Whatever your situation or medical condition, you will be inspired by Julia Indichova’s remarkable story.
At the age of 42 she had an FSH of 42 (that’s bad). A number of doctors refused to treat her, based on this number. But Julia was determined to complete her family. She had secondary infertility, having married later in life. (This is also what inspires me) (By the way she conceived when her FSH was 31!)
I thought I would list all the methods she used together with my own comments.
1. A fake healer. (A humourous beginning to this book)
2. Resolve support group.
3. Vitamins B-complex, B, E, C, frolic acid, calcium, zinc. (I used a prenatal vitamin which included this, plus an omega capsule and extra Viltamin C. DH had zinc)
4. Clomid.
5. Acupuncture (I used this. I went to an excellent homeopath who also did acupuncture after examining my tongue and taking the timing of my cycle into consideration. I conceived on the same day of his treatment)
6. Chinese herbs for chicken soup. (I did use some herbal tablets at different stages, but not at the time of conception)
7. More Chinese herbs. (Teas)
8. Red sheets
9. Soups (easy to digest)
10. Dhuri fruit.
11. Warm foods. Apple cinnamon tea.
12. Vitamin E
13. Hot and cold showers for circulation (She didn’t keep this up for long, only 3 months, and I have my own reservations on this, based on Angela Wu’s idea that you need to keep the body warm, she says lukewarm baths. I kept them hot!)
14. Jump rope (300 per day). Yikes.
15. Fruit and juices until noon for the body to cleanse itself. Yikes, not sure if I could do that.
16. No meat (I wouldn’t do this. Angela Wu recommends chicken at and after ovulation for its constricting energy. Also cutting out meat cuts out a lot of vitamins – read a case study in one of my fertility newsletters. Lastly I have a blood type O which needs meat according to the “Eat right for your type” book.)
17. No dairy. (Recommended by experts. I cut it out in my tea but not completely in what I ate). Julia had rice milk, goat’s milk and yoghurt.
18. Beans, peas, nuts, seeds, cucumber, watermelon, seaweed (iodine), nettles for iron, oat straw for calcium, licorice for oestrogen, milk thistle seed for the liver.
19. She read a lot of books. 3 on juicing and she did a lot of that. Whole grains were recommended, vegetables, omega 3 foods, squash and sweet potatoes instead of deserts.
20. Wheatgrass. You know those things at health shops that look like patches of grass? Apparently it tastes awful but Julia used it because there was a study where it reversed infertility in cows within two months.
Brilliant quote at this point in the book: “If I don’t conceive, at least I’ll have the healthiest body I’ve ever had.” 🙂
21. Yoga. (See my post on fertility yoga). The upside down poses stimulate the connection between the ovaries and the pituitary gland.
22. A colonic.
23. Dealing with her past, feelings of being worthy, emotions. Very interesting: her parents were holocaust survivors, so she had a lot of guilt for “wanting more” i.e. another child. See my program here for a start in dealing with emotions.
24. Visualization. Circle bloom is good for this.
25. Red clover (herb that helps alkalize the system, builds estrogen) from one of her friends she met.
Well, I hope that was inspiring if you are trying to conceive, or if like me you want to think about trying to conceive another one!
PS here is the link to Angela Wu’s book – also a good read.
This was very interesting! I never knew there was a book on this subject. But I’m sure it is a good book for those in need.
Sounds like a great book for those needing help/advice in that department. I’m done with having kids so it doesn’t pertain to me but I do have a friend who is trying. She might be interested in reading. Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting. I went on clomid for 5 months, went off as the next step was testing my husband and he wasn’t ready for that and it was messing me up–and a couple of months later I got pregnant. #3, 4, and 5 were no trouble #1 we were actively trying for a couple years, and #2 was after a year of trying following a miscarriage.
Wow Tammy, thanks for sharing, I’m glad you eventually had a nice big family after all of that.
That sounds like an interesting book. I tried some of the things that you mentioned from the book, but not nearly as many as that! Thankfully IVF worked for us in the end (middle? in case we want a 2nd child…).
Happy ICLW!
Both of these books sound interesting. I wish I had found more resources like this when we were trying.
My sister has been married for 8 years without children. At the moment she is on her 4th month pregnancy and she is really happy. She has some friends who are still trying. I will share this to her. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thanks for the resources! I’ve tried some of whats listed here, and some I wouldn’t/couldn’t do but some others have definitely piqued my interest!
Hi from ICLW. I love all kinds of hippie stuff and the quote about “Even if I don’t conceive, I’ll have the healthiest body.” Thanks for sharing.
So glad you stopped by! A lot of these are good points on this list, thanks for sharing!
Hi from ICLW…wow she never gave up!!
Thank you SO much for sharing this list. I just finished reading her book and was about to make this list myself . I googled “dhuri fruit” and your list came up ! Wow all the work was done for me ! I really appreciate this. I wish blessings for all the women out there trying 🙂
It’s a pleasure, Stephanie. It was more for myself as well.