It's been a little under a week that I have been eating the food provided for me with the PCOS study. I was randomly put into one of the two diets. I can tell from the food I'm getting that I'm in the standard diet and the second one will be the low glycemic index diet. It hasn't been all that difficult and I haven't really come across any food that I just don't like. Well, except for milk. On some days the snack is just plain milk. I really can't stand milk so I chug it down as fast as I can. I have to eat every single bit of food that they give me. One night dinner was a lean cuisine pasta dish, along with a bread stick and two pats of butter. It was way too much butter to go on the breadstick so I just threw it into the pasta and mixed it up. Way more butter than I would normally eat. It's definitely an exercise in willpower. So many events center around food and I kind of feel like a tool telling people I can't eat the food they provided. Oh well, it's just temporary.
In other news, we might have a lead on an adoption opportunity. It's very early and could well turn out to be nothing. My SIL works as a neonatal practitioner. She knows about our IVF history and that we are considering adoption so she has been on the lookout for possible opportunities. A woman came in a week or so ago who might be considering placing her baby. They think she is about 15 weeks pregnant. She is single, in her early 20s and already has one child. Stressing about providing for another. My SIL emailed me and asked if it would be ok if they approach her about adoption with us in mind the next time she comes in. DH and I discussed it and said to go ahead. So now we need an attorney. I've gotten a few recommendations and plan to call them soon.
Does anyone know if adoption attorneys will typically do a consultation and how much that would cost? I have two names in particular that I am interested in talking to. This could turn out to be nothing as it's still early. In case she does decide to go ahead with it and wants to meet us we want to have all our ducks in a row.
I'm surprisingly very zen about this whole situation. I'm not getting my hopes up. I'm letting what will be be. If this works out, great. If not, we're still on track to sell our house and move closer to town. I've been working really hard on relinquishing control and sitting back to let things come to us as the universe unfolds. We'll see how long this zen state lasts. :)
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I think I might have a hard time being on a diet where I had to eat everything I was given, especially if I didn't like the food.
It would be awesome if the adoption did go through. I hope something comes from it.
Best wishes for everything. :)
Ugh. I don't know if I could deal with forcing down every bite of a meal plan! I'm far too picky. I'm trying really hard to stick to the guidelines for nursing twins, and I frequently find myself feeling like I have to shove food down my throat to get the calories I need (well, to get the *quality* calories I need... I could pound back 3200 calories of junk with no problem, but trying to force that many calories of balanced, nutrient-dense food can be tough). Oh, well. Here's hoping that the research they do leads to some answers for women with PCOS.
And whoa! That adoption scenario sounds like it might be worth some consideration! I wish I knew more about the legal issues, but I'm guessing that there might be someone on Mel's blogroll who does know...
Don't know about the attorneys. So glad you're in a good place right now!
Glad you have an adoption lead!
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Glad the study is going pretty well. It would be cool if I didn't have to cook for myself, but I would like to be able to choose some things and not have to eat everything. Good luck and fingers crossed on the adoption thing.
Yes, most attorneys will do a free consultation. I'll be thinking of you...
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