My oh my has it been a while! Well, a few things have changed since the last post. Yesterday was Jared's 30th birthday and today is Valentine's day! Jared is so sweet, he took me to buy one of those puffy vests from a certain farm store we frequent. I have been eyeing these for quite some time now and I was lucky enough to catch them on sale 50% off! Yay Cupid! Back to bigger updates...We have been hoping Jared would land a job a little closer to where I went to college in central OK, but after to applications and no news we have set our sights on staying closer to here. It does depress me a little, I'm not gonna lie. I want to be closer to my family, but it just may not be in God's plan for us right now. I have accepted it and I'm having fun looking for houses in the area we already live in. We are ok with our little love nest for now but my baby fever is acute and out of control. LOL since our house is not ideal for my plan of homebirth...yes, you read correctly. I'm one of those crazy hippie ladies you read about. I absolutely love the idea of giving birth to a baby (with little to no assistance other than an experienced midwife cheering my on) in the very home it will grow in. Homebirth gets a bad rep I think. The thought of strangers getting to spend the first precious moments of my baby's life with it whilst I wait helplessly by, exposed for the world to see does not interest me in the slightest. LOL. I have talked with Jared and it surprised the heck out of me to hear he is very open to the idea, but wanted to research it in publications first...OH MY DARLING NERD :). Isn't he precious ladies? So hooray for babies! Hooray for supportive husbands! and Hooray for...all natural diet? Yep, we have gone primal. Well, kind of. After Jared started displaying a horrifying sensitivity to MSGs and other food additives (his tongue swells up and he can't talk YIKES) we decided to read read read. We are big fans of Dr. Richard and Cyndi Becker. They have a wonderful little show we can pick up on our rabbit ears...forgive me I think it is called "Your Health"?...and have found out great information about a very natural approach to health and offers supplements and reading material from different sources (other Dr's and researchers). We have several books and have also decided we probably won't vaccinate our children either. I know you are probably thinking "hold on! what the devil are you doing?! You are already a terrible parent and you aren't even pregnant! your child will die of numerous horrible ailments!". I assure you I will argue my point on that particular note in later posts. It was HORRIFYING reading the research. I am absolutely infuriated by those who champion vaccinations.
I will also add my own recent experience with herbal medicine but since some may consider it TMI, I will keep it as "ungross and unpersonal" as possible LOL. I read on fertility blogs about chaste berry or "vitex", it is a plant used for centuries by other cultures to help balance female hormones and promote ovulation. Since I had never had a very punctual monthly visit I thought I would give it a try. I'm sure you think I am crazy and you are probably saying "why don't you just get on the pill? You crazy lady!" I have my own opinion of the pill. It is a joke. Both of my sisters use the pill (my older sis not anymore). I once watched my little sister punch a hole in our bathroom wall over not having any towels left. Dramatic? Yes. This was only one of several outbursts the pill has caused her. LOL. When not on the pill she is a totally calm and so much fun to be around...I made her stop taking it when she moved in with me in college LOL. I also don't like the way BC prevents pregnancy. I does not prevent an egg and sperm from uniting and forming a a zygote (a baby, a human, a person), it merely prevents the newly formed zygote from implanting in the uterus. It just lets it die. I am not typing this to offend others. If you choose the pill, that is your choice and I am glad we live in a country that lets you make that choice! :) I just know it is def NOT FOR ME. Vitex, while it does nothing to prevent pregnancy, completely balanced my hormones in 3 months. I run like clockwork now and my PMS is much better. I just want to share with other like minded ladies that there is another choice out there! Choices that don't cause weight gain, increased stroke risk and many other horrible things! Go natural! and feel better for it! :)