This week marks the first week on my IVF calendar that I have been starting at obsessively since November.
I am (mostly) over my woes over not being the miracle infertile that gets knocked up just prior to beginning IVF and I am ready to get this show on the road!
I am keeping track of my cycle so that I have something to look back at once I have a baby in my arms and am obsessing over lack of sleep instead of infertility. I have heard, though can't quite imagine, that after all of the trauma and drama of IVF, people actually DO move on and can't remember all that they went though. Really?!?!
This week I also started officially prepping my body. By this, I mean that I cut out all the good stuff and am overloading my body with vitamins :)
What I'm doing:
No caffeine or alcohol
Prenatal Vitamin with DHA (although I've been taking these since 2009!)
Vitamin D 2,000 IU daily
Co-enzyme Q10 daily
Melatonin 3mg nightly
Mint tea and lots of water
Socks at all times to keep my usually frigid feet nice and toasty warm
Exercise per routine until I start stims, then no high impact or inversion exercise per RE
Circle and Bloom CDs for guided relaxation
So far, so good. With everything I've tried in the past, this regime is totally doable and very conducive to staying calm and relaxed. Next step: Lupron.
I am (mostly) over my woes over not being the miracle infertile that gets knocked up just prior to beginning IVF and I am ready to get this show on the road!
I am keeping track of my cycle so that I have something to look back at once I have a baby in my arms and am obsessing over lack of sleep instead of infertility. I have heard, though can't quite imagine, that after all of the trauma and drama of IVF, people actually DO move on and can't remember all that they went though. Really?!?!
This week I also started officially prepping my body. By this, I mean that I cut out all the good stuff and am overloading my body with vitamins :)
What I'm doing:
No caffeine or alcohol
Prenatal Vitamin with DHA (although I've been taking these since 2009!)
Vitamin D 2,000 IU daily
Co-enzyme Q10 daily
Melatonin 3mg nightly
Mint tea and lots of water
Socks at all times to keep my usually frigid feet nice and toasty warm
Exercise per routine until I start stims, then no high impact or inversion exercise per RE
Circle and Bloom CDs for guided relaxation
So far, so good. With everything I've tried in the past, this regime is totally doable and very conducive to staying calm and relaxed. Next step: Lupron.
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