Test Results

So, I got my test results back a few days ago. There is doubt if I am immune to chicken pox. I did get vaccinated when I was about 23 (I'm 38 now), perhaps it has waned over the years. Test results did not say I have no immunity, just a doubt as to whether I do or not. huh?

Hmmm. If I decided to re vaccinate, the two injections will be done about 6 weeks apart and no trying for a baby at least 3 months after the second injection. I don't want to wait 5 or 6 months before trying, we have a visit with a fertility specialist next month. I may ask him what he thinks.

For now I will not worry about it and just enjoy the new book I bought online, good on you postie for providing me with a little weekend reading. 'Yes You Can Get Pregnant: Natural Ways To Improve Your Fertility Now And into Your 40s' by Aimee Raupp. I also bought 'The Infertility Cure: Ancient Chinese Programme for Getting Pregnant' by Randine Lewis. Hope the latter comes in the post soon.

I have not finished reading Yes You Can, but so far I think it is has good and sound advice and best of all the author Aimee is good at making her readers feel positive and optimistic. I don't want to breach any copyright laws by giving too much information away but I will quote part of the book here. It really opened my eyes a little.

"The widely cited statistic that one in three women ages 35 to 39 will not be pregnant after a year of trying, for instance, is based on an article published in 2004 in the Journal Human Reproduction. Rarely mentioned is the source of the data: French birth records from 1670 to 1830. The chance of remaining childless - 30 percent - was calculated based on historical populations.
In other words, millions of women are being told when to get pregnant based on statistics from a time before electricity, antibiotics, or fertility treatment. Most people assume these numbers are based on large, well conducted studies of modern women, but they are not."

The books talks about diet, lifestyle and mental and emotional well-being, playing more of a factor for fertility challenges than age, and ways to improve our fertility through the right diet and supplements and meditation techniques etc which she explains in detail and lays out in an easy to follow way. It is not a hard book to read, and is easy to understand. It actually helped at a child's birthday party I went to yesterday. More on that later.