ACCUPUNCTURE ANYONE?

Hi girls

Am looking for some info and suggestions here. Something DH and I have NOT tried yet, and as we are desperate we will try almost anything to get our BFP!

We had a brief consult with a local accupuncturist who apparently specialises in fertility and sne recommends both DH and I have treatments.

Any stories, ideas and comments and most of all sucesses which you think Accupuncture helped!! are all most welcome!

Hi mtjt, which acu did you see?

I have been getting it for about 15 months, and love it - although still no baby so who knows!
It definitely helps me feel better about everything though so it's worth it form that perspective. :)

Hi guys,

I too would be interested in what people have to say. When DH and I started our first round we looked into this and even went to one session. The guy who did the acupuncture creeped both of us out and we never went back. The first transfer was a BFN however the second FET, still with no acupuncture was a BFP however we MC at 6 weeks.

Like you Poppy I would love to hear what people's thoughts are on acupuncture.

Hello again

Thanks heaps to you all for your comments so far.

JaneW - excellent reading!! Well the stats speak for themselves huh..you are right, nothing is guaranteed but i think if theirs a chance of improvement then you have to try...

I had my first ever session today and the accupuncturist was lovely. The needles didnt hurt one bit!! - hey but im so a needle expert now any way - ha ha. I felt quite relaxed and a little bit spacey afterwards.. i spose it did something??

Im going to incorporate some sessions along with vits/supplements etc during the next few months before our next attempt.

DH is going to have some sessions too! Im sure it cant hurt and also may relieve some stress and tension which im sure we all have during this very emotional time..

I hope to hear some more good reports about Acupuncture!!

I we havent done this but considering seeing a natropath who specialises in fertility to see if it makes any difference to the count. I have heard good things about acupuncture but good always to have an open mind to see if it works etc. Best of luck.

I had acupuncture with vitialis (the link above) as I have pcos and my cycles use to be 47-50 days apart, I had acupuncutre for two cycles and the second cycle was 35 days apart which was a major change and I got my bfp with my ds that cycle, I continued having acupuncture throughout my first pregnancy

Tiff8ny, can I ask which acupuncturist you go to? Is it vitalis also?

Hey Tiff8ny, can I ask how much they charge for a session over at Naissance? And does she tell you much about the process, why she is putting needles where she does, whether it' differs according to the day of your cycle etc? Vitalis doesn't talk much, you really have to prod and ask lots of questions to get anything out of him. Just wonder what your experience is like. Thanks!

sunshine wife I ttc a year before I got my bfp with my ds but I did have a missed mc before that during that year, I noticed such a difference with my cycles from vitalis they had been 47-50 days apart for that entire year and my second cycle would have been 35 days but got my bfp, he doesnt seem to talk much, but seems to know what hes doing, I live 1 hour north of Auckland and traveled every week to see him and twice a week when was ovulating, all the best for your ttc journey hope you get your bfp soon hun!

Hello there! Joining in a bit late, but here's my 2 cents worth which might be of use to people. I wish I'd thought of researching acupuncture before, but basically I had my egg replacement on Wednesday, came home and googled "how to improve chances of implantation", and many websites recommended acupuncture. Apparently there's more benefits if you start doing weekly sessions about 3 months before treatment starts, but I also read that if you have acupuncture within 24hrs of the egg replacement it can increase chances of pregnancy by 65%! Of course, scientifically it's too hard to say whether the success rate is due to the acupuncture or some other factor, but it can't hurt. And of course, as soon as I read this I was on the phone trying to find someone to see me within 24hrs.

Apparently Dr Vitalis is well known and good, but expensive, and I spoke to 2 lovely ladies instead. The first was Dawn Lucia, and although she couldn't see me the next day, unlike Dr Vitalis she agreed that it would be best to find someone who could see me within 24hrs and she recommended another lady (bonus points for her honesty and for recommending someone else - to me that says that she knows what she's doing). The woman I did end up seeing was Angelique Kingsley-Smith, and she was very nice, took a proper history (presumably they all do this, but she said she used to be a nurse, and when I said I had a low ovarian reserve, she wrote down "low AMH" which straight away told me she knew about IVF and ferility problems), and also talked me through everything she was doing and what each needle was meant to be stimulating.

Now I'm in that awful 2 week wait to see whether it has worked or not, and I know I'm going to end up taking a pregnancy test before I do my 2 week blood test, if only to prepare me for the worst!