Good News From the Chiropractor

There were alpacas hanging out in a field on the way to my chiropractor appointment (his office is on the north side of town, which is more rural)...alpacas are sooooooo adorable.

So I went to the chiropractor that my yoga teacher recommended today...I told him (the chiropractor) I was feeling hugely depleted after the pregnancy/miscarriage, and wanted to be as healthy as possible for the upcoming FET. He did his assessment and then sat me down to talk with me.

"You know," he said. "You're pretty darn healthy already, and I don't usually say that to people."

That made me sooooooo happy to hear, because I've been trying soooooo hard.

Here are some other things he said to me: 

• That I am VERY sensitive to caffeine, and should avoid it completely...even the tiniest bit of chocolate every once in a while is off limits, which is really no big deal...I'm not a huge dessert person 
• He said usually he'll assess a person and give them dietary recommendations (eg, low carb, vegetarian), because their body is really sensitive to things. "You," he said, "Your body's not picky. Pretty much anything you want to eat, as long as it's healthy"
• He did say when I eat meat to make sure it's meat that's hormone-free
• And he asked me to eat as much kale, collard greens and broccoli as I can
• And to eat cold water fish (wild not farm-raised) 8 oz a week
• AND, he told me my body is sensitive to electromagnetic fields, so not to sit with a computer on my lap when we're doing the FET/if I get pregnant. Which is something I've thought about...I'm on the computer essentially all day for work and my preferred way to work is in a comfy chair with my laptop on my lap. When I was pregnant and spending a lot of time in bed, it would have been comfortable to rest my laptop on my belly, but I was very careful not to do that. I Googled it and couldn't find any studies/information showing laptops were harmful, but still felt uneasy about it. "Laptop on your desk, as far away from your uterus as possible," is what my chiropractor said, and even though it's outside my normal routine, what I'm going to try and do. 

Glad I went...good to hear some new ideas for healthy things for me to do, and it was so nice to go to someone and hear them say I'm doing pretty well health-wise...gives me a little boost of confidence that certainly doesn't hurt. :)

XO

{Image credit: Muffet}

Chickens and Eggs

Happy Monday, Everyone!

My mom gave me eggs over the weekend, something she does on a regular basis. The eggs come from a friend of hers who has chickens. My dad and I were in the friend's neighborhood last summer, and we stopped by. Happy chickens running around a big grassy yard (with some big friendly dogs keeping them company). The eggs are so yummy, and they've got to be so good for you, and I love that the chickens have a good life (I'm a total softie for animals. I really should be a vegetarian.)

I grew up on a farm with chickens...they got shipped overnight as day-old chicks in a big cardboard box, and the post office would call my mom and say, "Can you please come pick up your package? The peeping is driving us CRAZY!" The babies would live in the kitchen, fenced in by walls of cardboard, with orange-red glowing heat lamps to keep them warm, until they were big enough to go to the chicken coop. Nothing's cuter than a fluffy pale yellow chick.

Anyway, I'm really cranky today/woke up on the wrong side of the bed (not sure why...probably has something to do with working a lot over the weekend), and trying to focus on the good things in my life. Eggs from these chickens--and remembering baby chicks--make me happy. 

XO