Attempt #1 next week & sudden stomach issues, nervousness, anxiety!
Hey GD-ers! So my husband and I are planning to make our first attempt next week for a girl... I've been doing LE for about 16 weeks now (mostly but not completely the PCOS version - I have possible IR issues but not full PCOS). But for the past almost 2 weeks I've just been having terrible stomach issues!! I *think* it's a big IBS flare... I have never been officially diagnosed w/ IBS but have had chronic/off & on constipation issues throughout my life (which I also had at the beginning of my sway diet). BUT, now I'm kinda getting the OPPOSITE issue!! Loose stools (and just a lot more bathroom trips in general), gas, stomach pains... What the heck is going on? I think it may be related to the fact that I've been trying to up my fiber intake more in the past few weeks. I haven't been able to be consistent throughout my sway w/ the fiber supps b/c initially they were actually worsening the constipation issues... however b/c of the whole grains/fruits/veggies for the PCOS diet I've been getting a good amount of fiber through foods on most days. But now that I'm adding supps in again I think they may be causing these new stomach issues. I also really think it may be stress-related as I'm stressing out more that we're getting ready to start trying.
And that's my other issue... rising stress/anxiety. I've been fairly relaxed about my sway for the past 16 weeks - to the point where I haven't been as strict as I could have been on the diet. I guess the benefit of that is that I have not been super control-freaky about it... As I've seen Atomic say, I've sort of just been in "auto pilot" mode in terms of the diet rather than stressing out about each little thing I eat or how strict I'm staying. But now that we're close I'm getting stressed that maybe I haven't done enough diet-wise. I've lost 23 lbs so far, done 5 days a week of cardio (60 minutes), lots of coffee and alcohol, gone full vegetarian, mostly 3 meals a day/ very very little snacking, and in tracking through MyFitnessPal I've been staying w/in my limits protein/fat/calorie-wise. Yet when I read on here about how strict others have been on their diets I feel like I haven't been nearly as strict! It's now making me all stressy and nervous which I know is NOT what my sway needs right now being just a week out from our first attempt! I also have to keep fighting these feelings of "oh maybe we should just put off trying for one more cycle so I can do the diet longer/better".
Anyways... Just looking for thoughts/advice especially from those who've been through all this before!! Anyone have any weird issues come up right when they were ready to start trying (like a stomach that goes crazy or IBS when starting TTC?!) Advice on how to calm my nerves too and let go of the "I haven't done enough" feelings? Thanks!!!