rainie: I agree, coz last few cycles, have tried to cover all bases, esp when my af's super irregular (think I only have 4 to 5 cycles to date), then there was once I saw the maturing follicle during a scan with Dr Fong, got me so psyched up and BD lotsa times then still failed, was so sad tt cycle..
Then started questioning hw come alr try to cover everything and plan everything but still din get it.. aft tt, become more 看开, coz tis really out of one's control.. sigh.. guess tt took some stress away too? so just monitored opk and BD-ed etc and then wait..
missy: Good Luck and think with the trigger shot, will definitely O 36hrs later coz tt's what Dr Fong said too, so just Jiayou and hope tt they'll meet..
If yall dun mind, below's what I did to shorten the cycle etc..
during af: did not do anythg special etc
3 days aft af clears (A): I made appt for the accupuncture and coincidentally tis a wkend, so I double boiled the Ba Zhen soup (as recommended in other threads and also twinkle)
1 wk aft the 1st accupuncture (B): I booked another appt for the TCM, think I stressed the sinseh out quite a bit coz I told her tt I need to ovulate fast and am lacking in the CM, so she poked her needles real real deep inside, until I felt tt it touched base with dunno wat..
The sinseh said tt my cycle flow's too minimal (1st day can use panty liner, 2nd day 1 pad'd suffice and 3rd day's back to panty liner and 4th/5th day'd be clear ler), so she said hard to implant.. so she sorta boost the blood flow to the uterus etc..
She recommended drinking 益母草too, which I bought previously but din take coz forgot the instructions on when to take it, but aft chking with sinseh again, I took it..
I then boiled myself Ba Zhen soup again, this time adding hard boiled egg inside to boil together.. coz missy said tt to boost the follicle growth, gotta take the egg white.. so figured tt it shouldn't do any harm? Then for the wkends, I finished the whole pot of soup and ate all the egg white (think I added 4 eggs inside).. Eat until my hb said I crazy, eat so many eggs.. -_-
In between (A) and (B): I will boil the 益母草 (read online and saw tt some websites states tt it can hlp clear abit of the tubes and regulate the cycle)..
Directions: Take some 益母草 and then throw it into a small pot of water, boil until the water level seems like half, then pour the water into a bowl via a strainer.. Keep the 1st bowl of boiled water, use the 益母草 in the strainer and put it back into the pot, add new water and re-boil it.. wait until the water turns half, then drain the boiled water into another bowl.. discard the 益母草.. combine bowl 1 and bowl 2 into the pot, then add the seedless red dates and dried longans inside to boil.. wait for it to boil, aft wh can trf into the thermal flask and can bring to office to drink the next day..
益母草 will help to regulate the cycle.. if you look online, will find other recipes wh includes adding egg inside, but coz I want to bring to office, I did not add egg.. instead I added egg to the Ba Zhen soup..
The sinseh said cannot drink 益母草 during af..
Another problem tt I have is the thin lining.. so searched online and saw tt Vitex/ Chasteberry (aka 曼荆子） will hlp to thicken the lining, so went to the 药材店 and bought it..
The websites state tt the Western pple like to use it for female uses whereas if look thru the chinese websites, the Chinese pple use it mainly to cure headaches etc..
The 药材店 uncle said to just boil it in water and then can just drink tt water (did nt manage to find recipe on what to do with the 曼荆子)..
The above, I do it prior to ovulation, but was too late for the 曼荆子 coz O occured shortly aft I bought the 曼荆子.. so din get to try it..
Another thg tt I drank was red bean soup, soaked the beans in the morning, then when reach home at night, just boil the beans and add brown sugar.. This one I read fr the m/c thread, wh is said to promote blood circulation, but some mummies suggested tt it may result in af reporting.. I dunno, but I read the former first and was alr drinking the first bowl of red bean soup..
During O, I used the pre-seed too, coz usu aft the TCM accupuncture, will be real wet (sorry, TMI) but it lasts ard a day aft the TCM session, so I still use pre-seed during O.. aft tt put bolster below the butt to raise the hips up for half hr..
Another recommendations tt was given in the 2ww was to take nuts, especially brazilian nuts, but the ntuc near my place only has walnut, so I ate walnut instead.. until colleague told me tt walnuts' more for the guys to boost their spermies thgy.. -_-
During the 2ww, I din do much and continued with the normal food coz tawt wont have chance esp aft the HJ wh sorta emptied the store.. =( I just continued with my anti-oxidant tea, coke etc..
Berries: Thx! Shall wait it out and see how, but have no symptoms one.. -_- If you look at the chart, we'r in between the graduates, bbkoh and cinmay.. heh heh, think will strike one by one ler.. =) Jiayou!
tt's y din join any of the mtb thread.. Haha..