look on her face was enough for me to press on her belly and hope to God the contracting baseball-shaped organ did not go anywhere. I was blown away by how much the uterus really contracts! It was like she had another baby moving around in there, waiting to shock everyone with his entrance. So . . as I was reading the book recently, that memory came to me when the author was discussing the importance of letting your embryo implant as best as possible. All of the normal things we have heard were mentioned, but when the Big O was came up, I honestly had to close the book and then return to it later. Now, whether or not this doc knows what the hell he is talking about, I don't know. But there is a whole section on how, especially in the beginning of pregnancy, orgasms can make the uterus contract heavily and vibrators should be avoided as not to "knock loose" the newly implanted embryo. Is your face red, too? So . . let's just say, not only are my dh and I having tons of quality TTC sex, I am thinking about the Yankees winning the next world series, I am thinking about anything to keep me from having a big O . . just in case implantation is getting ready to occur. The vibrators are also collecting dust.

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