Enhance Your Fertility

I saw the article "8 Natural Ways to Enhance Your Fertility" on Yahoo!. Quite timely isn't it?

Pregnyl

On Cycle Day 14, I went to Dra. Tanangonan for a check-up. Today is Follicle Monitoring day. The wait was so loooong. It took sometime before the secretary gave me request slip for a TVS (transvaginal sonogram) and I waited more than an hour in the Ultrasound lobby for my turn. I was worried that Dra. might have forgotten me and leave the hospital soon.

I was with pregnant mommies also scheduled for an ultrasound. There is one who looked like she's carrying the baby lower than the normal position. I heard she is going to have an abortion since the position is perilous both to the mom and baby. Sad.

All the other patients in the waiting area are finished with their ultrasounds. Another set of patients came and I'm still there! Luckily, Dra. finally came and did the TVS.

On my right ovary I have 2 follicles measuring 1.1 and 1.3cm while on my left ovary I have a 2.2cm follicle. Last cycle, I only had two follicles in my right ovary.

We went back to the clinic and the secretary thought that I already left the hospital. Waaah! Maybe she kept calling me while I was in the Ultrasound room waiting for my turn.

Dra. recommended I do ovulation tests for three days. When the test becomes positive, I should contact her. She will inject Pregnyl. It is a drug that would stimulate mature follicles to "rupture" and release the egg. And the cost is outstanding...P2,000 for a shot!

I thought if P2,000 is the only thing that keeps me from getting pregnant, I might as well pay for it though expensive. Yes, many would say that this is so exaggerated. But, if your husband is going away for months and you desperately wanted to have a child, wouldn't you do the same? I just console myself that the money can be gained again but the chance of hubby and I getting pregnant are going slim every single day. Might as well do what it takes to help me get pregnant.

Sometimes, I think that life is unfair. But then again, maybe it isn't.

There are those who have unwanted pregnancies, abort their babies, leave their babies in churches or garbage dumps! And there are those who desperately want to have a child but are having difficulties.

I am just thankful that we have the resources to finance our workup. I know a couple who got married three weeks ahead of us who are still trying to conceive. They don't have money to pay for a workup.

Christmas Gifts

Christmas is still 3 months away but I'm thinking of what to give to my family and friends. I may try buy at the mall (or Divisoria) but another voice says I should try to be creative. I'm thinking of having a DIY gifts which I could turn into a business in the future.

Right now, I'm looking at making soaps. I love scented soaps, aromatherapeutic soaps, multicolored soaps, etc. We all use soaps so that's a practical thing to give.

I still have to find a recipe for an organic and eco-friendly soap. Most of the sites I viewed uses lye, a strong chemical you need gloves (and maybe a face mask) to protect yourself. Waaah! Scary!

Thanks, Cheps!

Being unable to succeed in trying to conceive a baby, my friend Cheps is one of my emotional support. She now lives Down Under but I keep updating her on my conception progress. It took her a year after marriage before conceiving. She always remind me that she and her husband are together for that whole year unlike Hubby and I who only have a few months of togetherness. I need not fret too much she says.

Thanks Cheps for being here (figuratively, that is) for me. It means a lot to me that you keep on giving me nice thoughts. It comforts me that I know that you understand where I'm standing right now. You're so right in saying I do not need to hear other people's criticisms masked as opinions. Other people, in their good intent of advising, sometimes come off as being judgemental and I don't need that, do I?

Thanks again for being my friend. See you soon!

Fertility Yoga

Is there such a thing? After a few clicks in Google, the answer is YES. Searching for natural ways to help me conceive, I came across the Yoga4Fertility website. The name says it all!

The website contains asanas for beginners, home and Bikram and meditation for fertility. I'm so excited to have encountered such a site!

I saw this website a few weeks ago. Since Hubby and I were not successful in our first cycle of workup, I decided to finally give the asanas and meditation for fertility a try. As much as possible, I want to do holistic ways to aid my highly-medicated workup. I feel that my medications to make me ovulate affects my hormones and I fear that in the future, I might be having problems caused by these meds. So, to counterbalance (sort of), I'll try to follow the yoga poses and meditation from Yoga4Fertility.

Wish me luck! Hope I can pull this off.