Hey emmasmom!!
I hope you are doing well!! About the vitamin. You can either check with your local health food store (not GNC), or you can Google it online under "One Daily for Women by Megafood." Megafood is the brand. I completely agree with the Calcium and Magnesium. I take it every night right before bed. It settles my stomach, and helps me sleep! I take the "CalMag by Megafood." It is AWESOME!! I highly recommend it for ALL women, but especially those with IBS.
The sugar in your diet is probably messing with your hormones. I would try to give up sugar all together...BUT I am also a realist and I KNOW how hard that is to do, so maybe just start with fructose. That one is a biggie all on it's own. You can also Google the fruits that are high in fructose that you should avoid. The ones that I KNOW of first hand are: Apples, Honey, Maple Syrup, Sweet Potatoes, Onions, All Fruit Juice, Pears, and Coconut.
When you start researching and reading labels and realize how many pre-packaged foods have HFCS(high fructose corn syrup) in them you will be SHOCKED! I know I was. I remember standing in the bread isle for 35minutes looking at every loaf of bread. I only found 2 loaves of bread out of the almost 50 different kinds that did not have HFCS. Only 2. I almost fell over. It is rediculous how very unhealthy our country has become. Nobody seems to care that they way they are making our foods these days is making everyone sick, infertile, full of cancer, and having heart attacks and strokes. I guess they figure that keeps the doctors and hospitals in business, so oh well. Ok, I have to stop now, cuz I could go on for HOURS!
You are going to have to become an avid label reader! I read labels for EVERYTHING!! At first, until you get used to what you can eat, grocery store trips will be long...very long. My first trip to the grocery store after I gave up fructose was 2 hours.
Also, if your like me and have IBS-C, which I think you do, you may have to give up dairy too. That one is pretty hard as well. I drink Almond Milk. LOVE IT! I buy the unsweetened, vanilla flavored almond milk. It is GREAT in recipes and on cereal. I use stevia to sweeten it if I need to - you can find stevia at your health food store. It is great too. VERY little aftertaste...and it is actually a sweet South African herb, so no cancer! YAY!
Anyway, just try to relax - I KNOW first hand that is easier said than done. I am VERY Type A, so it is nearly impossible for me to relax. But, I try to take a little 30 minute nap every day - that is supposed to lower your cortisol levels, which is your stress hormone. Plays a big part in fertility. Or meditate for 20-30 minutes every day. I stretch before bed. That will help you relax and sleep better along with your CalMag.
Anyway, I really do hope that things improve for you! I know they will. I have faith, and you should too. You WILL have children one day...probably very soon.
So, go out this weekend with your husband and have a great time...and don't talk about any problems or worries. Focus on why you fell in Love in the first place. Talk about things that make you smile and laugh. Then go home, make him give you a back rub  and do whatever comes naturally...then in two weeks you will be posting here that your gonna be a new Mommy!! HA!! Don't we all wish it were that easy!!
Ok. Start with the dinner out and that will be a grat start in itself!
Good Luck, Girlfriend!
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FancyMom
IBS-A,Constipation predominant, GERD
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