Acupuncture

[hope2be]

Has anyone tried acupunture. I am thinking about doing it, mainly for fertility and pain with my menstruel cycle. I am not sure if it will be a waste of my money or not. Has anyine had some experience with this?

Hi hope2be, I had acupuncture for a few years when I was ttc dc1 and I totally recommend it. It totally sorted out my painful periods and irregular ovulation, but it did take a few months to work and it is rather expensive. I also took Chinese herbs which are vile and cost a fortune but they increase the effectiveness of the treatment, apparently. Also the really positive thing was that I developed a lovely relationship with my gorgeous acupuncturist. Ttc was very difficult for us and he was wonderfully supportive and kind so worth it for that let alone the medical benefits. Anyway 4 yrs on I have dd1, dd2 and am preg with dc3 (eek) so for me it has been a total success.

my dp is an acupuncturist and it is amazing. fab for period pains .also great partners it seems

oh sorry claud thought you had family with acupuncturist...sorry..bit tired

Nope unfortunately not mamazee, but I LOVED him he was so wonderful. Reading through my post it is rather unclear isn't it.

He was gorgeous tho.

ooh i also used acupuncture during my labour which was almost as good pain mangagment as the birthing pool. and dp has a 100% success rate with turning breech babies...as you can tell i am a convert

There is a lot of evidence that acupuncture helps with fertility.

I see a top gynae privately- not for fertility- but he does endorse acup. for fertility problems.

Yes I had acupunctuer when trying to concieve ds4. I had had the contraceptive injection so was having no periods. We decided to try for another baby so I went to an acupuncturist a friend recomended. I started in October and had two cycles and concieved in January .
Like claudia said I had the chinese herbs too and cupping,which apparantly takes the toxins from your body. It was expensive but well worht it.
Goos luck. When I can afford it I might have some more to lose some weight

I had it when i was pg, to help calm the head to foot itching that i had for the final 6 weeks. it didnt cure me ( and she said she couldn't!!) but it did take the heat out of the itchingand was brilliantly relaxing. We are hoping to ttc dc2 soon and I intend to have some accupuncture to help us on our way as i have heard very good things.
good luck.

I believe that acupuncture has helped to regulate my cycle, which obviously goes some way to helping with fertility.

It's important to find a practitioner you like as part of the benefit of acupunture comes, I think, from talking to your acupuncturist about your worries and having someone just listen. I have seen 5 different people over the years and they had very different styles so it is probably worth asking around to try to find someone you will feel comfortable with.