AUTHOR: Sara TITLE: New Regimen for March DATE: 2/28/2005 06:34:00 AM ----- BODY:

So, I have made it to March and have spent approximately $55.00 on HPTs, about the same in OPKs, and last night I caved in and bought a $2.99 box of brownies with walnuts as my three month celebratory marker. I am not sure what I am celebrating - maybe that I have not gone insane and given up trying to have a baby yet? I don't know. I do know that the brownies are the breakfast of champions. Here are my plans for March: I recently ran into an old co-worker who had a baby last year and stopped teaching to stay at home. She tried for a while to get pregnant, not incredibly long, but somewhere around a year's time. Her grandmother, an old, small-town nurse, told her, "Vitamin E is what you need! Take two water-soluable vitamin E capsules a day and you will be pregnant within three months!" Needless to say, she was pregnant that next month. I searched and found some interesting info on that here and here. Now, if we just had a dollar for all the times we have heard of the "cure" for infertility, we could have paid for those damn HPTs and OPKs by now. I am going into March, though, with the attitude of, "I'll try anything once." I began the vitamin E regimen last night. I am also ordering pre-seed today, some supposedly-fantastic lubricant that is sperm-friendly. And since EWCM doesn't make monthly appearances around here, might as well try it. Lastly on the March regimen, Mike and I are taking a vacation. Yep, that's right. We are getting the hell out of Dodge for our Spring Break at the end of the month and spending five days in Northern California. All of the talk about Solvang made me crave my days when I would frequent San Francisco for a little shopping and relaxation. So, we are driving through Napa Valley and then making our way to SF afterwards. Mike can shop better than any woman, so it should be fun. Oh! I also am scheduling a pedicure, massage, and facial for this week because I have a week off from my Master's program. (ya-hoo!) I am down to my last two classes, my thesis/ending project, and then I am home free. Anything else I should add to my take-it-easy-and-have-fun-with-it regimen for March? Is anyone else trying anything new this month?

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