My Post IVF diet

My pulse had been weak since the start of the IVF injections in late June.  There were no known reasons - could have been the stress leading to the 3-week absence from work, or the effects of the injections on my health.  The pulse continued to worsen, especially after the failed pregnancy arising from a poor quality embryo.

It took me 7 weeks before my pulse showed signs of recovery.  One of the most common questions was what did I do to get my pulse back on track.  Again, there is no scientific evidence to this.  But I thought sharing this might help others, in one way or another:

1. Having black chicken herbal soup every alternate day (for the first 5 weeks) and subsequently twice a week
2. Having red dates, dang gui and longan drink every day (for the first 5 weeks) and subsequently every alternate day
3. Having chinese herbal medicine prescribed by my TCM doctor twice a day 
4. Having cherries every 2-3 days 
5. Having organic soy isoflavones pills every night
6. Wearing long-sleeved tops and long-pants for the whole day for the first 5 weeks
7. Avoiding iced drinks and cooling food e.g. melons, white-coloured vegetables such as radish, white cabbage, bean sprouts etc
8. Making a conscious effort to reduce worrying and anxiety e.g. through prayers and deep breathing etc.  I do have a phone apps for checking of heart rate.  Interestingly, it is about 80beats per minute when I am heading to work, 90beats per minute when I am at work and 70beats per minute after work.
9. Going to gym once a week about 4 weeks ago.  The routine consisted about 10mins of brisk-walking and 4 types of simple weights exercises (squats, lunges, chest press, sit-ups etc)
10. Arranged for 2 extended weekends so that I could get more rest and stay away from work.

Interestingly, after each of the extended weekends, my TCM doctor diagnosed more obvious improvements in my pulse. In any case, my pulse is starting to show an itsy bitsy power.  If the trend continues, my TCM doctor would be allowing us to continue our plans to try for a baby.  Right now, it is still on hold as the body needs to recover.