Acupuncture

[Anonymous]

Acupuncture is great to add!
Before your next retrieval have 3+ months of COQ10 on board. Therogix Ovavite is good. Have you looked into DHEA?

Work with the acupuncturist for a while ahead too. Come back and let us know!

[Anonymous]

PS I found my acupuncturist via my insurance website. She was the only one near me, turns out that she’s great! It all adds up, so it’s nice to try someone in-network.

[Anonymous]

I just started with NuWave Acupuncture today and she said she likes to see people up to six months prior but understands that doesn't always work with people's schedules.

[Anonymous]

Kelly Welch in downtown DC. Acupuncture DOES work for fertility. He lengthened my luteal phase from like 8 to 12 days after just 1-2 months of treatment. Obviously it depends on the issue, but that was what was holding me back from sustaining a pregnancy. It worked for two pregnancies. I went through the first 10 weeks until placenta took over, because my hormones just...aren't ideal for pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Deb Earley but she's near DuPont. I saw her while doing IUI and IVF. She's great, very calm demeanor, lot of experience with infertility clients, and I just found it very relaxing. No idea if it helped get pregnant but felt great to just "do something for me" and I felt very calm all day afterwards.

I saw her too, she is wonderful. It turned out I needed some serious meds to stay pregnant (blood thinners, synthroid) but I do credit acupuncture with helping regulate my cycle after several miscarriages in a row, before I went to an RE for IUI. (which worked on the first try, lucky me.) And if not, whatever, it was very relaxing indeed and Deb is a great (inadvertent) therapist.

It can't hurt, anyway. Sometimes you need to know you are doing all you can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Go to an experienced board certified MD fertility OBGYN who works at a big academic hospital.

I was seeing a board certified reproductive endocrinologist and he did suggest I try acupuncture to supplement IUI and IVF but it didn’t work. for me, it was a waste of time and money. It was not cheap and not covered by insurance.

Take it with a grain of salt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just started with NuWave Acupuncture today and she said she likes to see people up to six months prior but understands that doesn't always work with people's schedules.

I was with her for 1 month before getting pregnant in my first IVF cycle. It ended in miscarriage late first trimester but not her fault. That was the final straw. I got agreesive with my search for a specialist that finally diagnosed a clotting disorder. I'm trying again and she is the highlight of my week, truly.

[Anonymous]

Kelley Welch and Kate Yonkers. They are in dc but I highly recommend for fertility issues.