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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Acupuncture

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obsessedlex · 19/01/2016 23:15

Just been for my first acupuncture session post a MMC in December - just curious to hear if anyone else had tried it, has any thoughts on it? OH is super sceptical and I'm wondering if it's just throwing money away?

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AngelsWithFilthySouls · 21/01/2016 21:11

I went for a session a week after my 4th mmc. I was tracking ovulation and it brought ovulation forward by about 3 days and shortened my cycle to 30 days (previously 35).

Fell pregnant again quickly and that was my successful pregnancy. Continued sessions throughout the pregnancy too. I did also have other treatment during that pregnancy but I genuinely believe acupuncture helped, if nothing else I felt much more positive by at least doing something.

eggsinthefridge · 21/01/2016 21:11

In the first week, I had needles in my back and wrists. The second week, I had them in my ankles and back (although they were not left in my back, he put them in and took them out again). I also had some strange moss type stuff lit on fire on my back..

eggsinthefridge · 21/01/2016 21:09

I have my third acupuncture session tomorrow (have been going once a week). I have very long and irregular cycles, so I am hoping it helps sort them out. So far, I haven't noticed any differences, but hope it's still just early days.

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obsessedlex · 21/01/2016 21:08

I've got another session in a couple of weeks and then again a couple of weeks after that. I'm right in the middle of my cycle at the moment gearing up to ovulate (waiting for oh to get off the phone so I can drag him to bed Wink) which she said was a really good thing as she was able to treat me quite aggressively as we know that I'm def not pregnant.
I suffer from migraines and she is going to try to treat me for that too and weirdly I had a migraine today. I've emailed her to see if it could have been caused by the acupuncture and am waiting to hear back from her.
Can I ask where she put the needles on you? Mine were 4 in my legs, 3 in tummy and one at the base of my little finger!

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obsessedlex · 21/01/2016 21:03

Hi.
You sound very similar to me - my OH thinks I'm nuts but I feel good that I'm doing something about it!

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FlourishingMrs · 20/01/2016 23:32

I had my very first session today too, I had a miscarriage in December
Dh is away, I have not told him, he will think I will be trying homeopathy
Next....

I don't know if it works, but hey....

What did your therapist say? How many sessions did they recommend? Apart from the weird/nice feeling I got, she really didn't explain much.