Acupuncture and chinese therapy

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Ladies

Do any of you have any experiences with chinese therapies in the quest for ttc?

I've been ttc #1 for years and years, and had all the usual tests etc - despite my elderly womb (I'm 39) it looks like it's working ok in theory. DH's SA is broadly ok, although I think it might sometimes be a bit too p!ssed to go in the right direction...we haven't ventured down the IVF route as yet.

In an attempt to get a kickstart I've been to a chinese herbalist, who thought my womb was "too cold to make babies" and suggested a 3 month and pretty expensive course of acupuncture and revolting herbal tea. Initially I got all excited and expected something to happen in month 1. I have noticed some changes in my body (AF flow, CM - TMI!) but I'm now 2 months into the course and am driving myself even more loopy with constant ov and symptom spotting. AF got me yesterday, and when the chinese 'dr' asked me how I was (when laid back and waiting for the needles to go in), I admitted that I was sad because AF had arrived and I feel like time is running out. I was so upset with his response - he actually laughed out loud . Now, I know I should ask him what I should expect to happen, but his english isn't exactly great and I think sometimes I come out of those conversations more confused than when I went in.

Can any of you MN'rs offer any help? Do I need to be patient? Is this treatment likely to change my physiology beyond the treatment plan, or is this the last month that I could get pg with the chinese man's help? Am I wasting my time entirely?

Help please!!!!!! Any thoughts would be appreciated

piemistress I'm not sure about symptoms, but 30 seems to be what most drs think is high enough to confirm ovulation, so I am right on the cusp. (I have seen others mention that they drs said 25/35/40 though, so who knows!)

While I agree with BagofHolly that you should get yourself on the IVF route while you can, I really feel acupuncture helped me. We'd been ttc for 42 cycles and all the investigations showed I had a lot of little problems that on their own wouldn't have really been much of an issue; added together they just meant I was failing.
We were having IUI and rather than just sit and wait I thought I'd see if I could stop being do tense about it all with some acupuncture. She was fantastic.
7 weeks in, on my 2nd cycle of IUI, I got my BFP. I'm sat here as fat as a whale at 38+2 waiting for my DD to arrive.
Anything that helps you keep positive I think is a good thing. The fertility treatment road is so hard and soulless and horrible, anything that makes you feel like you're doing something is a good thing.
Good luck everyone with your treatments and everything. Xx

Ah, JenniferYHRL, another lovely story. Nothing like it to get those positive vibes going . Thanks for the good luck, and right back atcha and your dd - hope she comes very soon! x

Ok, so I had my first acupuncture session last week (CD12) and don't appear to have ovulated yet (now CD17). Is it common for it to delay ovulation at all? I usually ovulate on CD16 but had a random month (the cycle before the acupuncture) when I ovulated on CD12.

Just wondering if it's that ... or the stress at work that might be delaying it? I've got another session on Weds (CD20)

Echo what most the others say just a warning. CARE have put a warning out about some unexpected poor outcomes with chinese medicines. So they advise against it but lots of advice re supplements, foods, acupuncture etc. Best of Luck.

Just bumping this to see if any others had any good experiences of acupuncuture treatment?