I caved

I've been back and forth (and back. and forth. and so forth.) on when I would be ready to look into alternative forms of treatment... Besides taking info from my RE, plugging it into Google, cross-referencing with my homegirls on GP and then coming up with my own little herbal remedy. You know, the herbal remedy that is clearly working soooo well (nods to chart, laughs at FF's CH's).

Anyway, I had been given the contact information for an acupuncturist who helped my friend with her IVF and decided to drop him a line. Of course I wussed out by sending an email instead of calling, but I explained my situation (briefly. Believe it or not, I can be concise. It's only one day a week that I have this power so I have to run with it.) and requested pricing and what an initial consultation would entail.

DH and I had discussed pursuing this for cycle 3 and since I'm already on CD33 with no O in sight, let's assume that I'm on the same path as last time and that we'll be well into May when cycle 3 arrives.

Side note: I am hopeful that even if I O around the same time as last cycle (CD65) that I'm at least I'm 1/2 way there. Time has been flying this cycle, so it's no biggie.

Lastly, I finally finished reading The Infertility Cure this week. It was interesting, but I probably fell asleep reading it about 80% of the time that I picked it up before bed.

Anyway, I enjoyed the opportunity to self-diagnose myself with Liver Qi stagnation, slight Kidney (Yin? Yang? I forget) deficiency, and blood supply issues (I'm again unable to remember what this is called. There's blood stagnation and then something else.)

Man, maybe I shouldn't have been drinking wine and reading this book at the same time, falling asleep in the process. It sounds like I've learned nothing, but I think that just a slight basis of knowledge will help me understand WTF the acupuncturist will be saying to me.

Anyway, that's all of the news that's fit to print.

xoxo,
MSC

Life is what happens to you while you were busy making other plans

So I've mentioned that I'm feeling good now that I've ovulated--and my temps keep going up, so I'm no longer questioning my CH's. Whoohoo!

DH and I had a few nice, long talks over last weekend. On Friday we discussed the options out there for next cycle - try it again naturally, check out acupuncture, or see my RE. I explained to him what each of these options meant.

He expressed some concern about seeing my RE, knowing that he'll just push for clomid, which DH would really, really, like to pursue as a last resort. And I agree with him--we're sorta crunchy like that and since we just started and don't have extreme baby fever, we're willing to give this awhile to work.

We had a wonderful weekend together working on projects, hanging out, etc. By Sunday I'd come up with a nice mental plan that I shared with him and we're both very comfortable with.

We're going to do another cycle naturally--just doing the herbs and teas that I've been doing. Since my cycles have been in this 70 range, that will take us through March and April for sure.

I'm also cracking down on my diet and going vegan (however, I'm saving one meal a week in case I want to have dinner with friends and this can't be accommodated). In all honesty, I'm hoping to drop a few pounds during this time to make myself feel a little bit more comfortable in my own skin. Plus I'm going to try to add some sort of workout regimen.

I'd then like to reward this hard work with a vacation (I don't want to jinx myself with the word "babymoon" but let's just call a spade a spade, mmkay?) in April or May and when we return, pursue acupuncture.

I don't feel a need to make plans beyond that--not because I think that I won't need them, but because who knows how I will feel at that point.

You know how I said I'd been feeling embarassed about TTC and the guilt that I've been having because I don't have baby fever? Well, I'm feeling better about both of those items. I feel really great about the path that we're on. Dare I say that I actually feel excited about this now? I think ovulating has given me the glimmer of hope that I needed.

Thanks for listening, interwebs.
xoxo,
MrsSC