Sunday 28 August 2011

Rest

I saw the reflexologist again a little over a week ago. She picked up the sciatica that I've been suffering with which was really impressive. And we both noticed some improvement in the areas that relate to my uterus and ovaries which is promising. She thought that maybe my period was late due to the last treatment and she thought that the second treatment would bring on my period, which it did. My period was still fairly light though, as it has been since I started taking the pill and since I came off it 2.5 years ago now. I was kind of hoping, weirdly, that my period would go back to being the way it was before I started taking the pill - longer and heavier. I thought that this might be a sign that my body was getting back to normal. Maybe I'm pinning too much hope on the reflexology.
We've been on holiday this week and taking it really easy. I intend to try and take things a bit easier now that we are back. And I've having another reflexology session later this week.

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Limbo

So we went to see the consultant about IVF and had lots of information to absorb. We plan to start the treatment in January. There just isn't a good time to work it into my schedule before then. I'm happy about this as it gives me some time without treatment, and some time to see if the reflexology will help at all.
In the meantime, I feel like I'm in limbo. My period is 9 days late - unheard of for me - and I've done two pregnancy tests which were both negative. Weird. I'm wondering if the last reflexology treatment has shifted things at all.
And so it looks like I won't be ovulating when I'm holiday next week after all. I guess there's a good chance that I'll have my period instead. Great! And if it's late, probably a heavy period too. Even better! But who knows.
I'm seeing the reflexologist again tomorrow so it will be interesting to get her take on it.

Wednesday 3 August 2011

Feet

So I don't think the cough syrup helped one iota. I didn't notice any chance in my mucus and I'm noticing PMS already. But I did see the reflexologist. She found an incredibly tender area on both my feet, near my ankle. It was really uncomfortable, like someone pushing on a bruise. And no surprises really but that area corelates to my womb. Weird! She's a lovely lady and I'm going to be seeing her in a couple of weeks - just before I'm due to ovulate and just before a relaxing holiday. So you never know... I'm really trying not to think about it too much, which is easier since I'm so busy, but it's tough to switch off completely. Particularly as we have an appointment with our consultant looming (next week) and we received a pack of information about IVF which is off-putting. A close friend, who is pregnant, actually told me that she is there for me if I want to talk about stuff. That meant so much as no-one else that knows about what we're going through has said anything like that to me.