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PCOS - This diagnosis was basically given to me because my hormone levels came out all wacky on a couple of blood tests. I'm trying not to worry about it too much right now because I think it will kind of correct itself once I get all my other issues sorted out. I'm basically just trying to eat clean so that I'm not making the problem worse by adding unnecessary hormones into the picture (pasture-raised, organic meats instead of conventionally raised meat with added hormones, raw dairy, organic produce instead of pesticide/herbicide laden food, no soy)
MTHFR - No, I'm not swearing at you, this is the name of the genetic mutation thingy... I'm still trying to grasp this and understand it, but I know it has to do with methylation and detoxing. Basically, instead of getting rid of the stuff my liver has detoxed, my body is just kind of recycling it and sending it round and round again and it's clogging up the pathways for all the other stuff that needs to go on. To me, it makes a lot of sense that if my body's been working really hard to just get rid of this junk, that it would not be able to focus on being a fertile place to grow a baby. It also seems to make a lot of sense about why my hormones are out of balance - if I'm not able to detox all those synthetic hormones that I used to get in my diet and in the birth control pills that I took for a year and a half, of course there's an imbalance. So hopefully, now that we're focusing on this whole methylation and detoxing thing we can get the bad stuff out and get everything in balance and working the way it should! ;)
I'm taking several supplements to help jumpstart the methylation process and get things working: MSM liquid, Methyl-B12, and TMG. I'm also hoping to add some form of Methyl-folate soon too. We are also saving up for a legit water filter for our kitchen to help reduce the toxin load as well as continuing to keep the chemicals to a minimum in things like our cleaning supplies, toiletries, and food storage items.
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Those are the two main issues that I am hoping to deal with overall. I visited my naturopath last Saturday, however, and there are a few other minor issues that I am hoping to clear up this month.
H. Pylori - I've done a protocol for this before and although it can cause leaky gut, it was relatively easy to get rid of last time so I'm hoping it won't take too long this time either. We are on a Gastro Health tea for a month which should kill the bacteria and heal the gut and a Safflowers supplement which I think is to help the stomach acid build back up.
Heavy Metals - She also saw a lot of heavy metals in my blood that I was not doing a great job of getting rid of. I'm on supplement to help with that. Zeolite something or other...
Hormones - She also gave me a supplement to help with my hormone balancing. I can't remember all the details of that I just know it was hormone support (it was like information overload that day, we came home with so many supplements and were there asking her our questions for three hours. Bless. Her. Heart.)
Other random stuff - To make sure that my body is good and nourished for preconception, I also am taking an herbal prenatal vitamin with gelatin, a probiotic at night, fermented cod liver oil, spirulina, and a D3 supplement.
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This sounds like a million crazy supplements... and it kind of is, but several of them are only for about a month or so until we go back to the Dr and see how my gut/hormones/detoxing is going. I can also combine a bunch of them into my morning Gastro Health tea so it is not overwhelming and I'm not swallowing ten thousand pills every day. We'll see how I feel when the ones that we had to order get here and I'm actually fully on this protocol. ;)
So there's where I'm at physically with all the health stuff going on right now. Emotionally, things change every day. Sometimes multiple times a day. I would definitely say that overall I am struggling this month. I don't know if it's that the holidays are coming up, or because winter makes me gloomy, or just a combo of everything, but I have been super emotional this month. I'm struggling to stay content and find the good in our lives right now. And I feel guilty for that because we have a really great life. I don't like that this one thing overshadows all the other great stuff that is going on, but some days it does just feel like one big cloud raining all over everything else. I feel how it affects all the day-to-day stuff because I think about how much different it would be if I were pregnant or had an infant right now. I don't know how to stop doing that.
Spiritually, I feel kind of the same way. I trust God and know that He has a plan for us. I just find myself struggling to choose joy and thankfulness lately. I'm trying to continue the practice of thankfulness from last month, but there are days when I just want to be a brat instead lol. I want to ask God why it has to be this way. I want to ask Him how much longer we have to wait. And sometimes I'm tempted to think I can fix this on my own with my ten million supplements. I pray everyday for Him to bless us with a baby, but I need to remind myself that when He does it will be all Him and not because of anything that we did. While health is important and correcting these issues can only be beneficial for us and our chances of pregnancy, it's only by God's power that it will happen.
This has turned into a super duper long post now so I will wrap it up. Hopefully, future updates will not be this long... but I make no promises. ;) I'd also like to do another post that is more focused on my diet and the things that I eat on a regular basis. Not sure if that would be helpful for anyone, but I'm also curious to see how/if my diet changes in the years to come so I want to document what it is now.
Those are the two main issues that I am hoping to deal with overall. I visited my naturopath last Saturday, however, and there are a few other minor issues that I am hoping to clear up this month.
H. Pylori - I've done a protocol for this before and although it can cause leaky gut, it was relatively easy to get rid of last time so I'm hoping it won't take too long this time either. We are on a Gastro Health tea for a month which should kill the bacteria and heal the gut and a Safflowers supplement which I think is to help the stomach acid build back up.
Heavy Metals - She also saw a lot of heavy metals in my blood that I was not doing a great job of getting rid of. I'm on supplement to help with that. Zeolite something or other...
Hormones - She also gave me a supplement to help with my hormone balancing. I can't remember all the details of that I just know it was hormone support (it was like information overload that day, we came home with so many supplements and were there asking her our questions for three hours. Bless. Her. Heart.)
Other random stuff - To make sure that my body is good and nourished for preconception, I also am taking an herbal prenatal vitamin with gelatin, a probiotic at night, fermented cod liver oil, spirulina, and a D3 supplement.
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This sounds like a million crazy supplements... and it kind of is, but several of them are only for about a month or so until we go back to the Dr and see how my gut/hormones/detoxing is going. I can also combine a bunch of them into my morning Gastro Health tea so it is not overwhelming and I'm not swallowing ten thousand pills every day. We'll see how I feel when the ones that we had to order get here and I'm actually fully on this protocol. ;)
So there's where I'm at physically with all the health stuff going on right now. Emotionally, things change every day. Sometimes multiple times a day. I would definitely say that overall I am struggling this month. I don't know if it's that the holidays are coming up, or because winter makes me gloomy, or just a combo of everything, but I have been super emotional this month. I'm struggling to stay content and find the good in our lives right now. And I feel guilty for that because we have a really great life. I don't like that this one thing overshadows all the other great stuff that is going on, but some days it does just feel like one big cloud raining all over everything else. I feel how it affects all the day-to-day stuff because I think about how much different it would be if I were pregnant or had an infant right now. I don't know how to stop doing that.
Spiritually, I feel kind of the same way. I trust God and know that He has a plan for us. I just find myself struggling to choose joy and thankfulness lately. I'm trying to continue the practice of thankfulness from last month, but there are days when I just want to be a brat instead lol. I want to ask God why it has to be this way. I want to ask Him how much longer we have to wait. And sometimes I'm tempted to think I can fix this on my own with my ten million supplements. I pray everyday for Him to bless us with a baby, but I need to remind myself that when He does it will be all Him and not because of anything that we did. While health is important and correcting these issues can only be beneficial for us and our chances of pregnancy, it's only by God's power that it will happen.
This has turned into a super duper long post now so I will wrap it up. Hopefully, future updates will not be this long... but I make no promises. ;) I'd also like to do another post that is more focused on my diet and the things that I eat on a regular basis. Not sure if that would be helpful for anyone, but I'm also curious to see how/if my diet changes in the years to come so I want to document what it is now.
Anyways... I'm finishing now, I promise!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Enjoy your day off with your family and stay warm! :)
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