After avoiding it for some time, I've finally gotten around to thumbing through some of the pregnancy books that the gaybors gave me.
Why did I avoid it? Well, have you seen these books? Totally overwhelming!
Of particular interest right now is
Taking Charge of Your Fertility, by Toni Weschler. Once I got over the initial unease ("You do
what? Where?"), I was able to find my comfort level. In no time at all I will be more aquainted with my cycle and my body than I ever expected to be. And I've decide that this is a book that Sophie will be well aquainted with as she gets older. I don't want her going into womanhood completely in the dark about such things.
Now, I consider myself a pretty enlightened woman. More self-aware than most, I suppose. But I just didn't realize how precise everything had to be. Clearly, I'm entering a new reality here. Up until now, I've been blissfully ignorant (or just horribly under-educated) about certain things relating to my reproductive health, but that is about to change.
