Secondary Infertility - Acupuncture or Reflexology?

[ionaming]

Hiya, been ttc no. 2 for a year now & have been diagnosed with low progesterone & a short luteal phase. I've tried all the usual suspects - vit B6, B Complex, Agnus Castus etc & I'm currently awaiting my 1st appointment with the Fertility Consultant.

But in the meantime, I thought I might give acupuncture or reflexology a go, but I'm not sure which is better? Also, any recommendations for practioners in the North Hampshire/Surrey area would be great

not on topic cos I don't know about acupuncture / reflexology but I had secondary infertility due to short post-luteal phase too

tried the high dosage B for a couple of months .. but it takes at least 6 to build in your system

clomid worked for me (first cycle)

good luck

Sorry to thread crash but I'm on my 6th month of ttc since a m/c and was thinking about trying accupucture. Does anyone know a good practitioner in SW London? I'm in Twickenham. Also, what's it like? Does it really work? Can you still have it done ofter ov (in case your pg)? Thanks

Well good luck ionaming and keep posting, it's good to have someone in the same position (even though I'd rather we were both pregnant IFYKWIM).

Going private is a nightmare for us (money wise) but obviously we're not able to have NHS treatment (as we already have one child) so decided to go private for the initial tests too.

mojomummy/ionaming,
I am in farnborough, hampshire and interested in trying reflexology to help regulate my cycle, would be interested in getting details of your local reflexologist. Ok if I CAT you for this info?

Hi, of course. She is in basingstoke. On Monday i can get the number of the acupuncturist too

I am very close to Farnborugh & can tell you who've I'VE SEEN IF YOU CAT me

Hi Ionaming. I have used a lady in Finchampstead, Berkshire for Reiki which is not far from the Hampshire/Surrey boarder. She is a general holistic therapist and does do reflexology and other treatments but unfortunately not acupunture. Here's the link: Beverley Chilcott Hopefully this link will work!

Thanks everyone.

Pinewood - thanks for the link - lots of different therapies to look into there

Oaktree, tried to CAT you, but get message saying you have chosen not to receive Mumsnet messages!

I have the details of Mojomummy's reflexologist, but would like to be able to compare a few.

An update: I've now had my appointment through for the infertility consultant & will be seeing him in just over 4 weeks, so hopefully might start making some progress. Have just started cycle 13 of ttc....hey ho

soory -have tried to change it so please try again ifyou 'd like to

Yep, looks like it's working now.....have sent you a CAT

hi are there any general holistic therapists in and around b,ham too

was anyone able to help us on this one at all?

ionaming - Fleets very popular!

There is an alternative therepy place in Aldershot which I have been to to see an Osteapath but they do all kinds of treatments there.

It's the General Medical Centre
12-14 Union Street
Aldershot

Tel: 01252 666898

cheers its hard finding the time to get there though

HOW'S IT going ionaming?

Hi Katierocket, we're just plodding on with (unlucky?!) cycle 13 - how about you? I think I found the first six months of ttc really soul-destroying when nothing happened, but have become pretty much resigned to it now & finding it easier to cope with. I don't get that awful disappointment each month when AF turns up because I have no expectation of conceiving without treatment anymore. Makes things far easier in a way.

I've had some more results back - a repeat day 21 prog test came back with a level of 38 (indicating ovulation), whereas the previous one was only 2.0! So, whereas I was orginally referred for low progesterone & non-ovulatory, it now looks like this might not be the case. Still got a short luteal phase though, so definitely still a problem somewhere! My day 3 LH/FSH levels came back in the right "ratio", so looks like PCOS is now ruled out.

Haven't tried reflexology yet - have my 1st consultant appointment in 2 weeks, so will wait & see what happens there. If they schedule lots more tests, then will go ahead with reflexology. It also coincides with dd going full-time at school, so will be easier to fit any reflexology sessions in during my lunchbreak at work!

When is your next appointment? Hope all goes well for you..... I remember you were pretty fed up with clomid & its side-effects Any progress towards IUI?

Well that's partially positive isn't it ionaming (if there is such a thing as being partially positive!) HOpefully the consultant will be able to shed more light on it/have suggestions of best thing to do next. Make sure you write down any questions as you think of them and then take them in with you, I forgot half of what I wanted to say.

Yes I've finished Clomid and although they could up the dosage I don't want them to, it wasn't nice really. I have an HSG on Monday then follow up with consultant on thursday. we could then decide to try IUI next cycle. We're on about 19 months of trying now, quite unbelievable when I think of it like that. Ah well, hopefully soon....

Let me know if you do decide to go for reflexology.

Hi - sorry didn't get back before about why reflexology, really busy at the moment, but promise I will give my reasons soon.

does anyone recommend any reflexology therapist in the west midlands?

Is Cheltenham too far away? I know an amazing one there.

Thanks littlefish - if shes amazing may be worth the drive. Have you got personal experience?

Not with secondary infertiity (yet!) as our dd is only a year old. We were trying for 2.5years and were one month away from starting IVF when I found out I was pregnant naturally.

I was having reflexology and both my DH and I were having acupuncture. We had also given up coffee, alcohol, red meat and any cow dairy products. (Sounds really extreme when I write it down!)

My reflexologist is absolutely fantastic and I always come away feeling energised and relaxed at the same time. If you want her details, please CAT me, although she sometimes has a bit of a waiting list.

Has anyone got agood accuputurist around the twickenham/sw london area? I found a good one in Brixton but she seem very pricey. I wanted to know if anyone else had treatment in this area and could offer advice and recommendations?

Can anyone advise me on this?......I am about to start clomid and have PCOS but I would like to try reflexology to help with the symptoms of PCOS. Is it ok to have refelxology whilst taking clomid? I also heard that it can be dangerous to have reflexology if you are pregnant (i.e. not yet aware that you had conceived)

isnt there a national wed site wheret hey area all regsitered and u can use to find a local one ?