Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Getting ready for pregnancy

I have been physically and emotionally preparing for my 4th TS journey for the last 3 months. I adore my IP’s K & M, they live across the country, but what we lack in geographical proximity we more than make up with in communication. I speak with K daily, I have yet to meet M, but am not nervous about  it. This journey is meaningful to me, it will probably be my last compensated journey, I have only done one journey comp free so far, my second journey, and we have a sibling journey planned when I am finished with this one.

I am very excited, not only about this one but my next one as well. My second journey was so beautiful, I love A, A & A so much, and I have been waiting for them to make little A a big sister! They said they were not interested in a sibling journey, and as fate would have it A called me to ask about a sibling journey literally the day after I matched with K & M! You never know what the future holds, but as of now I am planning on my last journey being the sibling journey, 5 amazing TS journeys is a good number for me :)

This is what I have been doing to prepare myself for my upcoming pregnancy:

Yoga
Lots of Water 12-15 glasses a day
Fertility Blend Tea 3-4 cups daily
Red Raspberry Leaf Tea 3-4 cups daily
Evening Primrose Oil 2000 mg daily from the first day of my period through ovulation
Fresh Pineapple and Kiwi Fruit Smoothies
Deep Breathing / Stress Relieving Techniques
Positive Affirmations
Practicing with water,  Instead Cups and a Syringe


I have used these techniques with not only my TS journeys, but my own pregnancies as well, and so far I have a 100% first time success rate, I am really hoping this time is no exception!

For me timing is absolutely crucial, especially since I have to fly all the way across the country. I have always timed by doing insemination’s for at least 3 nights, the day before my 1st positive OPK (generally I get one day of a faint line, so this is when I hop on a plane!), the second night, which is usually my positive OPK and the third night, If I have no thermal shift then I do a 4th night for good measure. I am afraid to do anything different since I have been so successful  in the past!




1 comment:

  1. Wow, you really "get ready" :) I cannot wait to follow your journey, and you have great preparation and timing advice :)

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