Over a Year Now

About a year ago Cam and I got the go-ahead from the docs to resume our attempts at procreating. Sounds romantic, huh? My body didn't react so well to all the drugs I had to take for the last ectopic (Oct '07) so it took quite a bit longer to get back to feeling somewhat normal again. So for the past year we've been trying without any luck to get pregnant and it leaves me to wonder... I never had trouble with infertility before. We were getting pregnant within 3-6 months of trying but just couldn't manage to stay that way. I kept telling myself, "we'll give it a year and see what happens, then we can look at our options."

So here we are, a year plus a month later. But what are our options? What are we doing? Well, surprisingly or not we aren't really looking too far or wide for our options. But we aren't idle, either. I prefer to keep treatments involving drugs as a very last resort so that slims down our options quite a bit. While I was online I ran into some random tabloid type headline saying something about someone doing something to increase chances of having twins. This caught my attention, I read, researched, and one thing led to the next and I landed at an article about chiropractic care aiding conception. When I was in massage school I had an instructor for A&P who was a chiropractor, and now Adi attends preschool with his daughter (where his wife Dana also teaches) so he immediately came to mind. I was quickly convinced to give it a try.

So I've been seeing Dr. Ron Robinson for the past couple of months. Naturally I had high hopes for immediate conception, which obviously didn't happen. Though what I have experienced is immediate improvement. I used to feel ovulation, to the point that I would have painful cramps for at least 2 days each month and then quite painful menstrual cycles two weeks later. It's been this way for as long as I can remember. When I say that I can't feel ovulation anymore, it's 99% true. I can feel it, distinctly on one side or the other. But it doesn't hurt. I don't have cramps. It's not painful anymore. Wow. When you endure pain for so many years you forget that it doesn't actually have to be that way. And menstrual cramps? Minimal. Hardly noticeable. I'm beside myself.