HybridizationingsMix-ins, Notions, and Plugins of our Lives

A few weeks ago I had my first acupuncture experience. I did some reseach before hand and read some reviews but they were pretty diverse (some said it hurt, others said they didn’t feel any pain) so I walked into it with a pretty open mind. I found an acupuncturist that specializes in fertility which is what I was going for. There have been a lot of studies done that show benefits for infertility. So we thought, “sure, why not try it. We’ve tried almost everything else.” On that note, we also went to our first couples counseling session. Someone suggested it to help relieve some stress and Michael was surprisingly interested in it. And we actually know the guy from our old ward so it was kind of like talking to a friend, just more focused.
Back to the acupuncture… it was really cool! There was only a few times that I felt slight discomfort from the needle she was putting in at the time, and after asking her to reposition it I didn’t feel a thing. Michael went with me for support, but also because I wanted him to take pictures so that I could see what it looked like. He said it looked a lot worse than what I just described above. So, other than it being a really cool experience, the jury is still out on what benefits it gave. I know that like any therapy you have to go back several times and do your best to support the “medicine”, which I have been. I took her advise and am increasing my fruits and vegetables (I even got the green foods powder to mix my juice, and it is freakin’ NASTY”) and eating better breakfasts and less sugar. I got a pedometer and am working up to the suggested 15,000 steps per day (but I’m totally lame, I only got 6,800 today). So I will go back to her soon for another acupuncture session and see how it goes after that. Like I told our counselor when he asked me what I wanted from these sessions, “I want to get pregnant. And if I get pregnant then we will know that it worked.” A lot of pressure on them all, but hey, I’ve had the pressure on me long enough, I’m ready to off load it.
(Oh, and side note: not being pregnant isn’t any easier when EVERYONE you know is pregnant or just had a baby. I love you all, but seriously you must all be trying to put a bullet in my brains. The most recent upset was Christy’s super sweet Bella. Congratulations Christy, Brock, and big brother Tyler. But more about the population boom in a later post. I’m going to bed.)