Posted by pegasus on August 16, 2004, at 15:29:26
I'm still bursting with thoughts about being pregnant, with precious few folks IRL to talk to about it.
I'm going to list all of the things I've tried over the years to enhance my fertility. I've been thinking about this a lot lately. So in no particular order:
- Saw a nutritionist
- Lots of nutritional supplements (GABA, Niacinimide, Omega 3 oils, Carnitine, prenatal vitamins, B vitamin complex, actifolate, Body Balance)
- Totally rearranged my diet (added meat, nuts and seeds, leafy greens; subtracted gluten, caffeine, ginger, peas, rhubarb and other seemingly random things; reduced sugars, fats, dairy)
- Every fertility test on the books (never found anything wrong, except thyroid hormones)
- Started a meditation practice
- Yoga, Pilates regularly
- Exercise vacation for several months
- Integrative Manual Therapy
- Neuromuscular massage
- Mayan abdominal massage (I highly recommend)
- Charting basal body temperature, cervix position, cervical fluid for*ever*
- Progesterone cream (to lengthen cycle)
- Evening Primrose Oil (to improve cervical fluids)
- Lots of therapy around motherhood issues
- Dropped to 32 hours of work per week
- Clomid and insemination (only one round - the miracle round)
- Lots of adjustments to thyroid medication
- Craniosacral therapy
- Energy work and muscle testing
- Flower essences and homeopathic remedies
- Accupuncture and Chinese herbs
- Special chiropractic treatment
- Bought some purportedly miraculous green tea
- Annointed myself with water from some special fertility enhancing lake in Tibet (really!)
- Gave up and started talking to adoption agencies
- Changed my bike route to work to avoid transmission lines (EMFs, you know)
- Bought a few maternity clothes :)
- Visualizations and affirmations ("My body is a healthy place for a baby to grow")
- and, of course, lots of sex
I'm probably leaving some things out. Geez, I sound desperate and obsessed. Really, though, I think I've been fundamentally ok with whatever happened, although wanting very much to be a mom. Keep in mind that all of this happened over the course of several years.
pegasus
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