22nd week of Acupuncture

I saw LAc again on Wednesday, 11/22, since she will be out of town this weekend. On Thursday I began my 22nd week of Acupuncture. I will not see her again until next Saturday, December 2nd. It seems that my cycle is going well. My BBT's seem to be staying a lot more steadier now, at least more than before. I am still using the Fertility Monitor (hoping this will make some type of a difference), the Ferning Microscope and I continue charting my temperature & CM. Today I thought I saw EWCM and I told my DH. I don't even know why I even bother getting excited because it will just be another disappointment at the end of yet another cycle! So here are the herbs for this week until I see her again on 12/2:

1. Chinese # 0408011-1-10
2. Chinese # 0503011-1.5-10
3. Chinese # 0505011-1-6
4. Chinese # 0510081-20051008-1-10
5. Chinese Angelica (Radix Angelicae Sinensis--Danggui)
6. Chinese Thorowax Root (Radix Bupleuri--Chaihu)
7. Indian Bread (Poria--Fuling)
8. Safflower (Flos Carthami--Honghua)
9. Twotoothed Achyranthes Root (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae--Niuxi)
10. Zi Shi Ying (Fluoritum--ore)

On a more positive wavelenght, I am counting down the days until my vacation to Maui. Three more weeks and we will be there for 11 days! I can not wait. So my goal now is to get back on my diet and back on my exercise routine so that I can lose a few more pounds. I ate so much this past week, it's not even funny! With me being on vacation...having lunch with friends....Thanksgiving...spending the weekend at my parents! I feel like a big balloon. I swore I was going to do my cleanse today, but when we woke up at my parents, we just couldn't resist the tamales and refried beans! They are no help whatsoever. Tomorrow, we will begin. No cheating! I have to be strong. My goal is to drink my veggie/fruit juice every single morning and workout every day, if possible, except for sundays. No caffeine, no sodas, no coffee, no chocolate, no sweets! No greasy foods, not too many carbs (only good carbs) and lots and lots of fruits & veggies plus my 1 gallon of water daily.

19th Session

Here I am. Still doing acupunture treatments. It seems like an eternity has gone by and I have gotten nowhere. I just feel as if I am wasting my time on something that is never going to happen. I guess my only real hope right now as that maybe we will be doing the IVF again in 2007 and if it does not go well, then I really would like to get beyond this and move on to adoption. A friend of my husband went to Honduras on a trip with her church. She found out that if we have $5,000, then we can adopt a child from there. She said she knows people there that are missionaries and they would be able to help us out.

Moving on, I saw LAc on Saturday again! I showed her my chart and she said it did not look good for my last cycle. It seems my ovulation day moved back up to CD 22 and my cycle was 36 days long. She said to not have IVF anytime soon, because it seems that we are back where we started, in the beginning. What a bummer! She have me herbs for 4 days and told me to take them in the morning if possible. Here they are:

• Barbary Wolfberry Fruit (Fructus Lycii--Gouqizi)
• Chinese # 0510081-20051008-1-10
• Chinese # 0510081-20051008-1-10
• Chinese Thorowax Root (Radix Bupleuri--Chaihu)
• Di Gu Pi (Lycium barbarum--root-bark)
• Glossy Privet Fruit (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi--Nuzhenzi)
• Himalayan Teasel Root (Radix Dipsaci--Xuduan)
• Red Peony Root (Radix Paeoniae Rubra--Chishao)
• Rehmannia Root (Radix Rehmanniae--Shengdihuang)
• Twotoothed Achyranthes Root (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae--Niuxi)

I will see her again on Wednesday since she will not be here next weekend. She says she would like to monitor my cycle before ovulation and didn't want me to miss a treatment. She recommended a book that is really helpful. I will find the name and post it.

Finally, I went in for my hysteroscopy today. It turns out that RE changed my test over to a fluid ultrasound. He said this is basically the same thing and it lets you see the same things, but it is less invasive. The procedure went well and everything turned out negative. So now we move on to the next step. Everything else is not covered on insurance, so it will be done slowly.

20th week of acupuncture

I am now on my 20th week of acupuncture and herbs. In other words, I have been seeing LAc for 5 months and still nothing. On Saturday, November 4th, I saw LAc, but she had me take a week of off the herbs. I had some type of a stomach virus, so she decided it would be a good idea to give my body a little break.

This past Saturday, November 11th, I had to cancel my acupuncture appointment, but I still went in to get the herbs I need for this week. I had not taken the last set for Friday, November 3rd, so I began with that one and then I am to continue with the following:

1. Chinese # 0408011-1-10
2. Chinese # 0510081-20051008-1-10
3. Chinese Angelica (Radix Angelicae Sinensis--Danggui)
4. Fleeceflower Root (Radix Polygoni Multiflori--Heshouwu)
5. Glossy Privet Fruit (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi--Nuzhenzi)
6. Motherwort Herb (Herba Leonuri--Yimucao)
7. Nutgrass Galingale Rhizome (Rhizoma Cyperi--Xiangfu)
8. Safflower (Flos Carthami--Honghua)
9. Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Rhizoma Chuanxiong--Chuanxiong)
10. Tangshen (Radix Codonopsis--Dangshen)

I have to admit, I have not been sticking to my alkaline diet and therefore blame myself for my cycle being all crazy. I am on CD 35 and am still waiting for AF. I am still not sure if I have ovulated or not, so I am not sure when to expect it. I have done a veggie/fruit cleanse today, and will begin again tomorrow with my daily juices. I am hoping this will help me to get back on track. I have to lose a couple more pounds, especially since we will be going to Kahului, Maui, Hawaii for the Christmas break. I can not wait!

I have ordered a Fertilty Monitor in hopes that it will help me pinpoint ovulation a little better. I am still waiting for it to arrive.