accupuncture

I got to about the 7th month of TTC#1 unsuccessfully and was starting to get wound up about it and all anxious that it would never happen for me. I started looking into natural therapies like acupuncture and homeopathy/naturopathy as I felt I needed to do something pro-active other than just charting.

To be perfectly honest, I'm not too sure exactly how or why it works - as you probably know acupunture is an ancient chinese form of medicine so a lot of it is still very 'mystical' to me.

However, what my acupuncturist explained after my first session when she looked at my tongue and felt my pulse vibrations, was that my kidneys had very weak vibration and were in poor condition and in chinese medicine the kidney's rule fertility. So the idea of my sessions since has been to build them up (I also take herbs for this which she recommended) which seems to be working as my kidney vibrations are now strong.

I guess it can all sound quite 'airy fairy' to those only familiar with western medicine. For me it has been good as my charts have generally leveled out with more consistant temps etc and the anxiety levels have definitely subsided and I'm a LOT more relaxed about the whole process - just gotta get a BFP and have the bubba now!

Sorry this is a bit of a novel - not sure if I really answered your question either...

Sounds very interesting - thanks for your replies so far, just another couple of questions - how long do you need to go to accupuncture before you may get a result and what kind of prices are we talking about?
I'm willing to try it and just want to know some more!

thanks!
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Hi

I am going to acupuncture and have been going once a week and more sometimes depending where in my cycle I was. I have pcos and noticed after 12 treatments my cycles went from 44-50 days long to 35 days long and I am now pregnant and continuing to have acupuncture to reduce the risk of miscarrage.

Im not sure how it works but apparently I was kidney and splien deficient? my acupuncturist lent me a book to read about acupuncture and fertility and it was quite complex but interesting, talks about diet too. I would recommend it for sure, there are also some good information on the internet too. If you do go to one make sure they specialise in fertility

I'm off to an acupuncturist this morning too! Will let you know how it goes!

Well I'm back! The lady was lovely and made me feel really comfortable - asked me my history of TTC and AF patterns etc then a whole heap of general health questions.
She took my pulse then looked at my tongue then I had about 12 or so needles in my back for about 30 minutes - it didn't hurt at all and was really relaxing, lying there just listening to music.
She then took my pulse again then gave me two quick needles - one in each wrist.
Hoping to see a wee change in the next week, not just fertility wise, but general well-being etc...

Honeybun - how did your appointment go the other day?
I have my next appointment tomorrow night - hoping she can give me good luck for this month - I'm due to ovulate in the next couple of days!

By the way, it also costs me $50 for 45 minutes

thanks for replying nikkib, glad that this has worked for you, hoping it will do the same for me!

honeybun - interesting about just having the herbs, I think I may be getting some today... will let you know how it goes tonight!

had my session - another good one, felt really relaxed. my pulse is still strong and my tongue looks good (apparently!)
Today I had about 9 needles, some around my abdomen, and some in my feet/legs and near the base of my thumbs.

Hoping that it helped my egg 'drop' as I'm due to ovulate!

She also lent me a book for the week all about acupuncture, which I've had a quick browse through just before - acupuncture sure is interesting!

That was a cool thread to read with Emachan's preg ticker in it now! Took me awhile to realise that of course the ticker changes through all the threads, I couldn't figure out why you were getting acupuncture when you were already preg!!!!