We had a bit of a tough past week. Our doctor wasn't able to do an IUI, and we felt inspired to really start living frugally and save save save--we're thinking that in-vitro might be what we have to do to get pregnant. It was a tough realization. I'm just so tired of being patient and trying to think optimistically, trying to fight off the feeling that it'll never happen. I've been thinking that if I'll be working for a long time before becoming a mom, I'd really rather be doing something else. I'm thinking about grad school, but at the same time, I don't know if we can really afford that right now since we're saving absolutely everything we can. I guess we'll see what happens, but in the meantime, we decided to turn to some "home remedies" for infertility. I don't know if they actually work, but not being able to do anything when we knew it was ovulation time was so frustrating, so we researched and bought grapefruits and grapefruit juice, and tried (unsuccessfully) to find primrose supplements. Both of these things are said to help with fertility issues. We figured we should start including the juice in my diet every day. It is REALLY sour and I'm not the biggest fan, but they say it's great for curbing sugar cravings and stuff too, so it's probably worth taking no matter what. We started having family devotionals this week, and it's been so good. We're focusing on conference talks and related materials to the different topics right now. We've also been really trying to eat healthier, sometimes successfully and sometimes not so much. Tonight we had the most delicious healthy pasta confection ever. I'll have to share the recipe soon. Think spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, and onion all sauteed to perfection and then topped with a bit of fresh parmesan on linguine. Amazing.
