Last night, I got the great idea that I would test in the a.m. If I received a BFN (which I did - still have hope though its only 13 dpo), then I would go to my local asian herb specialist. So before I went to bed, I googled a bunch of different herbs that would be great for fertility, increasing cervical mucous, increasing egg health etc....
My first stop this morning was at CVS to get some Pre-Seed lubricant. Pre-Seed is supposed to be fertility friendly unlike normal lubricants that are hostile to sperm....and my objective of getting pregnant.
Then, I went to see the asian herb specialist, because I knew that he would be able to help me get all of the herbs I wanted and needed to help me on this TTC journey. The receptionist greeted me and informed me that the consultation would be $40 and then he would put together a herbal combination for me along with an acupuncture schedule. I kindly thanked him for this information and ran out of there so fast I nearly lost a flip flop. Are you F-ing kidding me? I'm trying to have a baby not get pushed into bankruptcy. (p.s... I know that to some of my readers this is just the cost of trying to achieve their dream - but I aint been trying that long)
Ok, i'm now sitting in the parking lot looking dazed and confused and I decide to go to my local natural foods store that i've never been to. Insert heavenly bells here. lol. They had a lot of the herbs that I wanted to get. So what did I end up buying:
1) Raspberry leaf
2) Milk Thistle
3) Nettle leaves
4) Dandelion roots
5) Red clover
6) Marshmallow root
7) Licorice root and
8) Castor oil
All of those herbs and the castor oil came to $17. My kinda price!
I think that I am going to make 2 different kinda teas with them. 1 i'm going to make with all of the herbs and 2) I'm gonna make another batch mixing it with my Fertilitea that I purchased (minus the nettles and red raspberry leaf since they are already included)... I say the 2 different kinds in case I dont like the taste of the first batch, I know I like the fertilitea and hopefully adding the extra stuff wont affect the taste.
Oh, I found this great site today after coming home (thank God not before for my wallets sake) where they list the different fertility herbs and how they can help with various issues (ex. PCOS, endometriosis, low libido, cervical mucous etc.)
So I think I should be good. I also decided that I'm gonna try the Sperm Meets Egg Plan by Deanna Roy (the book is currently free on amazon kindle) if im not pregnant this cycle.
So to completely have everything I need, I will need some OPK's, but before I order those, I am gonna wait and see if AF arrives this upcoming week.
I will also continue with my pre-natals and maybe throw in an ashwaganda pill that I have laying around here somewhere.
Baby dust to us all!
Tatiana
