After being forced to take another month off from TTC, we finally got the green light to go forward again! You've never seen a girl get so excited to start her period--I practically danced out of the bathroom! Doc put me back on the estrogen again to hopefully lengthen my cycle. (I'm pretty sure it will work because my last cycle lasted 32 days!) We did our first round of Menopur injections tonight (Doc doubled the dose) and we're excited to be moving forward.
Another tidbit of news... I started acupuncture! I'd been hearing so much about acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine for fertility (our local news even did a segment recently), but it wasn't until Kasey got a referral from a co-worker that we made the appointment. We went to our first consultation last week and fell in love with the doctor! He's handsome and smart and unbelievably positive! He was genuinly interested in our journey and didn't bat an eye at my age. In fact, he was very encouraging and told us he thought he could help. He has been in the business for years and specializes in helping women conceive. I guess he must know something about the process--they're expecting their 2nd child any day now!
Anyway, I went back for a 2-hour workup appointment on Monday and did a ton of tests: stress & blood pressure test, pee test (toxins), tongue analysis (you'd be surprised what they can tell by looking at your tongue!), and pressure points test. The results showed that I have a lot of stress (duh) and that I have some unbalanced issues in my organs. When the doc went over the results with me he told me I'd be a great cadidate. He said acupuncture can help balance me and should help get my fertile juices flowing! I had my first session and loved it. I imagined it would be painful and unnerving to have needles poked in various parts of my body, but it was actually pretty cool. The best part was after he placed the needles in. He turned the lights off and left me to chillax for a half hour. I lay there and had a nice, long chat with all the fertilty parts of my bod. It went something like this...
OK, look. I realize I've been telling you for years NOT, under any circumstances, to get pregnant. And I understand that I've pretty much ignored you for the last decade. And now, all of a sudden, I'm begging you to start working again and getting ready to make a baby. I know it's crazy and I apologize for all the confusion. But things change. I've changed. Now I'm ready to be a mom. You're absolutely right, this wasn't our plan. I'm sorry. But we're going to make a baby. Now I need everybody to work together to make this happen. Let's do this.
As strange as it sounds, I really think my body was listening to me.
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Good words sister! And yes Madonna gets acupuncture too, so of course it's a great idea! (The pic I remember seeing came from the movie Body of Evidence) But she does it in real life too. I think your body is totally on board! Yay!
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