Monday was my second acu appointment. This appointment was a lot less exciting than the last. She mostly asked me how I was feeling after the last session and a week on the herbs (or as I call it, the "potion"). I guess last week's potion was for warming. She's concerned that I'm always cold since because of my circulation issues. The first night after a full day of the potion, I had the most insane hot flash/night sweat. I couldn't be under the covers and I couldn't fall asleep because I was so hot. Very interesting!
The needle portion was a little more painful this time but also a little more relaxing. She put one needle in my ankle, between that knobby bone and the Achilles tendon. It hurt insanely! Then she told me to relax my leg so that my ankle rolled to the side...umm, NO!!! All I could envision was rolling my ankle to the side and pressing the needle into my bone! No thanks. I guess she could tell that I was tense so she took out the needle. Thank the Lord! She then put another needle into a really random spot on the inside of my calf. WHOA!!! It must have been doing whatever it was supposed to do because it felt like it was lightly charged with electricity. I couldn't decide if it hurt or not. Weird.
After inserting a few more needles (mostly in my hands,) she left the room giving me instructions to practice my breathing and meditate. I did the only meditative thing I know how to do...pray! I went through a mental list...my husband, mom, dad, brother, BFF, blog buddies, etc... It was awesome! I'm sad to admit, I haven't had uninterrupted time with God in a long time. It was very nice. Exactly what I needed.
The appointment was over soon after the meditation. This week's potion is to help with my lack of energy. We'll see how that goes.
I had a slight "oh man!" moment at the appoitnment. She asked when I'll be starting my next period. Oh man...I don't know!!! You see, usually I use OPK's to see when I'm going to ov. I've always ov'd 14 days after a positive OPK. Well, rebellious me, I didn't want to use OPKs this cycle. Now...I don't know when I should be expecting AF. So annoying! I'm assuming I ov'd sometime between Monday and Friday LAST week, so I should be seeing AF sometime between Monday and Friday NEXT week. Ugh, a five day window. So annoying! What was I thinking! I don't even know when to test early (since that's what I always do.) If I'm supposed to see AF Monday, I could test as early as Friday but if AF won't be here until Thursday, a test on Friday would be a waste. Aaahhhh!!! So, I guess I'll be skipping the testing and wait for AF "patiently." After all, I'm so excited {insert sarcasm} to start an injectable cycle once AF shows up.
***Thanks for all the comments about being a glutton for punishment. I'm so glad to know I'm not alone. Sometimes the hubs looks at me like I'm crazy and asks me why I do that to myself. I don't know!!! I'm just happy to hear I'm not the only one. Thanks!
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It's interesting to read about the acupuncture - I've never had it done before but I have read a lot of girls dealing with IF have. I hope it works! If not, at least it's semi-relaxing!
So do you think you would recommend it? Overall, do you feel "different"? Was it what you expected? I'm still having trouble convincing Mr. A that it's worth the out of pocket cost-
I've had a few appts that killed as well! It get better though for sure. OH..we are headed to Cali for sure---I need some sun!!
Nominated you for beautiful blogger!
Interesting about the acupuncture. I think it's awesome and cute that you prayed in your meditation time. Glad you enjoyed it :)
Haha, 'patiently' waiting for AF. Let me know how that really goes, lol. Good luck with it though. My periods were always all over the place so I just always carried a tampon, etc. in case I started. Annoying.
PS- your TTC history sidebar... I think you need to change the last couple to say Jan 2010, not 2009. :)
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