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Jen H's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 3/29/00 -------------------- 3/20/00 3/13/00 3/6/00 2/29/00 -------------------- Jen H's Introduction

March 20, 2000

CD 27

10 dpo

Things are looking good for this cycle. I'm having all the symptoms I've had with past pregnancies, and don't get during non-pg cycles. My acupuncturist says that my pulse either felt like my period was just about to start or a pregnancy pulse, but that she'd put her money on the pregnancy pulse. That was three days ago and my temperatures are still high (98.4-98.7), so I'm feeling hopeful.

I'm just so terrified of another miscarriage. I'm taking a variety of herbal formulas to help regulate my cycles, and I've added Wild Yam capsules to lengthen the luteal phase. I really hope it helps. I'm trying to think positively, and not dwell on what might happen. It's hard though, I'm afraid if I just act like everything will go perfectly then I won't be at all prepared if disaster strikes.

It would be nice to be able to look into the future and see for sure if everything turns out well. I suppose I just need to resign myself to the fact that I'm doing everything in my power to insure that I conceive and maintain a healthy pregnancy. In my mind, the next couple of weeks will be key. I know that you aren't really supposed to relax until after week 12, and really, you don't until you're holding your child and all is well, but both my miscarriages happened before the 6-week mark, so I feel like that's as much of a milestone as anything else.

It's so odd, but with the week delay in between writing this entry and when you'll get to read it, I'll already know one way or another if this cycle did work. Wish me luck anyway, LOL!