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Infertility at Christmas

December 21, 2015 by heatherss 5 Comments

There seems to have been a lot going on in my life lately, but I feel like I've had limited time to sit down and write about it. Other things have been needing attention and it's probably a good thing. It's a good thing to be distracted from infertility with new cars and trips to the zoo. It's a … [Read more...]

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Back to Square One

September 2, 2015 by heatherss 13 Comments

Today I went off to my fertility specialist. My goal was twofold: to get updated scripts that had run out and save a trip to the GP, and secondly to see how that lining was doing. My expectations were positive because of the herbs, acupuncture and diet work I had been doing. Well once again life … [Read more...]

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My Fertility Wheel

August 17, 2015 by heatherss Leave a Comment

my fertility wheel results

Fertility has many aspects to to it and another expert consult from the Fertility after 40 Telesummit was very helpful to me in clarifying the important issues I need to work on. Marc Sklar, "the fertility expert" used a tool called "the fertility wheel" to isolate some important issues. Marc … [Read more...]

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Rebooting my system with Traditional Chinese Medicine

August 15, 2015 by heatherss 1 Comment

my experience with a traditional chinese medicine practitioner.

The things I do to try and get pregnant. There I was, lying half naked on a table with pins stuck all over my body. And they were hooked up to a pulsing electronic contraption. It had to be the weirdest sensation out but as time went on it lessened, and it became more relaxing. You might be asking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: acupuncture, chinese medicine, Fertility, My Fertility Story, TTC#2

Fertility Update

February 19, 2015 by heatherss 19 Comments

update on my fertility journey

A little update on our attempts to give Nicky a little sibling. First of all the blood results are in. Insulin Fasting: 4.5 (should be between 2.1 and 10.4) Thyroid TSH: 1.54 (should be 0.35 -3.5) Free T4: 15.9 (should be 7.6-16.1) Prolactin: 8 (should be 3-27) Day 3 … [Read more...]

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Here we go again… (Visit to the Fertility Doc)

January 22, 2015 by heatherss 19 Comments

waiting room

I was sitting in the waiting room of the fertility clinic. It was nearly my turn to go in and I felt a familiar lurch of my stomach.  Getting on the infertility rollercoaster again can be nauseating. You never know what's going to happen. You are entirely at the mercy of your body. However, I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fertility, My Fertility Story, TTC#2 Tagged With: fertility clinic, Medfem, older mothers, trying to conceive #2, TTC#2

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