In addition to feeling blessed by this comment, I'm also blessed to have people out there who care enough about me and what I'm going through that they spend their precious time looking for things that might help me. I know I mention her a lot, but +Megan Karabon has done so much to be a support to me. I know most married women may have someone at work they may call their "work husband," but I often joke with Tony that Megan is my "work wife." No ill humor intended, it's just that I can go to Megan's classroom or she'll come to mine and we solve the world's our day-to-day problems by bouncing ideas off each other. Some days I don't know what I would do if I didn't have that kind of support at school. At home, I'm lucky enough to have a supporting husband and family who do whatever they can to help me out when I'm struggling or feeling down. I'm lucky enough to also have someone that I consider pretty darn close to family at work whom I can trust and I know always has my back. For that, I'm so grateful.
Today, for instance, I received a text message in the middle of the morning telling me there's a place in Milwaukee that offers fertility yoga. I'd never heard of such a thing! And then, as if just letting me know wasn't enough, Megan made sure to come down to see if I'd checked it out. The fact that someone who is as busy (or busier) than I am would take time out of their day to get excited about something to help me is unbelievable. But, that's how it is. That's how our friendship works, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I did check out this fertility yoga stuff. Unfortunately, the place in Milwaukee isn't offering any classes right now and won't be until January (which is when we hope to be starting up our third IVF cycle). But, after a quick Google search I found a bunch of pretty informative articles. Some, like this one, even offer some poses with instructions. Basically, fertility yoga increases blood flow to some of the reproductive organs while also relieving stress (which is of utmost importance when trying to conceive). I've also discovered Amazon has bunches of fertility yoga videos, so you can bet your bottom I'm jumping on that bandwagon as soon as Tony's paycheck my paycheck clears the bank!
In the meantime, I've started going to the gym. I finally made it to the Monday night 4:15 p.m. yoga class...only to find out it was the last night it's being offered at that time. Can we say bummed? I'd been completely ready to change a long-standing Monday night appointment in order to go. So, now I have to wait and see what's going to be taking it's place.
Tony and I have decided, together, that we're both going to try to get up in the wee hours of the morning to be each other's workout buddies. So far, it' s been really challenging. We intended to start last Thursday. I was up late Wednesday night studying, and Thursdays are my long days (I'm in class until 8:30 p.m.), so it was easy to talk each other out of that one. Then, on Friday, we decided we could go in the evening (we didn't). By Saturday we'd lost what little motivation was driving us, and we decided to wait until today to give it a whirl. Well, last night as I sat here plugging away at my blog, I realized there was a 4:15 yoga class I could attend after school. It wasn't a very tough decision when weighing an extra almost-two hours sleep (class starts at 5:15 in the morning) vs. getting up in the cold, dark morning to go to the gym. Even though I didn't get up this morning, I did follow through and go to yoga this evening. I felt great when I was done, but boy were some of those poses uncomfortable. Although it's not a high-intensity workout, I'll still be surprised if I'm walking normally tomorrow. I already know I probably won't be pain-free.
With that said, it's time for me to sign-off for the night. We are going to be at the gym early tomorrow morning. Thanks in advance for your encouragement and support -- both Tony and I will need it :)
Until tomorrow, my friends!
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