Hi all. So I'm not getting any notifications on this thread anymore!
lovely hi! And welcome. I'm a bigger doer of the old acupuncture. I started doing it when I decided to try for a baby (so that was March), I'm doing IVF in November. I'm loving acupuncture. It's relaxing, it's improved my sleep quality dramatically, it's calmed me down. It's 45mins a week of complete calm and focus on me and my soon to be baby. My acu doc actually did IVF herself and now has twins and needled herself throughout the process so she gets it, all of it - the highs and the lows... She is also directly liaising with my fertility clinic acupuncturists to ensure they give me the correct treatment pre and post egg collection and transference.
And look at it this way, even if it only a placebo, I still say go with whatever works for you. Try it but make sure you find a doc you can work with who listens, and ensure the environment is correct. My docs clinic is all gong music, warmth, dim,lights, comfy bed, candles flickering and I sense burning. It's a cocoon of safety, I fall asleep every time!
She suggests complementary reflexology, but due to numerous surgeries and missing nerves in my feet and toes I can't stand people touching them!! So I pass on that and just take the needles and the Chinese herbs (gross!).
Let me know if you have other questions!