Re: Pregnant and Hormones - long

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Congrats to you! That is very exciting news.

I have some acupuncture questions for you, if you don't mind.

How often have you been getting treatment, and do you think

your fibroid got smaller as a result? Also did they give you

herbs to take? Did you change your diet at all?I've been going

once a week for 8 weeks and he is going to start me on a

granule herbal tea,which I'm sure will taste delicious .

I am so happy I found this list too! It's made me freak out a lot

less.

Happy Baby to you!

> Thank you all so much for your well wishes. We are so excited.

I

> can't believe that I get to stop obsessing about TTC and now I

get to

> start planning for more exciting things.

>

> I've only told a couple people so far -- besides the hundreds on

this

> list and some other boards I'm on. I put you all in a special

> category since you know what I've been up to and I can't think of

a

> better group to help answer my questions. We'll tell one

grandma over

> Father's Day weekend since she'll be in town (she will be so

excited

> since my partner is her favorite and she's been wanting lots of

> grandkids to spoil). My parents I think I'll wait until the end of

> the month when I'm in New York for a family wedding.

>

> I just got back my P4 (progesterone) test and my level is 18.4;

I'm

> waiting to hear back if they want to supplement. I told you all

back

> when my CD21 test came back low in November that my

suspicion was

> that low progesterone was part of my issue. The elevated

progesterone

> so far actually makes this pregnant part easier than my PMS --

my

> breasts are full but less sore and my mood is better. Normally I

go

> from grouchy and sore to feeling hot in my lower abdomen and

weak

> when I get my period. Are you sure my period isn't going to

show up

> on my unexpectedly? Should I keep running around with

sanitary

> products in my handbag?

>

> I saw my acupuncturist this morning as well and told him that

my

> fibroid was smaller. I didn't tell him about the pg and asked

him to

> check my pulses (this is something that you have to find a

good

> acupuncturist to do but it is amazing what he can sense from

both

> wrists). He checked first on the left, then on the right and then

he

> looked at me and asked " are you pregnant? " I've been going

for

> treatment since January and it has really helped calm my

system down.

> I tend to be a bit frenetic and very sensitive -- work and

emotional

> stress knock me down quickly and I get sick a lot because of it.

With

> acupuncture I feel a lot more even. We're going to give

treatment a

> break for a few weeks while my body adjusts to the pregnancy.

>

> Because of my fibroid and TTC I've gotten quite attuned to the

> different pains and sensations in my lower pelvis. I would have

> fibroid related pain on the right side, a couple inches to the

right

> of my belly button in a vertical channel. Last night and today I

feel

> a sensation more in the center but just to the left of my belly

> button. Not pain but something is going on in there and it feels

like

> the front, side and back of my uterus that are involved. In

> acupuncture they say that things are being reorganized.

>

> I will surely keep you posted.

>

> Thanks for being there for me time and time again. I don't think

I

> would have gotten through all the stress of the past year

without the

> great support and information provided by this list.

>

> Love,

>

> Ann