Showing posts with label acupuncture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acupuncture. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Post Insemination Acupuncture


The way acupuncture for fertility works is you have a pre and a post insemination session and in between you go for a balancing session.  Since I started going the same month I did my first IUI, I don't know how beneficial it is as they say it usually takes a couple of months to balance your Qi/Chi.  But when I arrived today she told me that she'd had three other women in sessions that day who told her they were pregnant.  Purely coincidental?  Possibly.  But I'll take good signs where I can find them!

I feel like I'm trying to create this perfect balance of (1) not wanting to expect to be pregnant because statistically the odds of that happening are so small and (2) keeping positive about the fact that I could be pregnant because women-even of my age-do get pregnant on their first try.
I do pretty much consider this try kind of like a trial run and am not getting my hopes up, but nevertheless, I can't help but be a little excited that maybe, just maybe, I'm going to get pregnant easily.

A girl can hope.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Needles, Needles Everywhere

It’s Day 13, which means more needles. Today I’ve had needles in my arm, my head, my ear, 5 in my stomach, my hand, my feet, my legs and well, there are probably more I don’t know about because I shut my eyes.

The E2 from the blood work was 202, so moving along nicely.

The rest of the needles came from acupuncture. At this point, I’ll try anything that might given me a better margin of a chance.
I started seeing a fertility acupuncture specialist last week and this was the second session.

When I mentioned where I was going and the RE I was seeing, she gushed about the Center and also knew my RE personally.

I’m glad to hear that I’m in such capable hands. I’ve been hearing from so many people—“oh they are the best”! So, I think if anyone can get me pregnant, the VEFC can do it!

Edited to Add:

My acupuncturist is Melani Bolyai at http://www.naturalqi.com

She has excellent recommendations and so far I am very happy with her.