{"id":2900,"date":"2005-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromutopia.com\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2005-12-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-08T06:00:00","slug":"what-cruel-new-twist-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cariluna.com\/wp\/what-cruel-new-twist-is-this\/","title":{"rendered":"What cruel new twist is this?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love my coffee. You know how I love my coffee. The first three days after the positive pregnancy test, I went cold turkey with the coffee. Intense pain and anguish ensued. Wasn’t worth it. It seemed that withdrawal was worse for me and the baby than a wee bit of caffeine, so I decided to allow myself one cup of coffee a day. This was down from three or four cups a day in my carefree pre-fetus days, mind you. I’ve been enjoying my one cup in the morning since then and all has been well.<\/p>\n

Until the last few days. Okay, maybe a week. That single cup of coffee has been leaving me all jangly and nervous. Feeling like I’m on the edge of a panic attack nervous. No good. I love my coffee. I love love love my coffee. And there are so many other very good reasons in my life for panic attacks right now. Seemed premature to blame the coffee.<\/p>\n

Experiment. This morning I had tea instead. I feel fine. Calm. Reasonably energetic and no caffeine headache. No jangly nerves, either, though none of the other anxiety agents (waiting to hear from publishers, impending parenthood, impending LABOR and DELIVERY that leads to parenthood, stalled on the new novel because of freelance deadlines, etc etc etc) have been removed. It’s the coffee. Sigh.<\/p>\n

What’s next? Intense aversion to baked goods?<\/p>\n

In more positive news, a new baby knits book arrived today. The very thoughtful and generous Maeve<\/a> gave me a Knit Happens<\/a> gift certificate, which I used to buy Rowan Babies<\/a>. So…yeah. The baby knitting list grows and grows and grows… This kid will be so sick of knitwear by the time she or he is five. (Do I even get five years before they start to reject the clothes I choose?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love my coffee. You know how I love my coffee. The first three days after the positive pregnancy test, I went cold turkey with the coffee. Intense pain and anguish ensued. Wasn’t worth it. It seemed that withdrawal was …<\/p>\n

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