Cold Feet

Sweetest116

... and I don't mean I'm nervous about something.  I've been reading a ton about how cold feet can effect your LP.  Anyone have anything to add? Positive story? Thoughts? Tell me I'm nuts?

KC1212

Nope. Not crazy. Acupuncturist says I have a cold uterus. I think I even read somewhere cold uterus=cold feet or vice versa. It makes perfect sense given how warm pregnant women run. This is all TCM though. Not western medicine I'm referring to.

KC1212

I hope to have a positive story here in a few months! Lol

Sweetest116

Yeah I've been reading about it in this new book I got "the infertility cure"... I've been soaking my feet in warm water and wearing socks to bed.  I'll try anything, right? HA!  My acupuncturist hasn't mentioned a cold uterus to me, but I'm reading a lot about it.  Have you been doing anything to support a warmer uterus @KC1212?

pettycrocker

From what I understood it's not that cold feet affect your LP or anything for that matter. The idea is that if you keep your feet warm, your blood flow could potentially focus more in uterus which *could* help with implantation, you know? 

But it's not like keeping socks on would lengthen a short LP  I feel like when you're dealing with IF, anything could be a potential fix. I ate pineapple and macadamia nuts like it was my duty for my IUI cycle, because I read that those could help with implantation. 

I've been craving sunflower seeds lately, and I bet if I get pregnant next cycle I could say "All those sunflower seeds surely helped me get KU" lol 

But like you said, we'll all pretty much try anything at this point. 

Amores0121

@Sweetest116 I was going to buy that book...how is it? My feet are always cold at night. I spent $40 on a fertility yoga cd but you're supposed to do it everyday and I can't commit myself to that b/c it is not physically challenging and I need some actual exercise! At first I was doing really good with it, but lately haven't done it much at all. I may do it tonight. I have only done 2 phases so far, ovulatory and luteal. So this weekend I should be able to do menstrual. Its really weird and kind of boring.

freakyfast

What if you are always cold? Not just feet? 

KC1212

@freakyfast I think it still applies. Read or google "making babies" (I think it is similar to the infertility cure) however it is written by two doctors. One, a traditional western doctor, another a TCM aka eastern doctor. I will post more later on it when I'm not on mobile. I'm becoming a believer, no I'm not pregnant but, I have more energy, my ECWCM came back, my cramps went from kill me now to almost non existent...

Oh and even if I don't get pregnant I will continue TCM in conjunction with western treatments such as IUI or IVF IF we go that route.

freakyfast

KC1212 said:

@freakyfast I think it still applies. Read or google "making babies" (I think it is similar to the infertility cure) however it is written by two doctors. One, a traditional western doctor, another a TCM aka eastern doctor. I will post more later on it when I'm not on mobile. I'm becoming a believer, no I'm not pregnant but, I have more energy, my ECWCM came back, my cramps went from kill me now to almost non existent...

Interesting..  I will have to check it out.  I am ALWAYS cold.  My hands are always like ice. 

KC1212

@sweetest116 I haven't been able to put it into practice here lately. Our AC broke and the house during the day can reach up into the 80s.  However now that it is fixed, I will be applying a warm heating pad to my abdomen (only up to ovulation). My acupuncturist ( I just saw her today) told me no cold food or drink and nothing raw. It has to be cooked. No salads. Interestingly, during our chat today, she told me that she credits Traditional Chinese Medicine to preventing her miscarriages in her first two pregnancies (she's currently pregnant with her third and I secretly hope I "catch" it) Anyways- when she was pregnant with her oldest child she was still in school studying TCM and acupuncture. She fainted during class and started to bleed at around 6 weeks. Her teacher prescribed her herbs and it stopped immediately, the same thing happened with her second child, however, at that point she was "ready" for it and at that point was educated to treat herself.

She told me that you cannot and should not dismiss seemingly unrelated symptoms. You are, we are, ONE body and therefore everything is connected. If you feel cold, there's a reason, if you feel tired, there's a reason.

Now I know that this approach is not geared for everyone, and that is fine. I personally believe that there is something to it and that it should be granted more credit from Western American doctors. I also feel like it deserves more research and should be covered under insurance policies. It is actually another girl on here (who is now on the PAIF board) that converted me.

Amores0121

@KC1212 what herbs are you on? I also was thinking of going the Chinese medicine route..talked to DH about it, he called me crazy and said he would rather me go on fertility meds! Cuz that makes sense 8-|  That's when I bought the fertility yoga cd and started looking into acupuncture. But seeing as my insurance doesn't cover acupuncture, Idk how that would work out. Then again, my insurance doesn't cover fertility meds/procedures if we had to go that route either. So basically I'm OOP either way!

KC1212

@Amores0121

She has me on Buplerum(? Spelling) and Dong quai (?spelling) it is a tincture. She has my DH on something else for sperm counts. I go once a week to the tune of $80/visit.

If I were you, I would call around and see if you could just get a consultation. Take your charts and tell them what's going on, etc. Maybe they can just treat you with dietary changes and herbs. I don't know.

If you're curious my official diagnosis is "Liver Qi Stagnation" And "spleen deficiency".

My husband has something to do with kidneys...crap... I forget what she called it. But Interestingly she pegged that "diagnosis" before he told her about his recurrent kidney stones ! She said that the kidney filters all the fluids in your body- what is a man's semen mostly composed of? Fluid.

I know it is all very weird but, that is what we are going with for now. Feel free to PM me.

Amores0121

KC1212 said:

@Amores0121 She has me on Buplerum(? Spelling) and Dong quai (?spelling) it is a tincture. She has my DH on something else for sperm counts. I go once a week to the tune of $80/visit. If I were you, I would call around and see if you could just get a consultation. Take your charts and tell them what's going on, etc. Maybe they can just treat you with dietary changes and herbs. I don't know. If you're curious my official diagnosis is "Liver Qi Stagnation" And "spleen deficiency". My husband has something to do with kidneys...crap... I forget what she called it. But Interestingly she pegged that "diagnosis" before he told her about his recurrent kidney stones ! She said that the kidney filters all the fluids in your body- what is a man's semen mostly composed of? Fluid. I know it is all very weird but, that is what we are going with for now. Feel free to PM me.

@KC1212 Thanks. DH is going to get an SA done as soon as I schedule the appointment.  Once I get the results of those I think I will do that.  That way, I can go prepared with his info as well.

+SouthernMomma+

I never knew any of this!!! Wow!! I seriously shiver to death every time I eat, and my feet stay FROZEN!! Looks like im going to buy a snow suit and cut a hole in the crotch lol

Sweetest116

Amores0121 It is a great book! I loved it and was able to communicate more effectively with my acupuncturist AND notice things about my body that I didn't before.  Like @KC1212 said, we are ONE body and it works in harmony - as the book calls it, an ecosystem.  It's all about achieving balance within the ecosystem... great read, totally recommend it.

Now I want to read Making Babies because I heard it's the more medical approach whereas The IF Cure is the TCM side of medicine.  Good stuff!

Sweetest116

@Amores0121 - see above

KC1212

@sweetest116 now I want to read the IF cure! lol.