2010- New Year, New Adventures....

So, i 'blogged' about how we got here - this crazy fertility journey....you may have wondered (if anyone is actually out there reading this) where are we now?

Here's a mini time line--(as mini as i can squeeze 2+years into)
December 2007- began the journey to parenthood in Hawaii
October 2008- annual girl exam, which turned into, you probably have PCOS and here, let's get you started on Clomid and metaformin(sp) and let's schud. a SA for poppa monkey and an HSG for you.... can we say OVERWHELMED!?!?!
December 2008 - Momma monkey's HSG - all good!!
Poppa Monkey's 1st SA -not so good-
January 2009-August 2009 - Poppa Monkey begins male fertility vitamins, has 2 more SA's, meets with a urologist, and momma monkey starts charting, temping, OPKn' and getting more and more discouraged that we're never going to have a child and more and more disappointed every month.
Late summer/early Fall 2009- Meet with fertility Dr. that some friends who were undergoing IVF and IUI's recommended. Told we have less then 1% chance of conceiving on our own and that IVF is the only way. We are given a sheet with numerous tests to get completed before IVF can begin.
November 2009- Poppa Monkey gets a DNA test(i'll have to look up the test name on our paperwork) to see if the morphology issue is due to having no or bad DNA in the lil' swimmers....Momma Monkey gets a ultrasound of her ovaries (very cool!!)
December 2009 - Both Poppa&Momma monkey's tests come back NORMAL!!! Hope is restored...

While our hope was restored - it still didn't give us answers as to WHY poppa monkey's morphology was bad - they have ruled out the major things, but still we don't have answers to WHY - So, no answers as to HOW to treat this....

It was around this time that i kept hearing about acupuncture and a few of my friends recommended that i should try it as either it worked for their aliments or they knew people who had later on gotten pregnant. I googled fertility acupuncture one day and came across a agency - it was meant to be..i loved everything about what they said...so we took a leap....we meet with the Dr. and Sunshine (i'll call her that cuz she's pretty much a ball of sunshine)-i pretty much cried the whole consultation but i loved everything about their program and i loved their chemistry together.

January 2010 - Start fertility acupuncture

I began the acupuncture first - because i'm the mommy and i'm going to be carrying the baby, they had to see where my Chi (energy) was blocked and if i would even respond to acupuncture....i got some charts, found where my chi is blocked and began the needle pricking. :)
Actually, i have to say, it doesn't hurt and i haven't passed out yet (i have been known to pass out/get super woozy and almost pass out when getting shots/seeing needles) It actually feels good -i always feel drained but super duper relaxed...i just feel 'balanced'
My sleep is getting better (i've been known to be quite the insomniac) and my period was actually much better this month - not a lot of cramping or blood clots.
After 3 sessions, they retested me and the acupuncture did balance some of my Chi and i am much more evenly balanced with my Yin/Yang - because i'm the more balanced one, they sat me and poppa monkey down and decided that since poppa monkey has a known issue with the morphology - they would see him 1x a week and me only 2x a month. He's also getting allergy acupuncture -which i'm super excited about cuz his allergies are HORRIBLE!!!

February 2010 - Poppa monkey begins fertility acupuncture(and he likes it)

And so the journey continues.....