9w3d: A book give-away

When I first found out I had POF, I went straight to the internet. I reckon I probably just typed in "POF: what now?" or something of the sort. I found a number of blogs (ok, maybe 2) and message boards. On one of the message boards, that was specifically for PCOS, not POF, I met another woman who responded to my post there and said she had POF, as well.

She recommended Julia Indichova's book, Inconceivable. I was willing to try everything. My husband doesn't believe that I read the book in 2 hours flat. I was that enthralled. I was at the beginning of y diagnosis and would have tried ANYTHING.

I cut meat out of my diet right away (and that only lasted two weeks). I stopped drinking coffee - instead I had a green shake every morning. I even tried acupuncture. I did not try the yoga and I could not bring myself to try the wheatgrass. However, that cycle that I employed the techniques of Ms. Indichova was the cycle that I grew the cracked egg. Maybe it would have worked had I done it for longer.

 Ms. Indichova did manage to conceive. If my memory serves me correctly, her FSH was above 20 in the month she conceived naturally. I don't want to reveal too much of the story, so if reading is your thing, I definitely think you should read this book. If reading is not your thing, you should still read it. It's not a difficult read at all.

Either way, as a lover of books, I do believe they are for sharing. So, if anyone would like to win this book give-away, please leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner I will have DD pick a winner (randomly).

Good luck!

Fried eggs!

This week, at my acupuncture appointment, she introduced electricity! I nearly died when she attached the node to my foot - voltage was too high? However, she put two nodes on my "ovaries" and let it run for 10 mins! OUCH. I have had this constant throbbing pain ever since AND I had some weird chalky, brown discharge yesterday... no red flow.
If there were any eggs left in these sucky ovaries of mine, I hope she didn't fry them!

Acupuncture is...

...heavenly! So, first things first. I didn't know if I would like my acupuncturist because she has a very weird way of dealing with patients (me). She called me the morning of my appointment to ask if I could come a little earlier so she could "fit more patients in". That was a turn-off. Also, during the initial phone consult, she asked me how I was getting to her office. She always seems so interested in me making it there on time and my mode of transport.
All of that aside, acupuncture is AWESOME. So, we had the initial questions and she asked why I was there. She kept insisting that I looked GREAT. She said I didn't look my age. I told here I was tired and usually am. She asked to see my tongue. When I showed it to her, she said "You thirsty!!" I told her I was, in fact, not thirsty and she asked if I was sure. On to the fun part...
The needles weren't nearly as bad as I thought they would be. She said she had to balance my hormones and also that my qi was not balanced. She also said I have a digestion issue (after looking at the eczema on my arms).
After she inserted the needles - in my ears, head, abdomen, shins and ankles - she left me there to rest for 30 minutes. She told me to focus on breathing in deeply. I breathed deeper than I've ever done before.
When my 30 minutes were up, she came back and took the needles out. I have another appointment for next Thursday. When I left, I felt EXHAUSTED. I don't know why.
Oh, and I was thirsty... apparently, she knew what she was talking about!

Acupuncture!!

 

Guess who has an appointment for next Thursday at 5:30pm! Yes, that would be THIS girl. To say I'm excited would be a huge understatement.
I'll admit, I was a little bit down yesterday. I was looking at my husband and thinking I should be pregnant right now... why doesn't my body work? I am not saying this in hopes that it will someday be true, I am saying it because I KNOW it will be true someday: I am going to have more biological children.
For a brief second yesterday, I doubted that. I thought about egg donors and how I could be pregnant next week (not really) if I just used someone else's eggs. I think egg donation programs are great, but I'm not ready to think about that yet. I want to exhaust all avenues before I look to egg donation. It saddened me that I thought about it yesterday because I feel like it's too early to be at the end of my rope!
So, I called an acupuncturist today. My insurance covers it. Have I ever told you what AWESOME insurance I have? I mean, honestly, if people could marry insurance policies, I'd marry mine. Anyway, the woman sounded nice enough. She seemed very worried about how I would make it to her office on time. She kept asking where I would be coming from and whether or not I would walk... I hope she's normal! LOL
At this point, acupuncture can't hurt... it can only HELP. I'm only saddened that I didn't do this sooner. I certainly thought about it.
Next stop on this POF train - diet modification. That may prove to be tricky, though. This girl loves her red meat and sodas. One step at a time... one step at a time!