Another try.. Aug 12 cycle

Cycle start date: 7 Aug 12, Tuesday
~ had spotting and was hoping for the best, trying to convince myself that it is the implantation bleed but the flow soon thicken and hopes for the cycle died along with the increased flow

Cycle Day 1: 8 Aug 12, Wednesday
~ due to the extremely light flow (which only started in the evening) on 7 Aug 12, the cycle day 1 is taken to be this date instead. Started on the Clearblue Fertility Monitor for added help for this cycle.
Things that will be continued: TCM Accunpuncture, Ba Zhen soup for the 2 weeks prior to Ovulation, reduced cold drinks intake etc

Aim for this cycle: to reduce the cycle length
Info: last cycle the O day was on CD 25 which the gynae already considered it to be old. Add on to that my long luteal phase of 16 days, the whole cycle length will be 42. The hope is to be able to cut short the FSH stage and encourage follicle maturity and ovulation hopefully, by CD 20, so with the luteal phase of 17 days, the cycle length will be reduced to 37 days.

Accupuncture sessions: 11 Aug 12 on CD 4 and 18 Aug 12 on CD 11. One funny thing that is worth a mention is that after going for TCM on 2 consecutive weeks, the TCM practitioner was asking on 18 Aug 12 if I will want to book an appointment. Guess my reply? 'Hopefully I will ovulate by the coming week and if I do, I will not go back for any sessions during the 2 weeks wait. But if I fail, I will return 2 weeks later.' Her response? 'Jiayou and Good Luck to you.'

With that, I left the TCM place on my own (Daddy was at home with your sister waiting for my parcel hence, they cannot accompany me out). I bought the chicken rice home as our dinner along the way back.

I am not sure why, but for the last 2 sessions, the needles seemed to be poked further and deeper in such that there will be slight pain at the lower abdomen area. But anything goes, as long as we will have you kicking and happy in our arms a long 9 months later.