Fertility Massage

I've been thinking of ways to improve my health as I wait for my latest treatment and stumbled upon a great place here in Atlanta called Magnolia Pregnancy Resources.  It is run by a girl named Rebecca, who started out as a pregnancy masseuse and developed a passion for helping women who are both pregnant, and trying to get pregnant.  The place offers Doula services and various mom to be classes.  I went in for a "fertility massage".  This involves cranial sacral therapy (head and neck massage), reflexology and overall massage.  She also put a heated castor oil therapy pack on my stomach.  This is all meant to relax me and increase blood flow to my uterus.  I was wonderful and a little uncomfortable.   I will totally go back though because I feel a difference in my stomach, especially after I eat.
If you are looking for something like this, here is their website....http://www.magnoliapregnancy.com/.  I highly recommend!

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I treated myself to a manicure today.....(all these vitamins are making my formerly pathetic nails STRONG!)  And the lady asks me if I'm married....

Me: Yes.
Her: How long?
Me: Almost 4 years.
Her: Do you have any kids?
Me: No
Her: .why?
Me: Why?  OK, I'll tell ya.......

So after I tell her, as she's filing away on my nails, she bursts into tears and starts telling me all about how she struggled to have a baby and she gave up after she turned 40.  Her voice was shrilling and everyone was looking at us as both our eyes filled with tears.  She told me not to give up because she will always regret throwing in the towel.  Breaks my heart.  I gave her a hug and a big tip :)

Follow up today...

Met with Dr Massey this morning.  He spoke with his colleague in Augusta and they think there were some complications/incompatibility with my cervix and the catheter they used when they transferred the embryos.  They say it most likely caused my uterus to contract and created an uncomfortable environment for the embryos.  It did hurt A LOT and I was very uncomfortable while he was doing it.  I didn't have that kind of pain in the Czech clinic.  

That being said, the frozen embryos we have are excellent and he's confident that using a smaller, more flexible catheter will make the next transfer a success.  They want me to move forward once my next cycle starts, which will be at the end of this month.  I only have to take the estrogen and progesterone so I won't have to do any injections with expensive medications.  They aren't sure when the actual transfer will take place.  They say it's typically 21 days after the period starts so that puts us into mid February.  That's all I know for now.....