Hydration All The Way!

I know I've been neglecting my poor blog baby, but we've been SO busy here with work and the fires on the mountain.  For the past 4 days there has been a HUGE fire near Pike's Peak.  My husband and I were on our way to Rudy's Bar-B-Q when we saw it first start and have watched it grow uncontrollably in 4 days.  The night of the 24th and 25th we could actually see the flames from our backyard.  The latest news report from today there is 15,324 acres of pure fire and is only 5% contained.  We do not have enough air support or ground support to get it under control. There were no houses that burned until today.  Over 32,500 residents in the city and county have evacuated and are out of a home.  We live in Falcon, CO and are 25-30 minutes from the city.  We can see the whole side of the mountain and valleys that are being burned and the HUGE smoke cloud that as of yesterday afternoon surrounded us.  We still have ash raining in our backyard.  Today the pieces are MUCH more spread out and MUCH smaller than they were yesterday, but the house completely smells like smoke.  I'm going to have to go get a humidifier and air purifier for our bedroom at least. PLEASE pray for all the residents and commercial structures that are still in danger.  They estimate that this will not be contained until at LEAST July 16th!!!!  I don't know how much more of breathing this in I can take.  I can't imagine how the people feel who live close to this. God be with them!

This was when it first started on the 6/23/16  Around 1pm. 

We could see the flames peaking from here.

 This was about an hour later. 6/23/12 2pm

 This was on our way to the church 6/23/12 3:40PM

This was taken by my husband that night from Fort Carson.  Those are the flames.  I could see if from the house too. 6/23/12 11:16PM

This was taken yesterday evening from our backyard.  6/26/12 4:40PM

This was less than 2 hours later from our back door.  Ash was falling everywhere and smoke filled the house. So sad. 6/26/12 6PM

This brings me to a VERY important topic when TTC.  Hydration Hydration Hydration!! Too many people out there forget to drink enough water.  Who cares if it makes you have to use the rest room a LOT.  Think of it as practice once you do get pregnant.  lol.  Please believe me when I say that soda, tea, and other beverages OTHER than water does not count as water.  If you don't like the taste of water, or don't like that it doesn't have any taste, use your future baby as a motivator.  You need the extra fluids to create a healthy environment for you baby to implant and grow in.  If you're dehydrated, you could be creating a hazardous uterus, so to speak.  The amount of water you should drink depends on how much you weigh, where you live, if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, and some other factors.  I found a GREAT calculator/quiz that takes some information from you and calculates how much YOU should be drinking.  

http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm


Go to that link to see how much water you should be consuming to stay hydrated.  Remember, the more water you drink, you actually up your chances.  Stay hydrated ladies.  I'll continue to be praying for all of you out there in hopes that one day we'll all see our BFP!




God Bless and Good Luck,
Ashley