Rudolph?sReady ? the box scheme I?m looking at is a local farm nearby so hopefully the stuff should come from there.
ImpatientElf ? hope last night was a better experience. I am starting to get that panicky feeling I get after AF ends and I think I should be starting to BD, even trickier this month as DH and I are not even able to sleep together. Suppose I?d better shave my legs etc and try and entice the wounded soldier! .
XmassyCharlotte ? I know what you mean about the reiki and you made me giggle at the thought of her on the other side of the room! I actually had quite a weird reiki experience last cycle. I went on CD13. Just before that, I think I might have had a chemical pregnancy; some really odd things were going on and on cd23 of that cycle when I was 5dpo I started getting really bad IBS pains and symptoms. I have not suffered for 5 years and they were really quite severe. They lasted for a couple of days and then seemed to subside again. I didn?t think anymore about it until after the reiki. I found the experience really relaxing and that is definitely something I need to do more of. I was in that semi conscious state where I knew what was going on but only just and all the time I was visualizing my uterus and willing a baby to grow there (the things we do!). Half way through, I gave an involuntary gasp and felt my breathing change. After the treatment, she asked if I had digestive problems and I explained what had happened the cycle before. She said she was getting a lot of heat from that area. I felt great afterwards, really chilled out, no pains anywhere. Got home & TMI alert ? went to the loo and was greeted with blood in addition to perfectly normal bowel movements. I was really freaked out and thought if it happened again next time I went, I?d go to the Dr but it never did and since then, I?ve been fine and probably more regular. So, I don?t know what that means and I am going back to the same therapist for reflexology on 22/12 so I?ll let you know what she days! Odd hey!
I felt a rapport with the therapist, I told her my TTC concerns and she had been there herself and understood what I was going through, she has two kids now. She recommended couples reflexology for TTC but DH is not really ready to do anything like that at the mo. Would be really interested to hear what changes yours thought you should make. I also agree that anything that helps the mind relax has got to be a good thing.
I am very of your ferns! I think the biggest thing for me is finding the right time to use it, I seem to always be eating or drinking and that obscures the reading doesn?t it? I think you do have to leave it longer than 10 mins, it?s just not dry in 10 is it? I tried yesterday. No ferns but I was only cd5 and still had spotting from AF. Believe me, I was licking it and checking it all the time last cycle and got very annoyed!
Interestingly, I read last night in my Zita West book that you can id your fertile time by taking your shortest cycle in the last 6 and subtracting 20 to get your first fertile day and your longest cycle minus 10 to give you your last fertile day. For me that would be cd7 ? 21. The later figure is probably not right for me as I had one freak 31 day cycle (which I think was the chemical month). Interesting though.
Are your CM and temp backing up the ferns do you think? Better get ready for the marathon I reckon .
Ladies, checked last night, Zita West says:
- She thinks it?s better for women to use pads rather than tampons. Tampons can be very drying and absorb normal moisture too. If you do use them, use organic non bleached cotton ones for heavy days only, use pads for light bleeds.
- Research shows a 70% increase in sensitivity to toxins, alcohol and smoke between 11.30am & 7pm day before OV. In the 5 days prior to OV a good diet and as few toxins as possible ate particularly important for achieving pregnancy.