Acupuncture - how long for things to go back to normal?

[jt130593]

Hey everyone,
just wondered if anyone had any experiences of this.
I had a second trimester loss in March last year, periods regulated within 3 cycles afterwards. I then had a chemical pregnancy in August, and in September I started acupuncture to try and help with fertility/egg quality etc.
I did it for 4 months, twice a month each month. It has totally changed my menstrual cycle for the worst.
Prior to going I ovulated between days 13-15, and had a 3 day period. I now ovulate between days 11-17, my period starts with spotting, normal flow for 1& a half days, and then spot 3 days ending with light pink spotting, have horrendous hormonal migraines 6-7 days a month. It has totally ruined my cycle. I feel so deflated that I went there with good intentions of improving my fertility but it has ended up harming it and my chance of conceiving.

I had my estrogen and progesterone checked in September after my chemical pregnancy and my levels were all good. I’m waiting for a GP appointment to have them checked again given all the changes to my cycle, but I suspect that my estrogen is low going off my symptoms.

Just wondering if anyone had a similar experience with acupuncture, and if so how long did it take for your cycle to regulate again once you stopped? Did you do anything to help?
Does anyone know natural ways to improve estrogen that are effective?

Thank you

No experience with acupuncture but I used to suffer with horrendous menstrual migraines - I started using a Magnesium spray on my feet nightly before bed and they totally left! I hope you find the answers you're looking for x

I tried acupuncture for peri menopause a few years ago and it did nothing for me. Total waste of money. A couple of times the acupuncturist put the needles into the slightly wrong place in my wrist and hit a nerve ending. The sudden electric shock feeling was awful.

@7gdr5 i did try a magnesium spray before as I’d read somewhere it could help, but the one I had made the skin on my feet so dry that it was just peeling off in big sections 🥴 which one did you use?

@DiaAssolellat you read so many positives about it don’t you. I did find it quite relaxing when I was in there and it definitely helped me with my stress, worrying, overthinking. But the main reason I went was for fertility and it doesn’t seem to have helped that at all, hindered it if anything!

@jt130593 I use one from AS Living. It's dried my feet out a bit but not too badly. I've heard if you rub it in with some coconut oil it can mitigate the dryness x

@7gdr5 thank you I’ll try it again with some coconut oil, I need something for the migraines they’re debilitating aren’t they!