Today was my first day back at yoga. Yay! I took it easy and didn't do any deep backbends or anything. Wouldn't want Frankenbelly to pop those stitches! The incisions actually look good. Well, compared to what they used to look like. I was pretty self-conscious when my shirt rode up a bit and my scabby belly button was showing for all to see. Luckily, you are supposed to be introspective in yoga, so I highly doubt anyone noticed.
I'm getting ahead of myself, though. I had my follow-up with the surgeon on Friday and he said everything looked good and I had no more restrictions on activity. (I was worried they had turned my belly button from an inny to an outy, but phew - it was just the way they had put those sticky strips on to hold it together. (To which Michael said when I told him - "Really? Imagine that - YOU worried about something for no reason..." Smartass.)
To clarify on the no activity restrictions thing, I asked the doc if I could run. He got all excited because he just ran his first marathon last year and was planning on another, but hurt his achilles. I was slightly embarassed to tell him that I was a 5K girl. But we all start somewhere! So, I'm going to hit the treadmill tomorrow. It has been 2 weeks since my last run. Hopefully, I haven't turned to complete jello in that time.
I actually have a lot of things I feel like I could write about. Like the fact that I saw a number on the scale that I haven't seen since I was 18. Or friends that I thought were planning to remain childfree just announced they are expecting. Or that 2 weeks from yesterday, I will be with Michael again - meaning this hellish year apart is almost over. Maybe I'll get to those posts sometime this week...
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The Follicle Report
About This Blog - I began this blog to have one place to inform friends and family about our fertility treatments. Eventually, I expanded it to others I met on-line who were struggling too. Now, there are links here from other blogs, so there are people I don't necessarily know reading this. I welcome anyone and everyone who's interested.
About Us - We've been trying to have a baby since May 2005 and are considered to have "unexplained infertility". The only test that has ever come back abnormal on either of us diagnosed me with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - which all the doctors say is not impacting my fertility. We have been through 4 unsuccessful Clomid cycles, 3 unsuccessful IUIs with injectables, three unsuccessful IVF attempts and one IVF cycle converted to an IUI, also unsuccessful. We have reached the end of the road.
This is my space to share our struggles with you and to try to keep my perspective on the whole thing. Thanks for reading.
About Us - We've been trying to have a baby since May 2005 and are considered to have "unexplained infertility". The only test that has ever come back abnormal on either of us diagnosed me with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - which all the doctors say is not impacting my fertility. We have been through 4 unsuccessful Clomid cycles, 3 unsuccessful IUIs with injectables, three unsuccessful IVF attempts and one IVF cycle converted to an IUI, also unsuccessful. We have reached the end of the road.
This is my space to share our struggles with you and to try to keep my perspective on the whole thing. Thanks for reading.
Resource List
- Center for Reproductive Psychology (from the authors of Unsung Lullabies)
- Stirrup Queens & Sperm Palace Jesters - blog of all IF blogs
- RESOLVE Info for Friends & Family
- Thyroid Disease & Fertility
- Shady Grove Fertility
- IVF Overview
- Hormone Level Chart
- Infertility Awareness - "Empty Arms" Slideshow
- NY Times Article on Infertility
Infertility Dictionary
- ART - Alternative Reproductive Technologies (for example IUI, IVF, etc.)
- ER - Egg Retrieval (surgery to remove the eggs from my ovaries for IVF)
- ET - Embryo Transfer (putting the embryo from the petri dish into my uterus)
- Follicle - sack that releases the egg
- HSG - Hysterosalpingogram (test to make sure tubes are clear)
- IF - Infertility (or Infertile)
- Injectables - shots in the tummy to stimulate my ovaries to produce more/better eggs
- IUI - Intrauterine Insemination (aka - turkey baster method)
- IVF - In Vitro Fertilization (aka Petri Dish method)
- RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist (fertility doctor)
- The Wand - Transvaginal Ultrasound
- TTC - Trying to conceive
3 comments:
I've been wanting to try Yoga for a while now... but for some reason I haven't actually done it yet. Sometimes I wonder if you know that you are quite an inspiration to many of us out here in Blogland?
Oh my goodness so much going on! I mean to try yoga too and never have. sigh.
Just wanted to tell you that I couldn't get to lp to get that PM and I hadn't saved the number. Sorry. :( I'll chat with you when I can get back on there.
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