Conception

Determined to do all I could to ready my body for the next round of ovulation I continued with the acupuncturist. She prescribed Chinese herbs to aid in the build up and break down of the blood lining before and during the period so as to thoroughly cleanse the uterus. She also prescribed herbs to build up the lining in preparation for ovulation. I was diligent in endeavouring to keep my diet as alkaline based as possible (no coffee, no alcohol and lots of greens, nuts, and fruit rather than fats and sugar). I also took the minerals recommended to me by the naturapath.

My period appeared as scheduled on the 29th May. Which brought anticipated ovulation to the 11th June. Both Mike and I were very keen to give this a 'red hot go'. We had waited two cycles and with the news about the autoimmune disease and the potential solution we felt more in control. At the same time there were some complications! Mostly that it was an incredibly busy time! With Jasmine's Birthday on the 3rd June there was much to organise, bake and fun to be had! It was then my Mum's 70th Birthday on the 13th. We hosted a Birthday party for her on the 13th June however she arrived to stay with us on the 11th June - OVULATION DAY! So, the week leading up to we ensured we had sex daily. Ovulation day we managed to sneak in two cheeky ones and each day for 3 days after; just to be sure! Sending my Mum to the shops for emergency things we had forgotten kept it quite exciting!

Then there was the wait. Were we, weren't we? Would we make it this time past 6 weeks? I had started taking the aspirin from the potential date of conception just to cover all bases. The wait was made worse by the fact that just on 5 weeks Mike had a business trip to the UK! So right across the time that I would find out 1) if we were pregnant and 2) the weeks in which I was most likely to miscarry Mike was on the other side of the world!! It was ok though. We spoke every day. I did an early test and got a faint positive result. Three days later I did another test and it was most definitely positive! Off we go again!!!