What is Flo doing with her time?

I have now officially been a SAHW for a month and I am not bored yet. A bit of a shame, since I read yesterday that being bored and doing nothing sometimes is good. Apparently it gives the mind a chance to recuperate from the thousands of impressions that we get every day and helps to find the deeper purpose of life (link to the Dutch article here).

What I keep myself busy with? Things like meeting my friends for lunch, flogging the contents of my wardrobe on Marktplaats, amusing Jonny with my acrobatic skills, getting colour swatches for the new house and cooking natural meals. Basically I have three job titles at the moment: project manager 'building, moving and decorating', domestic goddess and part-time student brand management (and yes, the thesis is coming along fine thanks). Oh and we are preparing ourselves for the next round of IVF-ICSI.

The preparation involves healthy natural food and ridiculously expensive supplements. Good nutrition is vital in preparation for IVF to support the body's ability for developing and growing eggs, building the lining of the womb, helping with the healing after the retrieval of the eggs and for the implantation of the embryo. In order to get not too worked up about our food, we are following the 80/20 rule, being health-conscious about what we eat 80% of the time.

The possible stress that I get from finding all the right ingredients for our dinners I reduce by abdominal massage and acupuncture. Abdominal massage detoxifies and strengthens the lower abdomen and improves the blood flow. Acupuncture before and during the IVF-treatment helps to balance the body and grow follicles. A German study shows that acupuncture might increase the chances of a full term pregnancy.

So if (anything in) the treatment goes wrong, at least we know it's not in the preparation. And the healthy living makes us feel good, which is a major bonus!

We have an appointment in the hospital next Wednesday. This is a couple of days before we are supposed to start the treatment again, so they can check if my body is ready for another go. This appointment is at my request, since I felt I'd rather know that we cannot start yet, than psyching ourselves up for the treatment, start injections to only then be told that the best time has not come yet. Best spannend dus!