BFP in 2012 Part 2 - step away from the COD and into this thread.

[WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid]

We filled the last one so I thought I would start no 2.

If I had a superhero suit it would make my spare tyre, love handles, huge arse and saddle bags all magically disappear...

Ohhh I like the idea of slim cunning self too, I'm imaging like cat woman, obviously!! With a slinky tail that when I flick it at someone they instantly become pregnant
< enjoys fantasy of self flipping and jumping about all sexily and agile >
Whip whip click jumps around

Hellooooooooooo
Where is everyone?!
Did I scare everyone away with my superpowers?!?

is it safe to come out yet?

No I was just imagining what my thighs would look like in Lycra and slumped into a deep depression its cellulite city down there

Surely if we had superpowers we could use them to get rid of cellulite / love handles / wobbly bits and welcome the Lycra!

Ah but when you're a superhero you can banish cellulite and suddenly have the figure of angelina jolie etc..

Ha ha! X post swimming - great minds

Of course. Right my superpower is ability to maintain a fabulous body while eating whatever shit I like and doing no exercise. Also I can go back in time.

Ooh that's a good one, also freeze time so you can run across the room and undo someone's flies so suddenly they are standing there with trousers around ankles

I thought you were meant to use superpowers for good not evil.

Then again I can think of a few blokes at work that deserve that treatment.

Well it's more ... impish? Not evil per se!! And when could you come back from the future with a few winning lotto numbers? Not necessarily all of them, just enough for a decent deposit on a new house?!! Ta

Lol when I wasn't imaging my own body clad in cat suit, it was nearly my head superimposed on to Michelle pfeiffers!!
If I really did have a superpower I'd definatly go for teleporter!!

I'm a little anxious that fatas imp would have to touch the groins of the men we all like least (I'm sure we all have a list....). I think you'd need a complementary superpower like Mr Tickle's arms but sexier

On a different note, I've just been asked to select my choices off a menu for a dinner I'm going to in a few weeks' time. In an attempt to preserve what's left of my sanity I have promised myself to make all decisions on the assumption that I am not pg and not even entertain the thought that this might be the month. But.... there are only two choices on each course - one of the starters is a pg no-no and one of the mains is a ph no-no, both the option I would normally have gone for. Should I break my self-imposed ban on decisions that take pg into account? Assuming I'm not (and the evidence of seven months would tend to suggest not) that will make me sad and mopey at the dinner. But if I was I would need to eat the safe food. What to do?

And in less crazy question... If the options for desert are cheesecake or white chocolate mousse, what would a pg person eat anyway?

Hmm the white choc mousse could have raw egg white in it so maybe best to opt for the cheesecake. I think you should order what ever you fancy though.

Oh yes fatas I an certainly thing of a few people I'd like to play tricks on.....I think I'd choose invisibility as my super power :)

swimming I believe (from the ever knowledgeable, sadly departed kicktheguru) that the food and alcohol rules are not strictly necessary prior to roughly week 6 of pregnancy, as the nutrient transfer from mother to baby isn't in full flow until then. Personally I would just order what you want to eat and deal with it at the time if you do happen to get pregnant. If it did happen you could always feign a newly discovered allergy and request to change your order! :)

Ok going back in time plan. Wait for next big euro millions jackpot. Go back time a claim huge fortune.

Probably best I don't win it though. I was fantasizing about what I would do with 100 million. I ended up planning for a zombie attack / end of world scenario. I would build a huge house / fall out shelter and fill it with food to survive a major catastrophe. It would also be a small holding with sheep, pigs, hens and other livestock and veg gardens (think Rivercottage).

It would be in a secret location so that come the apocalypse we could hide from gangs of Zombies / motorcycle mobs. Clearly 2 weeks post massive win I would be completely insane.

The trouble with that advice is that the reasons for avoiding some foods was not about the transfer of nutrients but the risk of infection.

So you avoid eating raw eggs because of the risk of listeria (it can induce miscarriage) not because of the nutrients.

Thanks all. I'm going to avoid the pg riskiest foods as the other options sound nice too. I am clearly driving myself potty for this even to be an issue.

However, I'm taking kick's advice that a small glass of vino isn't going to do any harm this evening....

At the moment I think my super power would be to travel forward in time each 2ww! Although paying off the mortgage would be nice......

When, I'm a little scared, even though your river cottage sounds the picture of tranquil

Swimming I'd opt for atleast one safe choice as you know you'll end up panicking if you are, that said there is very little risk to any of it, I think all are hens are vaccinated in this contry and most things are made from paturised egg which is fine anyway, both desserts are essentially off bounds so go for the one you'd like the most

Just to be controversial I would go for exactly what I like most as I have lost all hope of pg, and also it's highly unlikely that one episode of eating these things will make a difference, but I am a daredevil.

Perhaps phone the establishment and ask whether eggs are used in the moose, and how the cheesecake is made?

^ only do that if you are pregnant though or you'll look crazy

Thanks when, that's good to know. It really is a minefield isn't it!