I find that I use AF as an excuse to drop the good habits & indulge myself for a few days.
I had a lovely date with Hubby on Friday night. I really shared with him & he really listened. Life is so busy for us that a couple of weeks can go by and we don't really have time to discuss whats happening in our heads and hearts with each other. It felt REALLY good. It helped, too, that the food was spectacular and the wine was very nice.
Saturday we had to get up and hit the road out of town as we were playing a festival. Lovely place, nice people, sold some CDs. We did our set, stayed like good musicians to support a couple of the acts that followed, mingled a bit, and took off to another town for a close friend of the family 50th wedding anniversary party that we were to play at as well. We had to stop for lunch along the way & had greasy fish & chips at pretty much the only place we could find. I only at half & still felt gross.
The party was nice. We stayed later than we had anticipated. I sat in front of a campfire breathing in smoke for a good hour. That wasn't so fun. I resisted the cake, but had a glass of wine. By the time we got home at 10pm we were starved & got a pizza. More wine with that. Then to bed.
Up at a decent time Sunday & packed a picnic. Rode our bikes along a 20K old rail bed trail from one nearby town to another. Gorgeous day. It was just what my soul needed. Took almost an hour and a half one way. We stopped in a park at the end & ate our egg salad sandwiches, carrots & celery and some nuts & seeds. Then we went down to the main drag of the little town & locked up our bikes & snooped around a bit. Went into a nice cafe which appears to specialize in Fritters, where Hubby ordered a 'banana split fritter'. I resisted & just had a couple of bites of his. It was, as the name suggests, quite good! There was also a chocolate shop on the strip and I HAD to go in. I resisted buying anything, but I did take a little sample of a milk chocolate ladybug they had set out. I am a chocolatier (just for fun, not professionally, but maybe one day I will do it professionally). I took an intensive course & have a certificate & everything - which of course, makes me official. Its a dangerous and expensive hobby!
Got home Sunday afternoon & had a glass of wine on the deck. Ate some leftover pizza and drew a nice warm bath with Epsom salts & essential oils. Read more of "Fully Fertile" while bathing. Soon after this I was serenaded by Hubby's snores coming from the bedroom. It was only 7:30pm! I was feeling sleepy too, though. After my bath I decided it was a good time to try out the whole meditation thing. I got out some pillows to sit on, lit some incense, and put on the instructional CD. The sun was beginning to set so the lighting in the spare room (which will one day SOON be the baby's room) was soft and lovely. I listened softly to the gentle voice on the CD. When the instructional portion was over I continued on listening to the music & just focusing on my breath for who knows how long. It was...lovely. My mind would wander & when I noticed it, I would just calmly bring myself back to 'thinking' only about my breath. Normally I would berate myself & get angry that I'm not doing it right, but I was in such a good place that I cut myself a break on it (as you are supposed to). It felt great. I can definitely see how finding a place for this in my life will help keep me calm & centred (which I am normally NOT!).
I had a wonderful, long deep sleep Sunday night.
Monday morning I got up to see Dr. Jam (my new nickname for wonderful Chiropractor man!). We reviewed all the info he gathered on our previous appointment. WOW! My lower spine is over curved & we need to bring that back a bit. My pelvis is tilted to the left, while my shoulders & neck tilt to the right to compensate. From the top of my shoulders to the base of my skull that section of spine should be gently curved, but mine is poker straight. He said that he'd never seen one so perfectly straight - you could seriously put a level on it! It was totally clear and obvious from the xrays which he showed me. Nerves in that section affect the pituitary & thyroid, while in the lower part of my back & pelvis is obviously reproductive organs. Yes - I am highly blocked. He's going to open me up! Again, the scanny test results were obvious & clear, and I am also quite flat footed, which will impede my response to the adjustments (he will adjust me, I walk around for a few days on flat feet & my body starts to re-compensate again....no progress). So....orthotics it is, as well as adjustments 3x per week for now which will give us two steps forward, one step back in terms of progress. It will be a long haul to 'unjam' me, but whatever the result, I will only glean positive health impacts from this. The first adjustment was a little uncomfortable but I felt marvelous afterwards. My chronically tender lower back had NO PAIN for almost half the day Monday which was amazing to me! In a couple of weeks maybe I'll get to a whole pain free day!
Last night I went to see that Bridesmaids movie at the theatre with my mom, Aunt & cousins, and I had popcorn & tea for supper. Regretted that at 10pm. Hysterical movie though! Got home, finished the bottle of wine, plopped in front of the TV till midnight & went to bed. Not the routine I'm supposed to be following.
Today I'm back on the proverbial horse. Healthy breakfast, vitamins & herbs, healthy packed lunch, yoga after work...Hopefully a relaxing evening with some meditation worked in there.
I feel like I'm moving forward....I just have to control my unhealthy urges more effectively!
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Chiropractor & Other Stuff
Chiropractor
**Now I know why health care providers are given cute nicknames on blogs. It's annoying to write 'chiropractor' or 'naturopath' over and over again! I'll have to come up with some cute nicknames.**
I want to talk about my initial visit with the Chiropractor this morning because it was just so great! First, what a nice man! Young (40s), friendly, compassionate and I think THOROUGH! We talked a lot about Chiropractic care and fertility issues and he was right on track with some of the things I have read in the last week. He asked me a number of questions about the fertility history and understood all that I told him. He and his wife struggled for a little while too, but they got it sorted out through charting & the support of clomid. He asked questions about my physical symptoms and I was able to clearly articulate my current state as well as my history (I've had to dredge through it enough recently - and I'm feeling more in tune with my body....recognizing when I'm feeling a certain way). He seemed to think the story was fairly typical.
He took me into a room and took some x-rays. Then he used these little gun devices with wires attached that went into a laptop. He 'scanned' my spine from top to bottom with these and the laptop display registered areas of misalignment, pressure, compression, etc. The results were incredible! He could have looked at this picture without talking to me and told ME all the concerns that I had just told him! In fact, the laptop brought to surface a few things I had neglected to mention! I was blown away. Yes - my breathing is laboured and heavy. Check. Yes, my foot bothers me from a fall a little over a year ago. Check. And, yes indeedy, my cycles are irregular and I have not been able to conceive! Then he did this foot scan thing which we will talk about next appointment, but I could clearly see from the scan against what is supposed to be 'normal' that we have a lot more to discuss!
Then he lies me down on the table and presses along my pelvis. "You are really jammed up!" he says. "When I push down here it should be springy, but you're really tight." He presses up and down my spine and basically pinpoints all the areas that are sensitive, tender and generally a problem for me.
"I think I can help you" he says. "at the very least I can help move your body back to a place where it is no longer hindering your efforts so dramatically"
I see him again Monday morning. I can't wait!
Blogging
I'm very new to this blogging thing, despite having signed up here over a year ago. I have found several blogs to follow and one that I'm in the process of reading through before I get to any more (Mad Hatter's blog "Late for a Very Important Pregnancy" check it out! I'd put a link if I knew how!). I am working my way through it steadily - a lot of reading, and a lot of information! I am also reading all the comments which provide so much information too. I can't wait to get to know and visit some of the other IF bloggers out there. But I think I may be staring at the screen too much. I'm getting headaches. I don't normally get headaches. Regardless, I am so glad I found this - its a release for me and helps me to feel that I am not alone. But please excuse me in advance (and let me know!) if I make some sort of etiquette faux pas....I'm only just starting to learn!
Fertility Friend
I have signed up on Fertility Friend which I have read so much about thru MH's blog. I have been charting my cycles (if you can call them that) on paper for a year now, but this online resource looks far more dynamic. My ND says that if it works for me and still provides all the info she wants, then it works for her too.
I drank wine last night and had pasta and bread for dinner. I figure I got AF, so what the hell. Plus I was really, really bummed and just wanted to wallow in self pity. Today I feel much better. AF looks good (I'm calling this CD1 as yesterday was really just more spotty) despite having taken a while to come. Plus I am armed with a whole arsenal of weapons in my battle:
-Naturopathic consisting of TCM and Acupuncture
-TCM herbs
-Supplements (Multi, Iron, Thyro-set, CoQ10) - the thyro set is for gentle support, my thyro tests normally
-Chiropractic
-Charting on FF (BBT, CM, other SandS)
-My own documenting of my daily routines and SandS
-Meditation
-Yoga
-Aromatherapy for relaxation
-an AMAZING hubby
-Blogging and finding some more friends out there who know what I'm going through. Looking forward to 'meeting' you and getting to know you all!
Many of these are new - just within the last couple of weeks - thanks for the most part to MH's blog and the comments on it! I will be taking some time now to see how they all fit into my life and schedule. I'm finding there are simply not enough hours in the day, and I'm still getting to bed about an hour later than I'd like to!
But for now, its Friday afternoon. I just spent an hour here at work writing this instead of working. Its almost time to wrap up and go home. I was supposed to go to the gym but cancelled because AF is too heavy (I don't like to work out CD1-3, I get nervous about leaking). Hubby is taking me on a date. Indian Food. A glass of wine. A nice, long, hand held talk over the table, looking into his gentle, caring brown eyes & then a stroll either down the main drag of our small city, or in the park a few blocks from the restaurant. That's the pace I'm longing for tonight. I'm already melting into the thought of it....
~SCS
**Now I know why health care providers are given cute nicknames on blogs. It's annoying to write 'chiropractor' or 'naturopath' over and over again! I'll have to come up with some cute nicknames.**
I want to talk about my initial visit with the Chiropractor this morning because it was just so great! First, what a nice man! Young (40s), friendly, compassionate and I think THOROUGH! We talked a lot about Chiropractic care and fertility issues and he was right on track with some of the things I have read in the last week. He asked me a number of questions about the fertility history and understood all that I told him. He and his wife struggled for a little while too, but they got it sorted out through charting & the support of clomid. He asked questions about my physical symptoms and I was able to clearly articulate my current state as well as my history (I've had to dredge through it enough recently - and I'm feeling more in tune with my body....recognizing when I'm feeling a certain way). He seemed to think the story was fairly typical.
He took me into a room and took some x-rays. Then he used these little gun devices with wires attached that went into a laptop. He 'scanned' my spine from top to bottom with these and the laptop display registered areas of misalignment, pressure, compression, etc. The results were incredible! He could have looked at this picture without talking to me and told ME all the concerns that I had just told him! In fact, the laptop brought to surface a few things I had neglected to mention! I was blown away. Yes - my breathing is laboured and heavy. Check. Yes, my foot bothers me from a fall a little over a year ago. Check. And, yes indeedy, my cycles are irregular and I have not been able to conceive! Then he did this foot scan thing which we will talk about next appointment, but I could clearly see from the scan against what is supposed to be 'normal' that we have a lot more to discuss!
Then he lies me down on the table and presses along my pelvis. "You are really jammed up!" he says. "When I push down here it should be springy, but you're really tight." He presses up and down my spine and basically pinpoints all the areas that are sensitive, tender and generally a problem for me.
"I think I can help you" he says. "at the very least I can help move your body back to a place where it is no longer hindering your efforts so dramatically"
I see him again Monday morning. I can't wait!
Blogging
I'm very new to this blogging thing, despite having signed up here over a year ago. I have found several blogs to follow and one that I'm in the process of reading through before I get to any more (Mad Hatter's blog "Late for a Very Important Pregnancy" check it out! I'd put a link if I knew how!). I am working my way through it steadily - a lot of reading, and a lot of information! I am also reading all the comments which provide so much information too. I can't wait to get to know and visit some of the other IF bloggers out there. But I think I may be staring at the screen too much. I'm getting headaches. I don't normally get headaches. Regardless, I am so glad I found this - its a release for me and helps me to feel that I am not alone. But please excuse me in advance (and let me know!) if I make some sort of etiquette faux pas....I'm only just starting to learn!
Fertility Friend
I have signed up on Fertility Friend which I have read so much about thru MH's blog. I have been charting my cycles (if you can call them that) on paper for a year now, but this online resource looks far more dynamic. My ND says that if it works for me and still provides all the info she wants, then it works for her too.
I drank wine last night and had pasta and bread for dinner. I figure I got AF, so what the hell. Plus I was really, really bummed and just wanted to wallow in self pity. Today I feel much better. AF looks good (I'm calling this CD1 as yesterday was really just more spotty) despite having taken a while to come. Plus I am armed with a whole arsenal of weapons in my battle:
-Naturopathic consisting of TCM and Acupuncture
-TCM herbs
-Supplements (Multi, Iron, Thyro-set, CoQ10) - the thyro set is for gentle support, my thyro tests normally
-Chiropractic
-Charting on FF (BBT, CM, other SandS)
-My own documenting of my daily routines and SandS
-Meditation
-Yoga
-Aromatherapy for relaxation
-an AMAZING hubby
-Blogging and finding some more friends out there who know what I'm going through. Looking forward to 'meeting' you and getting to know you all!
Many of these are new - just within the last couple of weeks - thanks for the most part to MH's blog and the comments on it! I will be taking some time now to see how they all fit into my life and schedule. I'm finding there are simply not enough hours in the day, and I'm still getting to bed about an hour later than I'd like to!
But for now, its Friday afternoon. I just spent an hour here at work writing this instead of working. Its almost time to wrap up and go home. I was supposed to go to the gym but cancelled because AF is too heavy (I don't like to work out CD1-3, I get nervous about leaking). Hubby is taking me on a date. Indian Food. A glass of wine. A nice, long, hand held talk over the table, looking into his gentle, caring brown eyes & then a stroll either down the main drag of our small city, or in the park a few blocks from the restaurant. That's the pace I'm longing for tonight. I'm already melting into the thought of it....
~SCS
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