Archive for July, 2009

Staying positive and hopeful while trying to conceive a baby


Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
In the past few weeks my hope has disappeared. My focus on the positive has evaporated and my belief that surely we will succeed and get pregnant has become a myth that I keep trying to force myself to believe in.   I believe that focusing on trying to conceive has something to do with it. [...]

An aggressive acupuncture session to help us conceive our baby


Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
So today I had my first acupuncture session for this cycle. My acupunturist decided that she is going to be very aggressive this month. She needled the points in the back for the first time – these points are specificially geared towards increasing blood flow to the reproductive system. She also did a whole slew [...]