Unfolding Dreams

For 7 years of my marriage, neither my husband or I knew that my husband has adult ADHD. We didn’t know that ADHD has been affecting our relationship negatively for years. It’s been an “unknown” third wheel in our marriage. While we didn’t know the name of this particular marital affliction, we always knew or sensed something was off in our marriage. We spent many years going to various marital counselors off and on with hopes of trying to understand all our issues and what we individually contributed to our marital problems. Is it “we were just incompatible.” And if we were, how did we miss all the red flags? Or better yet, did we just ignore them? We didn’t know he had adult ADHD until we met with a particular marital counselor who specializes in ADHD and recognized the signs we had unknowingly missed. However, the signs were there. For example, my husband had a previous diagnosis as a child with ADHD. He took medication for a short time and that was it. We thought it was som...

What Sparked My Interest? I recently saw an interesting video on Facebook called, When Sperm Meets Egg. It is not graphic. It shows the process through a lab experiment. To see the Facebook video, click here . After watching the video, I was inspired to read more about the connection between zinc and fertility. I did some research to see what I could discover and found some online articles that confirmed the importance of zinc. Why Is Zinc So Important To Fertility? According to an article I read on Natural Fertility Info.com, called “Zinc: How Essential Is It To Your Fertility” , “Without zinc, a woman's estrogen and progesterone levels can get out of balance and her reproductive system may not work fully. Zinc is needed in order for a woman’s body to release mature eggs that are ripe for fertilization. It has also been reported in The Centers for Disease Control’s Assisted Reproductive Technology, that low levels of zinc have directly been linked to miscarriage in the ea...

Our first two children, in my opinion, were turned around too quickly. It was shortly after one. My husband felt they were ready as the law at the time said after 12 months. Our eldest was 16 months at the time of her turning and our second child, he was 14 months when he was turned. Since then I’ve read/heard so many antidotes and car seat related information about children being safer the longer they rear face. I regret accepting the decisions to turn them around sooner as a solution to the crying in the car, a child not liking the car seat, being scrunched / uncomfortable rear facing…and so forth. So, we’ve kept our third child still rear facing. He is 22 months, almost 2! I am not sure exactly when he will turn around, but for now, I will not accept or allow a child under 2 to be turned. I also think there is now a law that says rear facing until two as well. Rear Facing Chart Baby # Turned Around At 1 16 months 2 14 months ...