Recently I was referred to a new website called Instant Conception Center by a friend of mine who knows the founder Melissa Coleman. Apparently this website is supposed to have some very good products regarding conception and pregnancy, but most excited of all are their plans to create and foster an entire community center packed with information, forums, one on one support and some other stuff we have yet to find out about. Needless to say this is VERY exciting news to hear, and it sounds like it's going to be great for us! I only wish I had something even close to that when I was trying to conceive our first child.
Right now, they are still building the whole site and getting their products together from what I gather from their current temporary site. But what I want to draw ya'lls (please excuse my Texas heritage!) attention to right now is that on their temporary site they are offering a free report on how diet and conception go together. So this is what I want to bring to everyones attention right now, as this topic really is VERY important and can make a huge difference in your efforts. It's also something that you can start on right now to increase your chances of getting pregnant, so PLEASE PLEASE grab a copy of it! All Melissa is asking for right now is your name and email so that she cant send everything over to you and keep you updated on the progress of the main resource. Click here to get the free report right now.
I had a chance to look through it, and it's a really good piece of information to have so I would take advantage of it before the main site goes up and the free report is no longer there. Again you can get the report at Instant Conception Center.Com
P.S. I just want to point out that none of the links I provide in my blogs are affiliate links or for profit. Instant Conception Center.Com is NOT my site or service and I don't serve to gain from it in any way.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
A Quick Personal Note - Why I Created This Blog for All Those Trying To Conceive!
Hi Everybody!
I've noticed through recent comments to the posts on my blog, that many people aren't quite understanding why it is that I created this blog, and of course I can't blame them. After all the explanation as to why I created this blog is all the way at the bottom of the page...aka the very first post! :)
So what I have decided to do from now on is after every 3 posts to create a post like this one, so that all new visitors can get a feel and understanding as to why I created this blog in the first place, and what the postings are about.
So to clarify:
This is not a current day by day or month by month take on my challenge to try and conceive, I've been blessed with 3 wonderful children and couldn't ask for anything more! However, all these posts are exact recollections about my troubles while my husband and I where trying to conceive a baby boy or baby girl.
I had a very rough time, and finally crashed right through all the road blocks that we were facing to have the 3 beautiful children I have today (2 boys and 1 girl). So why did I create this blog and post my past hardships?
To help other couples out there who are going through the very same issues and problems that I did, and having a very hard time trying to get pregnant. I want to share my story with you all so that you understand you're not alone, and many have had troubles conceiving...but we make it through and we learned many new things that finally led to us getting pregnant and having our first child to introduce into the family.
Think of me as your one on one support and you're shoulder to cry on...I will help you in anyway that I can, and give you all the information that I learned and received so that hopefully you may finally start that family you've always wanted! :)
Sincerely,
Michelle Dunn
I've noticed through recent comments to the posts on my blog, that many people aren't quite understanding why it is that I created this blog, and of course I can't blame them. After all the explanation as to why I created this blog is all the way at the bottom of the page...aka the very first post! :)
So what I have decided to do from now on is after every 3 posts to create a post like this one, so that all new visitors can get a feel and understanding as to why I created this blog in the first place, and what the postings are about.
So to clarify:
This is not a current day by day or month by month take on my challenge to try and conceive, I've been blessed with 3 wonderful children and couldn't ask for anything more! However, all these posts are exact recollections about my troubles while my husband and I where trying to conceive a baby boy or baby girl.
I had a very rough time, and finally crashed right through all the road blocks that we were facing to have the 3 beautiful children I have today (2 boys and 1 girl). So why did I create this blog and post my past hardships?
To help other couples out there who are going through the very same issues and problems that I did, and having a very hard time trying to get pregnant. I want to share my story with you all so that you understand you're not alone, and many have had troubles conceiving...but we make it through and we learned many new things that finally led to us getting pregnant and having our first child to introduce into the family.
Think of me as your one on one support and you're shoulder to cry on...I will help you in anyway that I can, and give you all the information that I learned and received so that hopefully you may finally start that family you've always wanted! :)
Sincerely,
Michelle Dunn
Saturday, February 16, 2008
In The Doctors Office - Why We're Having Problems Trying To Conceive
Everyone has experienced it at least a few times in their lives...
You know, those tense moments waiting in the doctors office itself, waiting to hear news regarding very important results or a current status on things.
I just stood there in his office waiting for him to come in, as my husband tried to calm me down a little bit, as it was obvious that I was just a tad bit stressed out. Here he comes, the doctor finally walks in after what seemed like an eternity of waiting around to hear what we feared most.
My husband gave a sperm sample at his urologist a couple weeks prior to this meeting with the doctor, and I had some examinations and tests run by my gynecologist. What we were about to hear however regarding the results of those test was something that we hadn't prepared for at all. We expected bad news of course, but nothing of this level, and certainly not in this compounded fashion.
The verdict?
My husband had a VERY low sperm count that ranged between 1 million to 1.5 million sperm per ml. This kind of count is even lower then what is generally regarded as very low for males. Now I honestly can't say that this came as a shock to me, as we expected this to be the underlining problem behind why we couldn't get pregnant even though we were trying to conceive...very diligently I might add ;).
Nothing could have prepared me however for the news that I was about hear next about my side of the equation, it truly shocked me momentarily to the point where I almost fainted when I heard the news...
that I had big problems with my fertility, and that I was more then likely not going to be fertile enough to get pregnant, regardless or efforts trying to conceive...
You know, those tense moments waiting in the doctors office itself, waiting to hear news regarding very important results or a current status on things.
I just stood there in his office waiting for him to come in, as my husband tried to calm me down a little bit, as it was obvious that I was just a tad bit stressed out. Here he comes, the doctor finally walks in after what seemed like an eternity of waiting around to hear what we feared most.
My husband gave a sperm sample at his urologist a couple weeks prior to this meeting with the doctor, and I had some examinations and tests run by my gynecologist. What we were about to hear however regarding the results of those test was something that we hadn't prepared for at all. We expected bad news of course, but nothing of this level, and certainly not in this compounded fashion.
The verdict?
My husband had a VERY low sperm count that ranged between 1 million to 1.5 million sperm per ml. This kind of count is even lower then what is generally regarded as very low for males. Now I honestly can't say that this came as a shock to me, as we expected this to be the underlining problem behind why we couldn't get pregnant even though we were trying to conceive...very diligently I might add ;).
Nothing could have prepared me however for the news that I was about hear next about my side of the equation, it truly shocked me momentarily to the point where I almost fainted when I heard the news...
that I had big problems with my fertility, and that I was more then likely not going to be fertile enough to get pregnant, regardless or efforts trying to conceive...
Friday, February 15, 2008
A Quick Personal Note - Why I Created This Blog for All Those Trying To Conceive!
Hi Everybody!
I've noticed through recent comments to the posts on my blog, that many people aren't quite understanding why it is that I created this blog, and of course I can't blame them. After all the explanation as to why I created this blog is all the way at the bottom of the page...aka the very first post! :)
So what I have decided to do from now on is after every 3 posts to create a post like this one, so that all new visitors can get a feel and understanding as to why I created this blog in the first place, and what the postings are about.
So to clarify:
This is not a current day by day or month by month take on my challenge to try and conceive, I've been blessed with 3 wonderful children and couldn't ask for anything more! However, all these posts are exact recollections about my troubles while my husband and I where trying to conceive a baby boy or baby girl.
I had a very rough time, and finally crashed right through all the road blocks that we were facing to have the 3 beautiful children I have today (2 boys and 1 girl). So why did I create this blog and post my past hardships?
To help other couples out there who are going through the very same issues and problems that I did, and having a very hard time trying to get pregnant. I want to share my story with you all so that you understand you're not alone, and many have had troubles conceiving...but we make it through and we learned many new things that finally led to us getting pregnant and having our first child to introduce into the family.
Think of me as your one on one support and you're shoulder to cry on...I will help you in anyway that I can, and give you all the information that I learned and received so that hopefully you may finally start that family you've always wanted! :)
Sincerely,
Michelle Dunn
I've noticed through recent comments to the posts on my blog, that many people aren't quite understanding why it is that I created this blog, and of course I can't blame them. After all the explanation as to why I created this blog is all the way at the bottom of the page...aka the very first post! :)
So what I have decided to do from now on is after every 3 posts to create a post like this one, so that all new visitors can get a feel and understanding as to why I created this blog in the first place, and what the postings are about.
So to clarify:
This is not a current day by day or month by month take on my challenge to try and conceive, I've been blessed with 3 wonderful children and couldn't ask for anything more! However, all these posts are exact recollections about my troubles while my husband and I where trying to conceive a baby boy or baby girl.
I had a very rough time, and finally crashed right through all the road blocks that we were facing to have the 3 beautiful children I have today (2 boys and 1 girl). So why did I create this blog and post my past hardships?
To help other couples out there who are going through the very same issues and problems that I did, and having a very hard time trying to get pregnant. I want to share my story with you all so that you understand you're not alone, and many have had troubles conceiving...but we make it through and we learned many new things that finally led to us getting pregnant and having our first child to introduce into the family.
Think of me as your one on one support and you're shoulder to cry on...I will help you in anyway that I can, and give you all the information that I learned and received so that hopefully you may finally start that family you've always wanted! :)
Sincerely,
Michelle Dunn
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Doctors Visit...a VERY Bad Day...
It was time now...we finally pulled up to our doctors office after what seemed like a 10 hour drive (in reality it was only a 20 minute drive or so). As I got out the car, I felt that uneasy and unnerving feeling coming over me...you know the one that warns you that something will be wrong.
Never in my life had I felt so "off" while sitting there in a doctors office, waiting for our names to be called.
The part that I left out in my previous posts was that we suspected all along that my husband might have a lower sperm count then normal, and two weeks earlier we decided that he needed to go give a sperm sample and get it tested for sperm count. Today the results were in, along with those results the doctor was also going to turn through some other things that might be an issue.
Remember, it's been about 3 and half months to this point since my husband I have been trying to get pregnant, and there are no signs of any progress what so ever. Doesn't matter if we used an ovulation chart, or anything that was recommended by the doctor...nothing seemed to work and all of our friends and family members didn't seem to have a problem getting pregnant.
"Mr. & Mrs. Dunn"...the lump in my throat came back...that's it...it's our turn to go and talk to the doctor...
Never in my life had I felt so "off" while sitting there in a doctors office, waiting for our names to be called.
The part that I left out in my previous posts was that we suspected all along that my husband might have a lower sperm count then normal, and two weeks earlier we decided that he needed to go give a sperm sample and get it tested for sperm count. Today the results were in, along with those results the doctor was also going to turn through some other things that might be an issue.
Remember, it's been about 3 and half months to this point since my husband I have been trying to get pregnant, and there are no signs of any progress what so ever. Doesn't matter if we used an ovulation chart, or anything that was recommended by the doctor...nothing seemed to work and all of our friends and family members didn't seem to have a problem getting pregnant.
"Mr. & Mrs. Dunn"...the lump in my throat came back...that's it...it's our turn to go and talk to the doctor...
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Month 3 & Still Trying to Get Pregnant - What Could Be Wrong?
It wasn't until about the 3rd month that my husband and I started to really think that something might be wrong. We understood that a lot of normal couples can try for upwards of a year before they get pregnant, but taking this long to get pregnant isn't exactly typical. We decided to contact our physician and have a talk with him to see what he might suspect or suggest that we do.
The morning of the appointment was brutal and very nerve wrecking for me. I remember not getting any sleep that night, and even crying a little bit by myself in the bathroom as I got ready to head out with my husband.
The entire time thinking of everything that could be going wrong, and what if the doctor told us that we we couldn't conceive or that something just wasn't normal. What if I had infertility issues? Or what if my husband had a abnormally low sperm count? All these things were running through my mind...and the thought of not being able to have a baby boy or girl to start my family was killing me.
The hospital was only 20 minutes away from home, but that morning even without any traffic, it felt hours long, and I wasn't even sure that I could go in without breaking down...
The morning of the appointment was brutal and very nerve wrecking for me. I remember not getting any sleep that night, and even crying a little bit by myself in the bathroom as I got ready to head out with my husband.
The entire time thinking of everything that could be going wrong, and what if the doctor told us that we we couldn't conceive or that something just wasn't normal. What if I had infertility issues? Or what if my husband had a abnormally low sperm count? All these things were running through my mind...and the thought of not being able to have a baby boy or girl to start my family was killing me.
The hospital was only 20 minutes away from home, but that morning even without any traffic, it felt hours long, and I wasn't even sure that I could go in without breaking down...
Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Beginning - Problems Getting Pregnant
It all started just about a year after my husband and I got married, and decided that it was time to start creating and raising a family. We had always talked about it, even while we were dating and knew that some day when we were both ready we would try and start a family of our own.
Like most couples however, we didn't really put to much thought into the possibility of it not occurring. I mean really who does? These are the kind of moments you dream of when your a little girl, planning your wedding, and joking with your friends about how many kids you'll have and what your kids will do (us girls know how this works!)...so on and so on.
So when the time came around for my husband I to start trying get pregnant, we honestly never even considered the thought that it would take us so long, and put us through such heartache just to conceive a baby boy or girl. It wasn't until the first time we tried and I had my period that I started to maybe think that we might have some problems getting pregnant, but even then I never thought it would be so serious of an issue.
I just thought like any woman would, that it was just about effort and persistence, and it will happen soon.
About two months went by, and we were still having problems getting pregnant, and it's not like we weren't trying either ;). Call it feminine or maternal instinct, but I felt deep down that something was wrong, and there was more to this then just plain dumb luck....
2 months & Counting, and we were still having the same problems getting pregnant and conceiving a boy or girl...
Like most couples however, we didn't really put to much thought into the possibility of it not occurring. I mean really who does? These are the kind of moments you dream of when your a little girl, planning your wedding, and joking with your friends about how many kids you'll have and what your kids will do (us girls know how this works!)...so on and so on.
So when the time came around for my husband I to start trying get pregnant, we honestly never even considered the thought that it would take us so long, and put us through such heartache just to conceive a baby boy or girl. It wasn't until the first time we tried and I had my period that I started to maybe think that we might have some problems getting pregnant, but even then I never thought it would be so serious of an issue.
I just thought like any woman would, that it was just about effort and persistence, and it will happen soon.
About two months went by, and we were still having problems getting pregnant, and it's not like we weren't trying either ;). Call it feminine or maternal instinct, but I felt deep down that something was wrong, and there was more to this then just plain dumb luck....
2 months & Counting, and we were still having the same problems getting pregnant and conceiving a boy or girl...
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The Start of Something Special - Trying to Have a Baby - My Journey
It seems like nothing more then a distant memory to me now, but 5 years ago it was a very real and painful truth to face. My husband and I were having a very hard time getting pregnant, and after 1 year and 4 months of trying, and consulting doctors we started to become desperate, and didn't know where or who to turn to.
I've created this blog in response to my sister's current state of affair, as she too is having much heartache and trouble trying to have a baby. Something about her situation moved me to take action, and help all those troubled women and men out there that are finding it very difficult to get pregnant for what ever the set of reasons are.
I'm here to support you, and take you through my story every step of the way.
You see...
My husband and I had a very tough time getting pregnant with our first child, and I had a very difficult time coming to terms with my body and his body not responding the way we always dreamed of. Today we are blessed with 3 beautiful children (Thomas, Jennifer, & Steven), and it did get easier after the first child.
I'm out there to lend my knowledge, experience and support to all those having trouble conceiving and creating their dream family. I'm here to let you know, to hold on and that your dream is very possible...even if you can't see it right now! If my husband and I could go through what we had to go through to have our first child, then anyone can do it!!
I only hope that my support and personal experience can bring you closer to realizing your dream of having the family you always wanted! :)
I've created this blog in response to my sister's current state of affair, as she too is having much heartache and trouble trying to have a baby. Something about her situation moved me to take action, and help all those troubled women and men out there that are finding it very difficult to get pregnant for what ever the set of reasons are.
I'm here to support you, and take you through my story every step of the way.
You see...
My husband and I had a very tough time getting pregnant with our first child, and I had a very difficult time coming to terms with my body and his body not responding the way we always dreamed of. Today we are blessed with 3 beautiful children (Thomas, Jennifer, & Steven), and it did get easier after the first child.
I'm out there to lend my knowledge, experience and support to all those having trouble conceiving and creating their dream family. I'm here to let you know, to hold on and that your dream is very possible...even if you can't see it right now! If my husband and I could go through what we had to go through to have our first child, then anyone can do it!!
I only hope that my support and personal experience can bring you closer to realizing your dream of having the family you always wanted! :)
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