My dad, Dh, and brother hanging out.
My dad, and sister.
My brother and his wife.
My SIL and her daughter (her other baby was already a sleep by this time).
Me squishing Dh.
My sister, mom, and me
My niece and me 
My niece and sisterWhat a relief ... on to a new cycle. I started my cycle Saturday afternoon. So I am counting that as CD 1. Today is CD 3 and I am just now starting my antibiotics (we should have started on CD 1) and also starting another round of clomid today. We'll see how it all goes. Otherwise I am trying not to focus to much on TTC right now. At least not being obsessed like I was during the 2ww last cycle. I am really trying to focus on other things right now like diet, exercise, and getting our home life in order.
Dh actually talked to me this morning about following a diet for endometriosis. I was actually rather surprised that he would bring this up on his own. I have a girlfriend who had stage IV endo. and then had it removed. She went on Lupron for six months and then ttc after that. Nothing happened. Then she went on a STRICT diet for endo. based on this book. After three months her cycles were pain free and three months after that she conceived her baby girl. Since she followed this diet that is rather anti-inflammatory her chances of miscarriage were greatly reduced. Her pregnancy really didn't have any complications except for low progesterone for awhile. She now has a beautiful healthy baby girl. I suppose this is why Dh is asking me to follow it. He even said he would follow it to so he can help me. How sweet! I am going to really try my best at this during this cycle and take it one cycle at a time. I don't normally do well following a diet so I am a little hesitant telling you all I am going to try this but maybe that will help make me stick to it. Any advice/suggestions if you know about this diet would be greatly appreciated :)
I really am so thankful for all of the support you girls gave me last cycle. You all were so positive and prayerful. Such great examples for me. Thank you again for all your kind words and sense of humor. It really helped me out during such a disappointing cycle.
You have such a beautiful family!!!! I know your baby is just going to be so cute when he or she arrives ;) Best wishes with your diet!
ReplyDeletePainful sex / bowel movements can be related to endo in the cul-de-sac / pouch of douglas, located between the rectum and vagina.
ReplyDeleteThese are some great sites, surgery can help. Endo can get worse without surgery :(
centerforendo.com (they're great!)
endometriosissurgeon.com
endoexcision.com
pelvicpain.com
endo-resolved.com
erc.activboard.com/
endo101.com
johnleemd.com
endometriosis.org
naprotechnology.com
fertilitycare.org
http://www.womensinternational.com/ask_a_pharmacist.html
http://www.ovarian-cysts-pcos.com/supplements.html
http://www.pelvicpain.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=383
You gals are gorgeous :) I see that you already know about napro, sorry....
ReplyDeletePlease, do you pray to St Gerard? His intercession is amazing...
I know everyone knows these stories, but I know of many large families where there were no children in the early years...I know you rely on God, He will not abandon you
endometriosis.org is an abbreviated for of the diet, for the quick look at it..it's considered a bible among endo women! she's helped many women, but it indeed is hard to follow unless you're realllly motivated - but good results are great motivators...
ReplyDeletemarilyn shannon also has a great book, google her name with fertility and nutrition
I was reading some more of your posts...you are not ''too old'' at all. please! mary higgins clark's mother had her in her 40's...
ReplyDeletehave you seen this site?
i don't know you, but hope you won't go to the IVF route...that's very sad, they're such money makers....you can't believe the things they said to me!
maybe you can, lol...they're whacky...my mother had a miscarriage a year before she had me :(
your body needs healing, and following the diet might control any endo that needs to settle down...yes, women with endo miscarry more, it's said, how is IVF going to help? you don't want to miscarry that way...
have you tried acupuncture? there's amazing books on it out there...i love it (not doing it for fertility)
i know of one family that wanted to conceive (years ago) and for years they didn't have kids...then they went on to have 8! then another family had the same issue, adopted, and then went on to have 4! i know women hear these stories all the time, but really, it's about God's time...doing things in God's time...He does hear you!
http://www.amazon.com/So-Glad-We-Waited-Hand-Holding/dp/0609803468
http://loisnachamie.com/so_glad_we_waited__a_hand_holding_guide_for_over_35_parents_____div_align__right_29195.htm
http://www.mothersover40.com/
you certainly don't look 35 or older, but the gift of motherhood is out there for you....
I hope I'm not the most annoying poster ever! I'm sorry, I read 'iF' as 'IVF' and the doctor you mentioned...your blog is a witness to your faith, you and your husband's...
ReplyDeleteI read that you are giving up your coffee and wine - do you know caffeine and sugar throw your hormones off? They're supposed to up your estrogen levels, which throw off other hormones (and caffeine and sugar mess with your cortisol levels for sure...they stress the body out)...
you can do it, i did it years ago...
and exercise helps with hormone levels for sure
have you seen this product, estrosense.com? she has info on hormones and endo
Wow, you're only 29! I know this is a struggle for you....but you're only 29!!! I wish I had had someone at that age to rely on, the way you have your husband :) You are so lucky...I know you've heard this before, but you have so much time ahead of you....not that you have to struggle for so long, but I know of so many people out this way - east - that just don't get married till your age or older, and then go on to have nice families....there's way too much pressure on young women today....
ReplyDeletemy aunt married in her early 30's, had 5 children...my mother married around your age, had a miscarriage and went on to have a whole bunch of children...i know each personal journey is hard, but please, enjoy your youth!
my brother married a woman a little older than himself, just around your age and they went on to have a bunch of kids...i know - i have endo - i get told all kinds of whacky stories....but i cringe when women think their days of having a large family are over! no no no!!!! look at sarah palin, she had her last child in her early 40's...enjoy your last part of being in your 20's....the 30's are great!
i hate what doctors do, they push birth control on 40 something year olds, who still do get pregnant, and then tell 38 year olds that they 'need' a younger woman's eggs to get pregnant!
you're doing the right thing in looking for answers, but 29 is sooooo young....my mother said to me a long time ago, 'you'll have the children God wants you to'
this looks like an amazing book!
ReplyDeletedoctor(s) - are you listening, indeed!
http://endometriosis.org/doctor_are_you_listening_pohl.html
You really do have a beautiful family. Surely God means to pass these genes along.
ReplyDeleteThank you girls for your sweet comments!
ReplyDeleteDeedee,
Thanks for all your helpful information. That was very thoughtful of you. I know that 29 is realitively young for having babies. If I were just getting married I probably wouldn't be concerned with my age. However, I was married at 24 so now that I am 29 it does give me some cause for alarm that after 5 years of ttc I still do not have a baby. Thank you again for all your information and support. I will certainly look in to some of the sites/books :)
God bless you,
Amber