Acupuncture for fertility

I am exactly the same (what IS a clot?! 🤣 honestly!) I hope I can carry this newfound discussion through to any kids I have...me and my mum just don't have this sort of conversation, hers have never bothered her so when 14-17 year old me would occasionally get very faint (never passed out but only becuase I get a lot warning signs and have no shame so I'll sit/lie down anywhere) it was very much a 'man up and take some drugs' conversation, even though pain wasnt the issue, it was some sort of weird physiological reaction once or twice a year (all resolved by the default years on the pill)!

@beckyCarlos completely agree!! I still feel the same. Have never discussed my period in detail with anyone and just assumed it was all normal. Even now I wonder is this a clot, how do I know how many I get, how do I know how heavy or not my flow is, what is a heavy flow. I've had to google lots of things! It IS funny how we just accept things, I'm not sure if I've thought about this before now 🤯

In my premeet, she asked me loads about my period and PMT and I said to her that I'd never really spoken to anyone (friends, family, doctors) about my actual period or pmt properly, so when she said 'whats your flow, average?' And I'm like...what IS average? What IS normal?! You mean not everyone gets sore boobs?! So while I might know my friends period lasts 5 days thats it... its crazy how much we just accept/assume it happens to everyone. My friends now love my in depth 'how much clotting do you get' chats 🤣

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 that's interesting. My period starts on day 1 and almost stops during that day and then restarts either later on or the following day and apparently that suggests that my blood is sticky or is clotting hence the start stopping. I only noticed a few small clots last time so unsure how much is too much. I've always had bad cramps until recently.. never knew they weren't normal! And typical bloating. So maybe your lack of symptoms is good if she's working on reducing them! That's so interesting

@beckyCarlos that's a good plan 😂 I realised it was starting to go off so I cut it up and ended up snacking on it throughout the day, was more hungry as I went for a run yesterday morning so ate it all lol. It didn't even seem that big.

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 I only ever cut a bit of it off if the pineapple isn't ripe enough so the core is extra hard and hard to eat. I guess we've been doing it "right" all this time!

Yes lack of symptoms is interesting! I wonder if that is due to enough progesterone? It's so confusing, I think our bodies do what they want either way whether there's enough of a hormone or not 🤦🏼‍♀️

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 ooh the pms symptom reduction is interesting! Also lol @choccrumpet I echo - a whole pineapple! You can eat our pineapples for us and send us pineapply vibes 🤣

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 ooh hot water bottle is interesting! I almost always have cold feet and hands so that is a good idea. And layering up socks @beckyCarlos ! she didn't mention anything about it but not a bad idea. Ive got warm thick slipper socks that I can also try.

I need to get back on my pomegranate juice. I had a whole pineapple yesterday including core, does that count 😂 I've never cut the core out - is that not normal? But I think I'll stick to just pomegranate for now.. might change my mind later

Ooh, while we're here, was talking about this with friends at the weekend... what IS pineapple core?! Is it literally the core of the pineapple?!

Since reading up a bit more on all of this I've been tending to keep a blanket on my legs/belly, layering up slippers and socks (my feet are always cold!) Etc. It cant hurt to be more snug can it?

I also tried beetroot juice again today, still rough cold, but I was making a cuppa at the same time and figured people have hot ribena so maybe hot beetroot juice, and honestly it was a lot more palatable!

@beckyCarlos my next appointment is in about 2 weeks and when she mentioned she was away next week inside I was screaming nooooo, I've been looking forward to them so much, I don't know why 😂

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 she said to make sure my lower back and stomach are never cold, after exercising to take off wet clothes as soon as possible, eat dark green and colourful veg and to try nettle tea as that's meant to help with all this, I can't remember exactly what she said about it but it's a good tea to help with various things / has health benefits which I've not heard about before. And other normal things like making sure I'm sleeping well, eating enough nutrients, keeping hydrated. The cramp twinges aren't bad so I don't need anything for them, I'm guessing it's my ovaries doing what they need to do.

I had another session today and she thinks I don't get good blood flow to my uterus and the blood flowing isn't of good quality hence my deep/weak pulse. So she's been using needles and moxa to try encourage more blood flow to my uterus and warm it up using moxa. She thinks my pulse has improved slightly but still not where she wants it to be. This is why my period can be a bit lighter, why ovulation is a bit later, and maybe could be something to do with the chemicals I've had. I've felt twinges/mild cramps around my stomach / ovaries this cycle (still waiting for ovulation) which i don't normally so wonder if that's a good thing.

So progress being made it seems!

[quote A1b2c3d4e5f6g7]@Seriously79 actually a question sorry! Did you just have standard acupuncture or did you have moxi and massage etc also? Did it take you very long to get some noticeable results?[/quote]
I can't actually remember to be honest, not the first time at least it was over 12 years ago. I do know that we'd been trying for 18 months and nothing happened until I went to acupuncture.

The 2nd time was really quick (which was a relief as I was 10'years older aged 39). It was just 'normal' acupuncture. We were actively trying for 3 months and luckily it happened really quickly.

Where are you based? I'd happily recommend my acupuncturist x

Good luck x

Keep going. It worked for me both times x