Interesting day!

Lets see...actually this story starts last week. I have mild scoliosis and so my back has been hurting really bad lately. Rich and I decided we finally had time to go see a chiropractor, and choose a really good one who is actually a member of the ward. As I was getting ready to go in, for some reason I kept feeling that I needed to bring up my miscarriages and that he would address it/find something that might help. It was kinda confusing, because he is a chiropractor! So I went to see him and he was in a hurry so I thought if I brought it up, it wouldn't really be addresses. So he made me a follow-up appointment for this morning. I went in this morning, laid on the table and just as he barely touched my back almost my entire back cracked. He was like "mmmmm...interesting." So he kept going. Then I told him about my TMJ (basically I have a tight jaw) and so he worked on that. He worked some more and then stopped and thought for a long time. After about 5 minutes he asked "do you have problems with your period?" Those of you who know, I have really crazy periods. I will spot for an entire month, be 3 weeks late etc. everything imaginable. I never have a normal period. So I answered yes. Then he asked if we were trying to have children so I told him about our 3 miscarriages. After I told him he said "you are having miscarriages because your hormones are messed up." That took me by surprise, because he had been cracking my back so how did he know about my hormones? He then explained that my ligaments are really loose (the reason my back cracked so easily) and they are lose because basically my adrenal gland is off and he said he thought that my periods are off and I keep having miscarriages because the hormone progesterone is off. I explained to him that I had tried taking progesterone suppositories during my third pregnancy, but when I told him that I started if after I was pregnant, he said that is completely useless. He explained that you need to have it even before you are pregnant, or it is useless. We had wanted to start progesterone before our third pregnancy, because I had heard this before, but 2 months after our second miscarriage we were surprised to find out I was pregnant again (surprised meaning we hadn't planned on that at all...aka: mistake...but I hate saying mistake because that sounds so sad!). So basically (this, surprisingly, is the short version...he explained a lot more and showed other symptoms on me) he gave me a supplement to start that helped my adrenal gland and then said to start progesterone cream after a month.

We are going to give this a try when we plan on trying again, and if it doesn't work then I have the name of a really good doctor that my friend gave me. So either way, we are going to figure this out. But if by chance this is the fix, then I am glad I found it now before we got pregnant again. I am pretty skeptical of quick fixes, but it's worth a try.

Also, I found an awesome article last night in the new Ensign that everyone should read, especially those who are going through a "struggle" of bringing children into this world (or any other struggle). It's called "Looking to the Lord" by Mary N. Cook. Read it! :)

"Do we allow our circumstances to limit our view, or do we look up to the Lord, who can expand our view?" - Mary N. Cook