An Altrui couple talk about their feelings on diary day three of their two week wait. Today - acupuncture!
Hi ho hi ho, it’s back to work I go. This was something that I toyed with for a while – whether to return to work within the two week wait. I went over and over it in my head trying to weigh up the pros and cons. The obvious choice was to stay off work, relax and, well, sit around and daydream about being pregnant all day. As with the “legs up in the air” myth, there is no evidence to prove that taking time off work and taking it easy has any weight in determining a positive pregnancy. Unless of course you are a deep sea diver or a stunt woman which, taking it easy would most likely be recommended. I however am neither a deep sea diver, nor a stunt woman, so returning to work was indeed a possibility. I decided that sitting at home contemplating our fate for 11 days would either send me crazy or mad, neither of which would be conducive for pregnancy. I reasoned that 3 days to act like a vegetable on the sofa watching Disney would be long enough to come to terms with the enormity of things and attempt to meditate myself into a peaceful state of mind.
The girls in my office welcomed my return ever so sweetly. I find that everywhere we go, if people know our story, we get a lot of head tilting sympathetic “how are you doing?” looks. I have had a lot of those along this journey. The strength we have gained from people along our winding road has been overwhelming. We could not have done this without them. The second I walked through the door at work, I knew that I had made the right decision about returning. It helped to keep my mind active, and on other topics, albeit for a few minutes. After all a healthy mind is a happy mind. Plus, no opportunity for Googling at work. Bonus. It was this day that I felt my trousers we slightly too tight. I tried to shrug this off and blame it on the Cyclogest pessaries that I was using. This conversation then took place in my silly little head. “Oh, it must be the pessaries” “don’t be silly, I must be pregnant” “Google if cyclogest pessaries can cause bloating” “oh stop it”.
Thank goodness I had a session of acupuncture arranged for this evening. I started seeing an acupuncture therapist who specialises in IVF treatment about five weeks prior to egg retrieval. I was an acupuncture virgin prior to this and now I’m hooked. It has helped me to relax and I love the fact that I am supporting our journey with an alternative therapy. I floated home that evening.
