signaturehealthcarebrocktonhospital posted: "By: Lauren Carmichael About 10%-12% of women in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I have been in the process of trying to donate my eggs since February 2"
By: Lauren Carmichael About 10%-12% of women in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I have been in the process of trying to donate my eggs since February 2017. I have always had an interest in the process. I applied to be an egg donor when I was a lot younger and ended up never following through with it. I was re-inspired again a few years later by listening to the experiences and struggles from some of my friends who were struggling with infertility. I decided to go for it again. The qualification process wasn't very long. You have to fill out a lot of paper work, but it's no difficult task. There are a lot of qualifications you must meet to be considered for egg donation. Some of the qualifications include: be in your 20s (30s is considered too old) have regular periods have a healthy BMI must be a non-smoker. After filling out my paper work, it was determined I was a qualified candidate. After you are accepted and entered into the company's database, you must have a medical screening and a psych screening. They [...]
signaturehealthcarebrocktonhospital posted: "By: Guest Blogger, Andrea Mitchell Earlier this summer, our family succumbed to the flu that had been making its rounds throughout the area during the late winter and spring. I thought we'd made it through flu season without one of us getting it, "
By: Guest Blogger, Andrea Mitchell Earlier this summer, our family succumbed to the flu that had been making its rounds throughout the area during the late winter and spring. I thought we'd made it through flu season without one of us getting it, which for my family of 5 is a small miracle. I […]
signaturehealthcarebrocktonhospital posted: "Thank you to everyone who entered the Signature Moms Blogger contest this year! It always makes it difficult to narrow down our choices to only 5 new bloggers. After much deliberation, we have chosen the 5 ladies who will join Martianne, Sandy, Carolyn, J"
Thank you to everyone who entered the Signature Moms Blogger contest this year! It always makes it difficult to narrow down our choices to only 5 new bloggers. After much deliberation, we have chosen the 5 ladies who will join Martianne, Sandy, Carolyn, Janice, Cheryl, and Deirdre as featured bloggers. Please welcome our new Signature Moms bloggers! They […]
signaturehealthcarebrocktonhospital posted: "By: Guest Blogger, Allison Morgan I have a new thing that I've started doing with some friends of mine. Each week, we make a recipe that is healthy-ish, and then we trade among ourselves, so we get anywhere between 2-4 different lunches for the we"
By: Guest Blogger, Allison Morgan I have a new thing that I've started doing with some friends of mine. Each week, we make a recipe that is healthy-ish, and then we trade among ourselves, so we get anywhere between 2-4 different lunches for the week, and we only had to make one meal! Doing […]
Alison posted: " I tried aerial yoga for the first time this week. I've been practicing regular yoga for almost 15 years, so I didn't spare a thought for how challenging aerial yoga might be. It's especially easy to under-estimate because the prop basically looks like a"
I tried aerial yoga for the first time this week. I've been practicing regular yoga for almost 15 years, so I didn't spare a thought for how challenging aerial yoga might be. It's especially easy to under-estimate because the prop basically looks like a hammock. I envisioned myself doing a few Cirque du Soleil tricks, then basically taking a 45 minute nap, swaddled in the folds of silk.
Alas. I couldn't have had it more wrong.
For starters, it's PAINFUL. With the exception of when you're in corpse pose (when you actually ARE all cocooned in it), your silk is almost always gathered up so it functions more like a rope than a hammock. And since you're hanging from it, climbing up it, or twisted in it, that rope feels like a boa constrictor, hungry for its next meal. In fact, the day after my first class, I woke to find a series of purple bruises across my hips and around my shoulders.
Also? If you're not precise in following instructions, there is a good chance you will end up toppling to the floor, breaking your nose or knocking out your teeth - or at least that's what I kept imagining. The instructor would take us through these complex maneuvers to ensure we had the silk wrapped around our arms and legs in a way that would lock us in, then tell us to basically let go and topple face-first toward the floor. It felt like bungee jumping with a rig that had been prepped by a carnival worker.
I never quite trusted that I'd gotten the wraps correct, so I'd cautiously lower myself into position, despite the instructor's admonishments to, "Let go and fly like Peter Pan" or "hang like a bumblebee!" But then, even if I did it correctly, the scarves would be cutting into my legs/arms/hips to such an extent that I'd try to walk myself back up to a place where I wasn't in pain - but exiting the pose was often more complicated than entering, so you could probably characterize that portion of my effort as "general flailing."
In fact, that's probably the best way to summarize my foray into aerial yoga: general flailing. Had it been a Cirque du Soleil performance, they might not have had to issue refunds to the audience, but they may have had to offer counseling after.
signaturehealthcarebrocktonhospital posted: "By: Sandy Churchill Read Part 1 of From Deny-abetes to Slaying the Diabetic Dragon. Anger is a tough place to be because it feels like you are actively doing something but you are actually halted in action—like standing in a burst of flame and doing nothi"
By: Sandy Churchill Read Part 1 of From Deny-abetes to Slaying the Diabetic Dragon. Anger is a tough place to be because it feels like you are actively doing something but you are actually halted in action—like standing in a burst of flame and doing nothing to either escape or douse the blaze. I have been […]
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