Yesterday Tom and I went and consulted with LaDean Barnes who is a certified teacher of the Creighton Model Fertility Care System. We went through the initial informational meeting and will begin charting in a couple of days. We found the training to be very helpful and are looking forward to working with LaDean.
While I have charted my cycles before, this method is a bit more involved and working with a teacher who can help with knowing how to chart different situations and help interpret things will be very helpful I think. We will chart for 60 days and then evaluate where to go from there. At that point, most infertility clients are recommended to a doctor who is trained in NaPro Technology and the teacher works with you in accurately charting so that the doctor can see what is going on and help with diagnosis and treatment, she also acts as a liaison between you and the doctor. The information regarding infertility success rates on this link was encouraging!How far we go with treatment is still undetermined, we prefer natural treatments and there are some lines that we will not cross. However, the doctors who are trained in this only use natural hormones, do not do IVF or sterilizations or abortions - so that is a plus! A big consideration in this is that, being self-employed, we do not have health insurance and some of this could be very $$$. The nearest trained doctor is in NC, so it would also be a drive.
Tom is very excited and hopeful and looking forward to helping me with the charting (though not looking forward to the 30-day abstinence required in the beginning - eek!). The children are excited, it has been difficult for them as they pray daily for a brother or sister. I am cautiously optimistic. I was impressed with the teacher and look forward to working with her. I was impressed with the research and information provided in the system. I am hopeful that with my continued weight loss and healthy eating and exercise and the charting that we will see results. I am very interested in getting some more tests and diagnostics done but a bit leery of what we will be able and willing to do medical-wise if we need it. Please pray with us for wisdom! We all want a baby very, very much but need to make sure we are in God's will for us above all. :-)
We have a follow-up appt every 2 weeks for a while and then monthly. Feel free to ask questions!
