Archive for the 'fertility' Category

24
Jul
08

Rollercoaster ride

A friend who attended BlogHer gave me some web addresses of women she met who blog about their struggles with infertility. I haven’t had the desire to check them out yet. Not sure why.

I have often thought about whether I should start a blog focused on my fertility challenges, but I haven’t been able to bring myself to do so. I guess the optimist in me is keeping hope that this is a temporary situation.

Let’s face it, I’ve been dealing with this for over a year now. It sure ain’t temporary and sure doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. As I go through box after $30 box of ovulation kits only to see a single blue line each day… my emotions and state of mind are on a constant roller coaster ride. One day, I am optimistic after the positive words from my Chinese medicine guru. The next day, I am bummed again from a negative result on a stupid plastic device. Those DAMN plastic devices. I hate them. (guess you can tell which frame of mind I’m currently in?!?)

The next question is… do I skip the madness and go straight to the “big guns” treatment: I.V.F (price tag $13,000), do I keep spending cash on acupuncture treatments (still much less than the Western treatments) which may be a slow process – and let’s face it, I ain’t getting any younger – OR do I baby step it with $3,000 I.U.I treatments which may not work and require I do I.V.F anyways?

Also, the issues have been isolated to me so far. My husband hasn’t been a factor at all. But let’s face it HE isn’t getting any younger either.

Can someone wave a magic wand and make me fertile, please?

18
Jun
08

I’m Baaack!

Phew! Where do I begin? I got back last Friday but I’m still trying to re-acclimate myself to life on the West Coast.

Two weeks of jam-packed days on the East Coast and I found myself absolutely exhausted.

I ended up sleeping most of the weekend away and I am still finding my eyes shutting around 8:30pm each night.

I’ll have to blog the fun stories and experiences from my trip. For now, I just need to ease back into it slowly.

I’ve definitely fallen off the wagon with regard to my “diet” and I’m having a really difficult time getting back to it. I start off well in the am but somehow in the afternoon I get the urge to snack on no-no items. If diet were the only factor involved, I must be the mot infertile person at the moment. I am not supposed to eat seafood, that’s pretty much all I ate while I was away. Drinking like a bottle of wine every day could not be good either.

I can’t seem to bring myself to do yoga either.

Next week I will be good… Already looking forward to fun this weekend.

07
May
08

Okay, now we’re getting hokey..

I’m onto the “positive affirmation” section of the Eastern Medicine book…

They recommend spending about 15 minutes a day repeating the following affirmations:

I am healthy and happy, my hormone levels are balanced.
My cycle is in tune with my body’s natural rhythm.
I will conceive a healthy baby when I make the conscious decision to do so.
I believe in myself, for I am incredible.
I am taking charge of your own fertility.

Come on now! Are you kidding? I think I need to draw the line here. What’s next? patchouli and nude colonies? I gotta keep my mojo, people. : )




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