Time to Get Healthy

So J and I have taken these last 6 weeks since getting our BFN to reflect on the journey. We also decided to take some steps to improve our quality of life. The journey of infertility can be long and very stressful. It can make things very "dry" and often takes the "life" out of things. We decided it was time for us to take some time for ourselves and really focus on us. Of course we still want nothing more than to be parents - but we also want to be the best parents we can be and that meant making a few changes.

Changes.... they are everywhere!

I read a book "Inconceviable" which is about a woman who sturggles with secondary infertility. The book is well written and talks about this woman's journey about finding answers about her own body. She was taking "no" for an answer. She was going to be a mom again and she sought out alot of help (some traditional and others not so tradtional). One thing that she talked about which I'd been hearing alot lately too was switching to an Organic diet. I thought - this a change we can make. So our diet became a mostly Organic diet. Orangic veggies, meat, fruit, and milk whenever we could. I do believe that our society is putting way too many "things" into our food, most of which aren't very healthy for us, regardless if you are trying to conceive or not. The funny thing - my food really seems to taste better to me! The only bummer is that Organic is more expensive and many items can be difficult to find. We've enjoyed cooking at home and we cannot remember the last time we ate out. There are some funny things in the book too - doing jumping jacks, having red sheets, alternating hot and cold water while in the shower, and doing wheat grass shots. Figure these can't hurt anything so we've been doing them too!

Exercise was another much needed change. Being a former gymnast and cheerleader, I'm fairly fit, but not nearly as flexible or athletic as I use to be. I started hitting the gym 5-6 times a week. I got into a routine of 2 yoga classes, 2 hip-hop classes and a Pilates class. J and I also started doing Yoga at home (since he won't come to the gym with me to do it since he says he doesn't know what he is doing). I'm super proud of him for trying and see his improvements everyday. We've also started walking 3-4 times a week. On the weekends we try and hit somewhere fun (beach, Torrey Pines, Harbor Island) and festive and during the week we just walk around the neighborhood. It's a nice time for conversation, breathing in fresh air and getting our blood circulating.

These last 6 weeks of reflection have been a welcome relief to both of us. I'm happy with the changes we've made and look forward to what the future has in store for us.

I said "If nothing else I will be healthy!"