So heres todays installment and forgive me but am rather in a rush as I have to meet donor guy.
Its not looking good as he basically said, 'You cant get test results in paper form so he couldnt show me his', thats crap (sorry! language) you can. I am going to devote another post to this sort of thing about choosing and dealing with donors, but in the mean time, DO NOT believe any guy who tells you this, and although its your choice, I wouldnt go on his say so that hes tested negative, remember, with a donor you cannot use a condom (well, you can to collect the semen but you'll still have to insert it, I'll also cover this in future) and so you are putting yours and your babies health at risk and may compromise your fertility. I have gotten test results emailed and handed to me by potential donors, so as I said, what my donor guy said is not true.
Anyway, this is only a preliminary meeting, so if I want him to be my donor he can get retested.
Now, onto the main topic!
You need to get your body into ultimate health to get pregnant and grow a healthy baby inside you! I know it sounds obvious but I see so many women who arent doing this. Dont drink caffeine, dont smoke and dont live on junk food. Caffeine reduces your progesterone stores which are very important for both fertility and maintaining a healthy pregnancy. Smoking messes up your estrogen levels. Dont weigh too much or too little.
Assuming you've got these basics covered though, there is a site that I have found tremendously helpful, which you can reach it by clicking the button at the bottom of the page. There are loads of doctors and natural health professionals with websites, but I have found this one full of loads of free info in addition to selling products, plus you can email them with questions.
Its owned and run by a very experienced herbalist, Hethir Rodrigez, who specialises in fertility and there are some amazing things you can do to increase your fertility there including diet, specific massage techniques and yoga. And she has concise sections for a variety of health concerns such as PCOS and recurrent miscarriage. The testimonials are hanky-worthy. I suggest you have a good look around on the site watch some of the videos and read some info. Then you'll know which products to order if you want to.
Another site that I found very helpful is http://www.womhoo.com/ Its a bit way out in its presentation, but has some great info on progesterone deficiency, a topic which although well documented about 40 years ago, has only become part of the more mainstream fertility thinking since I have been trying. I wasnt even given a progesterone test by the LWC even though I had a history of chemical pregnancy. If you do not have enough progesterone, you WILL miscarry, so have a look at the research on that site. Again I credit my being able to carry to 8 weeks after all my chemical pregnancies in large part to the research on both this and http://www.naturalfertilityshop.com/?Click=3733
There is also an interesting study on womhoo about delaying ovulation for 3 months by using the progesterone, that says you will be super fertile when you cycle off of it. I gave this a try since I was between donors and didnt want to waste my eggs, but my body's urge to ovulate was too strong and didnt take the hint, but I would be interested to know how it works for others. He also explains why it mattes which progesterone product you use.
Another thing that has been proven very effective in infertility is chiropractic. I know that here in the UK osteopathy is more the thing, but this study indicated that after only a couple of chiropractic adjustments over several weeks the participants fertlity increased by 30-35% and that the placebo participants had no results when given a fake adjustment, but their ability to conceive increased by the same amount as the main study as soon as they were given the same treatment. I havent tried it yet but do intend to!
Other than that, Get some excercises and fresh air! Reduce your stress levels (that goes somewhat back to yesterday's post). Those are the physical basics, but its a big topic, HUGE, so I'll do a Part 2a tomorrow.
As said, I'm in a bit of a rush so please forgive the lack of banter and any proofreading errors!
*;-)Lulu
ps... tomorrow, the paper comes out *GULP* I'm trying not think about it
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