Chinese Accupuncture

[kits]

Thanks Jazz

She used it the day after ovulation. I will definitely mention the heat to her. I think her main objective was to warm my uterus & extend my LP.

Do you think I could use it on myself like tonight or tomorrow? I'm worried my temp is going down.

Although this morning doesn't count cat kept scratching at the door & carpet so I jumped out of bed to sort him out before I could check my temp. So pissed off because I was really hoping my temp would rise today. Darn cat. He's living out his 9 lives very quickly.

Still trying to stay positive but slowly loosing hope this cycle.

Is it OK to have ACU more than once a week? Really want to give my little nemo a home!

 

[Blythe]

Kit there is nothing wrong with your temps. You should be looking for evenish temps that stay above cover line....you have that so please don't worry. Even of you get a dip below cover line for a day or two it's the overall pattern that's important and your chart looks nice and healthy. Sometimes those temp drops can indicate implantation too

 

[Jazzbird]

Kits - def don't do anything at home. Your acu will have trained for 4 years and will have a proper treatment plan for you. Best to trust in her - if you want to get involved ask her next time if there is anything you can do at home.

I know it's hard but it's important to trust in your practitioner.

 

[melly2]

Blythe: Happy birthday...belated! I hope you had a great day!

Briss: Sorry about the temps dropping.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Had my first beta yesterday and I had very good strong numbers. The doctor was quite pleased with that. My progesterone went up as well, so she was pleased with the way everything looked. I go in for another second beta on Monday morning. Hopefully it's trending up nice and strong.

I am back to running again, albeit, slower and not quite as far. I'm reading a book on healthy pregnancy and it says that one can resume normal exercise, but just make sure not to get dehydrated or overheat. Being in Texas and summer, that's easier said than done, so it'll be early morning runs with lots of water at my side. Of course, I'll listen to my body, so if it says to stop, then I will. I won't do anything stupid and push it unnecessarily.

 

[Briss]

melly, excellent news on your beta! congratulations!

afm, totally blew it today, had a cake followed by pancakes followed by chocolate (not the dark kind)...

 

[Jazzbird]

Unsubscribed by accident again!

 

[Blythe]

Briss and Kits - both your charts look healthy. I put my thermometer next to my bed and keep forgetting….i will start again tomorrow.

i went for acu today and collected new herbs. she wanted to know exactly where i was in my cycle and put in some new herbs as period has finished and is looking to improve egg quality. i should ask her to write down the prescription but I'm at the point where all i would do is spend hours researching each ingredient and be none the wiser so i am just putting myself entirely in her [and my other docs] hands.

when she came to remove the needles she pointed to the next treatment room and said "she is pregnant" in an excited voice…."naturally too". Woopy f**king do!

Still i am very happy that at last someone is changing the herbs depending on where i am in cycle….although same points needled.

Briss - don't worry about the cake/choc/pancake yesterday…..its all about balance. As long as that does not happen everyday i think you can indulge a couple of times a week.

i am still having tea/coffee everyday and wonder if this will hold me back from getting pregnant. i will try and give up during IVF cycle though.

 

[Briss]

Blythe, it's so great that she is changing the herbs depending on where you are in your cycle. I think it would still be good to have a list of the ingredients for your records. Jazzbird might be able to decode it for you. I find herbs really tricky and researching each herb separately just does not help understand how the formula works.

I really wish she would not mention the pregnant woman next door. how is this helping? she clearly never had fertility issues herself so cant imagine what's it like. but still, if her herbs work that all that matters.

yesterday was just the beginning, i am like a junky once I tested the sugar I just cannot stop, had pastry with poppy seeds for breakfast followed by a desert today I will probably run to the shops for some more pastry tomorrow morning, cant stop thinking about it. together with coffee it was simply divine ...

my chart looks OK but the temp is disappointingly low. i do not mind taking my temp every morning but it really annoys DH

just ordered a new book "do less achieve more" it's about business but i am sure i can apply this philosophy to TTC. I am hoping it will explain the whole "relax and it will happen" thing. the key to success (my definition of success is a viable pregnancy and lots of healthy babies) is the right state of mind apparently. I am told that wanting something badly may have opposite effect and stops you getting it. basically letting go thing which i am not good at

 

[Delphine11]

Briss, I really sympathise with both the desire for coffee and pastries in the morning, and the difficulty of relaxing.

I do indulge in pastries sometimes (I had a pain au chocolat this morning) but on those days I try to make up for it by having super-healthy stuff later like extra veg and fruit and things like avocado and oily fish. To me, this is all linked in with the 'trying to relax' stuff. I'm strict most of the time, but not too strict because I imagine that'll actually be counter-productive and stress me out or make me tense.

I have the occasional glass of wine, I had coffee this week (although I normally avoid it). It's all about getting a balance - getting a healthy fertility diet but not getting so worried it makes me stressed. I also find it helps to concentrate on choosing from what I can eat, rather than thinking about what I can't. And I treat myself with exotic fruit, or posh veg, or expensive oily fish like wild salmon.

The 'trying to relax' bit is hard because as time goes by, it's perfectly understandable to get anxious. If I had £1 for every time I'd sat here worrying about my age (I'm 46) I'd be a millionnaire! Sometimes I go through phases of beating myself up about it and telling myself all kinds of cr*p - my ovaries are rubbish, I'm too old, it'll never happen, etc etc. But then I remind myself, there's always a way and that there are plenty of options and things to try.

To help the relaxing, I take something called She Oak. I don't take it all the time - just for one month when i'm feeling particularly stressed, then not again for a few months. I got it here:

https://www.baldwins.co.uk/supplements-essences/flower-essences/australian-bush-essences/individual-essences/australian-bush-flower-essences-she-oak-15ml

It sounds daft but I really felt it helped. I had one month last year when I felt desperate and so tearful and stressed. I then read about the She Oak, bought some, and had 7 drops in the morning and 7 drops in the evening (under my tongue) and within a few days I felt noticeably calmer.

It's hard trying to conceive, it really is. To be positive and balance your hopes against your worries is really difficult.

I don't know if any of that helps, but I hope it does. Remember every little thing you do can help - it's all tiny steps towards your goal. So concentrate on all the good things you've done (and it sounds like you're doing a lot). I make myself do that every morning and evening, and it does help and it stops the panic that can sometimes build up.

 

[Briss]

Today I had 2 pains au chocolat followed by a huge cinnamon swirl I could not help it, I went to the shops as soon as I woke up could not think of anything else It's really bad but I will try to get back to no sugars from tomorrow. Delphine, you are quite right I need to relax and allow myself some naughty stuff maybe 1-2 times a week which can help sustain my no sugars diet long term.

I am very curious about She Oak, never heard of this before. am going to look into that.

just realised that all my pregnacare vitamins have iodine in them. can it be that this is what's affecting my thyroid? I did not realise that I was actually supplementing with iodine

 

[Blythe]

isn't iodine good for thyroid…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-23103/Which-foods-help-underactive-thyroid.html

 

[alison29]

I was bad yesterday and this morning too. Bought some gluten free chocolate chip cookies (what was I thinking!) I am going to chuck the rest in the dumpster right now. My acu lady had me take sea kelp when she thought i had sluggish thyroid for the iodine.

 

[melly2]

isn't iodine good for thyroid…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-23103/Which-foods-help-underactive-thyroid.html

It is. I'm reading a good book about the Iodine Crisis. I've been taking j.crow's iodine for awhile; though right now, I'm not since I'm pg.

 

[Briss]

my mum's thyroid was shut by iodine. it's controversial and not entirely clear when it helps thyroid and when it completely destroys it. I was always careful not to have iodine but completely forgot about it while TTC and did not check my multi supps. I will ask endocrinologist about it and a few other supps (such as tyrosine) that are used in thyroid hormone production if my GP refers me. in theory it seems logical to supplement with these elements as thyroid uses iodine and tyrosine to manufacture T3 and T4. but in practice it does not seem to work like that. I do not quite understand it but I know that too much or too little iodine can damage the thyroid and supplementing can shift this fragile balance.

 

[kits]

I just wanted to quickly drop by & say sorry for staying away.

Thought it best for my sanity to stay away from bnb during my tww. So sorry for seeming so rude. Really wish all of y'all all the best. I'll be back in a day or 2!!

Also broke my bbt so that's thrown my little routine off.

Loads of ladies!!!

 

[melly2]

Briss: that's interesting about your mom's thyroid and iodine.

AFM: Follow-up beta and it's up to 4,400. That's pretty good and the doctor is happy, so now we're scheduled for an ultrasound on May 16th.

 

[Briss]

melly, wonderful news! congratulations!!

 

[BBbliss]

That's awesome melly! Looking real good there

 

[gingmg]

Great news melly!

 

[Blythe]

Melly great news