Chris: Here’s the thing, I’m not a huge beach person. I need distraction because turning into a Jersey Shore-tanned hot bod is not my thing. Normally, my distraction would be exercise of the 12 to 22 oz variety. Candace lays out, I drink and play beach games (bocce ball, ladder golf, who can reproduce the Baywatch slow-motion run the best) and we both have a great time. I’m excited about this weekend and getting to relax with great friends. This time though, there is a caveat … we are choosing to go the no alcohol route. DAMMMNNN!!! Turns out, alcohol consumption, even several weeks before a fresh IVF cycle can reduce your chances of success. Although the percentages vary slightly dependant on the study, say a couple splits a bottle of wine a week, yep thats 26% decrease in the success of an IVF cycle. I have drank a bottle or two just myself in a 7 day period on multiple occasions. Eyebrow raise? see links below for more scholarly stats and info. So, here is what will be in our cooler. O’Douls amber which is an NA beer that isn’t too terrible. For the wine drinker, we have an NA wine called Fre. Here is to being the weekend DD?!
Candace: Dear Diary,
It has been 3 weeks and 4 days since I have had the blissful opportunity to completely crush a bottle of vino in one setting. Call me a lush if you want, but I really do enjoy a glass or 3 of wine; whether it be to unwind from a long day or sit out on a patio and socialize with friends. It sucks – Not just choosing to give up drinking, but the fact that everything changes when you go through infertility. Your life is on hold, while everyone else around you is moving on, creating families and just living life. I think the salt in the wound is we don’t even know if we will get another shot at IVF. All we know is if we get the green light from the oncologist then he and our RE want us to jump into our next fresh round like STAT. I will say it is good to always get away and find distractions to help that “hold time” go by faster. So this weekend is well needed. That being said, we will sit on that beach and drink our lame NA beverages and be merry.
OK, last thing. Snookie, really? She drinks like a man. Probably has been on BC since the teen years and still had an oopsy. Shaking head …
