A New Beginning?

We may be at the start of a new beginning!  We’ll see soon enough, I suppose.  After almost 3 months of applying for 30-40 jobs a week (no exaggeration here) and not receiving a single response, my hubby finally has a job interview tomorrow morning!!  It’s just a preliminary interview, but an interview nonetheless.  It’s crazy, because he’s been searching for a job so hard and we have felt incredibly discouraged that he hadn’t heard back from anyone, and then last night, we decided to start a novena for him to find employment, and he received an email offering him a preliminary interview at a St. Louis company first thing this morning.  Our hopes are high!  Please pray for us.

I also purchased a package of maca root powder today.  I know I posted about trying maca root for my infertility a long time ago, but I just now got around to buying it.  If you didn’t get a chance to read that post to know about maca root and how it is used to treat infertility, you can read about it here.

I did a little more research on it before actually buying some to see which brands seem to work best.  From what I can tell, all of the research showing maca root increases fertility used gelatinized maca root powder in their studies, so even though it’s more expensive than the capsules, I bought the powder (and it has to be gelatinized, because that’s the kind that’s had the starches removed).  I bought USDA Organic Navitas gelatinized maca powder from Whole Foods.  The guy at Whole Foods told me he takes maca root powder to increase his energy, and this is the brand he likes best because it works well and is not as expensive as the other brands they offer.  It cost me about $30, and the package says it contains 90 servings; however, a serving is 1 tsp, and my reading suggests that if using maca powder to increase fertility, one should take 1 Tbsp a day, so I’m guessing this package will last me about one month.  Most people add the powder to smoothies or beverages, or in yogurt or cereal/granola.  I just hope it doesn’t taste too bad.

I’ll keep you updated on my experiences with the maca root powder.  I don’t know what I’m really expecting to happen since I produce antisperm antibodies–I mean, I haven’t read anywhere that maca root cures that problem–but, if it really balances hormones as well as studies show and as well as people on the internet tell me it does, then hopefully it will at least help me to ovulate without medication.  That would definitely be a step in the right direction.

Also, please remember to pray for my husband, Choi, tomorrow as he goes in for this preliminary interview–we REALLY need him to get this job!  I’ll keep you posted.