Insemication

My four days in Colorado have been named the "insemication" by Michelle. Meaning insemination vacation. Pretty clever. I did fly out there for the purpose of trying to get pregnant through the use of Brooks's fresh sperm this time, but the trip was so much more. It was beautiful, healing, funny, sweet, holistic, spiritual, and connected. I am so blessed to be helping these lovely enlightened people create a baby. And by doing so, growing their family as well as mine. A chosen family of beautiful people. I love what we are doing with this life, right now.

I just flew into Seattle last night and got home late. I didn't want to blog on the trip because I was just enjoying and savoring every minute of it. I will try to recap some highlights though.

On Saturday evening I arrived in Denver and was greeted by darkness, cold, and a little sprinkling of rain. Then I saw the glowing faces of some of my favorite people! Lisa, Brooks, and Eva (Lisa's best friend and talented acupuncturist) had come to pick me up. Such a welcomed sight. We went back to Lisa and Brooks's cozy home where their two happy dogs and the smell of crock pot minestrone soup, greeted us. We enjoyed a lovely dinner and a game of Balderdash after Eva gave me some fertility acupuncture in the guest room (the room I stayed in as well as the intended room for this little baby we are trying to make a body for). The company and connection was sweet. Then it was go time. (The following scenario happened every evening that I was there and then again in the afternoon on Tuesday before I left for the airport.) Brooks and Lisa went up to their room and produced sperm in a cup while I waited in my room across the hall. For this particular evening Eva and Lisa were with me to help figure out this self-insemination process. Lisa brought the cup into my room when they were done and the three of us girls worked to get the sperm into the 10cc syringe. Then I laid on the bed with my hips elevated on a pillow with a towel on top while I helped Lisa guide the syringe inside and as close to my cervix as possible and she emptied it. For the following inseminations I put the syringe in myself and emptied it, but Lisa was with me for all them. It felt really special to have both the intended mama and the birth mother working together each time to get those little swimmers where they needed to go. I think it was also really special for Brooks to feel more a part of it too. The following three inseminations went more smoothly than the first and after the sperm was inside me and I was covered, Brooks and Lisa chatted with me on the bed and we talked to the baby and encouraged him to find his body. (Yes, we think the baby will be a boy.) Lisa also guided us in some angel prayers. Something she learned about in psychic school. The prayers were really calming and sweet. I could just sense the baby there with us so clearly.

Sunday morning Lisa and I went to a mother earth healing/drum circle for women. There was such a sweet, grounded, powerful energy there created by all the women. Beating on a drum in circle was so healing to me. Such sweet vibrations as the sun shone bright in the blue sky. I felt so connected to humanity and the generation of women past, present, and future. It set the tone for this trip. I was blissful, at peace, and open to all the new energy flowing through me. We went on a hike with Brooks and the doggies later that day and enjoyed the beauty of the mountains, sky, autumn leaves turning color, and rolling hills.

Monday we visited Eva in her office in Denver where she hooked me up to the Avatar and told me that based on my results, I have the best scores she has ever seen and I am amazingly healthy. Go me! I am fertile and when this baby is ready to start making it's body, my womb is a healthy place to do so. The validation felt really good. After fertility acupuncture we went out for some very tasty Thai food. I love me some spice! Lisa and I also went out that evening to Shine, a restaurant specializing in very healthy gluten free food and herbal concoctions. I had the Luv-Me-Dew potion. Oh my goodness! It was amazingness in a glass! Cocoa, coconut, raspberry deliciousness. And for dinner some GF ravioli filled with wild mushrooms, tomatoes and goat cheese served on a bed of steamed greens with a butter garlic sauce. YUM!

Tuesday was a taking it easy day. We enjoyed another hike with the doggies, a visit to Whole Foods, and made a delicious kale soup together. 

The trip was so wonderful. I can't wait to see my lovely friends again who I'm creating family with. I really am holding the hope that the baby will decide that now is the time to find a home in me so that he can grow and become a healthy newborn in about 9 months. We are so excited to welcome him (or her) to this big loving family!