Saturday, June 3, 2017

Restorative Reproductive Medicine

Have you heard of restorative reproductive medicine?

I hadn't really heard of it until today...I knew about the Creighton method but I didn't realize how comprehensive it was until I listened to a podcast today from Beat Infertility.  The podcast was from last November but it was still super relevant to my life.   Now I'm researching RRM, what it is, and practitioners in my area.  I'm super excited about this.  It sounds more like what I really want from my healthcare.

Yes my end goal is to have happy healthy babies, however at current I really feel like I am more at a point where I just want to be healthy.   I don't like that my body doesn't work properly.   I don't like that I never know when my period is going to start.  I just want my body to work properly.

I feel like my reproductive endocrinologist wants to help me achieve my end goal, however I'm not sure that the military medical system allows me to receive the treatment I really need to make my body healthy.  It feels like they have the same end goal as me (make a baby) but their way of getting there (shut off my natural hormones and replace them with drugs) isn't going to fix the underlying issues causing my problems long term.

I don't want to have to go back on birth control after we have a baby in order to have a predictable body.    I am so sick of my uterus creating stupid polyps and fibroids and having to have DNC's to clear them out.   I just want my body to be able to do what it is supposed to do naturally and it seems like consulting with a RRM practitioner may be my answer.

Has anyone else ever had experience with restorative reproductive medicine???

Friday, June 2, 2017

Not Dead

I'm finally back to the world of the living.  I apologize for my 2 week (ok, almost 3) hiatus, I ended up being so sick that I took 3 sick days from work then we were out of town on vacation and didn't have my computer available.
But now I'm back, and mostly caught up (my kitchen is a disaster and the yard needs mowed, but we will do that tomorrow) so I'm back to the real world.
I've set some ambitious goals for myself for June.   They are:
1-turn 5 pounds of fat into 5 pounds of muscle (aka lower my overall body fat percentage accordingly without concern for total weight loss)
2-follow my workout schedule for the month (3 days of running/week, 1-2 days of kickboxing/week and 1 day of yoga/week)
3-add 30 day total body workout challenge to my regular routine
4-take my Advocare products properly and consistently (aka don't miss my vitamins!)
5-hit my macro goals at least 5 days per week, and at least hit calories other 2 days
Wish me luck!

I have to add, how cute is it my mom decided to do the 30 day fitness challenge with me!!!!  I'm not even sure how she figured out what a plank is because she didn't ask me and I didn't think she knew...

PCS Updates

 Wow I can't believe it's been almost 3 months! SO much has happened and I honestly feel like I've barely had a chance to breath...