Accupunture.

London Acupuncture Clinic, they have a website. I see Daniel Elliot. I go for the moral support as well, and he is great at providing advice and perspective on all sorts of issues relating to TTC.

i go to a place in central london, its on harley street, they specialise in fertility & recurrent MC

Where in North London do you go?

Just had my session, do not feel as tired/ down as the last 2. Perhaps the body is getting used to it! The acupuncturist is great too, very comforting to hear that 90% of their patients eventually end up with a baby

If you look at Zita West's website she has some affiliated to her I am not sure if there is an overlap with the AFN but its worth a go.

Sorry, worth a try. Good luck finding someone.

Thanks TFLS, I did look there, which is how I know! There's loads in a couple of big cities near me but they're not really close enough....would be a pain for weekly appointments, esp if long term.

Whereabouts are you MrsH?

Could you find one off this:

Accupuncture Fertility Network

Apologies if you've already looked at it.

Has anyone had success with an acupuncturist who was not a fertiltiy specialist?
There aren't any specialists near me.

Good luck north

I conceived twins after my first session of acupuncture!

I have no idea if it was just a coincidence, but I did find that subsequent sessions really calmed me and also helped with morning sickness. Also, my practitioner was fab and I actually enjoyed the sessions...

hello! just dropped in to say hi to everyone. have been to 2 acupuncture appointments with a fertility specialist and about to go for another one tomorrow. side effects were fatigue and slight depression for about half day after that, but hey if it will get me a successful pregnancy no problem!

What I found most useful after having gone through 2 MCs was the support and talking to someone who is used to dealing with multiple MCs - who is able to provide proper perspective and opinion on TTC, MCs.

Will update as treatment progresses.

I was having acupuncture for a bad leg when ttc DD, and my acupuncturist specialised in fertility so said she would "support" our attempts at conception. We did conceive DD after only a couple of sessions, but tbh I've always put it down to the fact that it was the Christmas holidays, so had lots of time, energy and booze for shagging It did cock-all for my leg, but then that's turned out to be caused by my hip socket being malformed from birth now requiring surgery, so might have been asking a bit too much.

My cycle has been all over the place since my periods returned, so tempted to give acupuncture another go. I have found two - one is slightly cheaper, available now but doesn't seem to have any qualifications in fertility-type stuff though it does say somewhere she specialises in fertility; the other is slightly more expensive, does specialise and belongs to the AFN, but isn't available until the end of March. WWYD?

Oh, meant to say - sessions are an hour, but needles not in that long - maybe 40 minutes.

pointsmakeprizes - my acupuncturist uses tons of needles, far more than either of the other 2 I've used. He says this is because he trained in the far east rather than in Britain.

Anyway, the majority are on my lower legs - calves and feet. Then 3 in each wrist, plus 4 in the head - one right in the middle, the others along the hairline. When I had it for DS2, she used fewer needles - but mostly lower legs and feet again. Seems a bit counter-intuitive to me, but what do I know! Current man explained it to me, but can't remember what he said...

I was TTC for Baby 2 for over a year and started acupuncture. I had been diagnosed with PCOS and also had had fertility investigations etc. 3 months later I conceived....who knows???

I would definitely recommend it, dor DS I tried for nearly a year then got pregnant after the first month of acupuncture. Am trying again now, it's been 7 months, I have been doing acupuncture for the last 4 months with a month off so 3 months in total. I normally have 30 - 36 day cycles, the month I did not have acupuncture, my cycle was 41 days. Am doing it this month, I ovulated on day 18 which is good for me. The months where I have acupunture my cycles are definitely shorter.

For people having acupuncture, how long do your sessions last and what do you get done? With mine they are approx 30 mins, i have needles put near my toes, one on the inside of my calf and one on my arm and a couple in my head. I always fall asleep in the sessions - the ones in the head are supposed to make you do that.

i love alternative treatments but it didn't work for me (tried it for about 8 months, with two different people, with and without IVF simultaneously).

It didn't help much with other things though either, such as my broken sleep at the time. Basically it seemed to have no effect on me, but I think even acupuncturists acknowledge there is a small minority of people it just doesn't seem to help.

FWIW, i had reflexology a few times (before all the acupuncture and IVF malarky) and fell pregnant right away but then miscarried.

Yes, at the age of 41, ttc 7 months and got pregnant. I am sure the acupuncture helped. I know it made a big difference to my period - I had to take pain meds, but with regular acupuncture the pain and cramping went away. It was worth it just for that! It also helped alleviate the stress of ttc.

I became pregnant, after trying for 2 and a half years trying, after one session of acupuncture. I recommended a friend to the same practitioner, who had had two miscarriages in succession, and she now has a little boy. She recommended four friends & work colleagues who had all been having problems (various issues) they all became pregnant and had children. Errr so yes I do think it works!

I didn't use it to get pregnant, but once you are pg and if you're suffering from tiredness and morning sickness, I can totally recommend having a few sessions - it sorted me right out!

Loujalou - not sure where you are but I can highly recommend Lily Liu at Accupuncture and Herbs. She works out of Hemel, Tring and Berkhamsted and is a fertility expert plus so understanding and supportive. Let me know if you need any more details.

Seshi - thanks so much, will give her a call now! Thanks

I was going to try someone at Ginger in St Albans. Not sure if anyone has given her a go? That or the Verulam clinic...

I will google her. You are probably not too far from me then. I might give her a go.