Hi Sandra - the tea is actually pretty nasty...I have to add honey but I figure it is one of those things which again can't hurt...AF is just around the corner so we shall see what happens this time.
Yesterday I had another session and we were discussing my cold hands (still cold in hot weather)...but my acu doc said ''when you are pregnant it will be a nice warm feeling...''....just hearing those words of ''when you are pregnant...'' made me feel so good ...it is those small things in life which help
Absolutely - I can imagine just what you mean. My df's always got cold hands and feet too. He says he often can't feel his fingers.
Thinking about my last AF (as it's due again next week ..) It was the first since I'd started acupuncture ... before it started she said it would I would have a heavy flow the day after the session .... it turned out that it was MUCH lighter than usual. In fact, although it was still painfull, it was rather a non event. That doesn't sound too good, does it ? I hope this month's is more back to normal.
Sandra x
Me 41 yrs old - dh 49 yrs old. ttc 110 yrs.
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
My AF after the first session was not as heavy but the blood was not 'clotting' (sorry TMI)..in general the blood looked healthier...although this could by psyhcosymatic as well. I think with the AF and acu, the blood should start looking more red...so I wouldn't worry about it being heavy or light but the color should be changing.
My cramps were still really bad, then with my second AF I had incredible piercing cramps the night of AF...so now I am on a new prescription which should get rid of the first day cramps....we will know any day now.
DH hates my cold hands and esp. my feet cuz I like to stick them in his crotch when we go to bed ...nice and warm there
Hi girls, have not been on the boards for a while. I had approximately 10 sessions of acupuncture as I was hoping to reduce my fsh levels so that I could enter another Ivf protocol. Unfortunately for me the levels were 19, so pretty high. My fsh fluctuates but generally it is always high. What I found in the past which reduced my fsh was reflexology when it came down to 6. I do believe that acupuncture works though for many girls. After the sessions, I feel totally tired and usually go back home and literally sleep for a few hours. The next few days i am totally calm and i feel an unusual hit of energy. Overall I have always felt well with it. My acupuncturist has had success with ivf ladies, so i feel confident that he is experienced. How regular would you girls visit the acu?
Jjj x
I have contacted an acupuncturist who says i should have 6 weekly sessions followed by monthly 'top ups'. Does this sound right?
I have a follow up appointment at clinic next thurs and am going to book sessions after i have asked them lots of questions.
me 34 dh 42 TTC 4 yrs
No periods - maybe PCOS (docs undecided)
Laparoscopy/ovarian drilling/Clomophene unsuccessfull
IVF march 05 - abandoned poor response
IVF may/june 05 -ve
IVF Oct/Nov 05 -ve
End of the IVF road for us - had enough!
My Acu lady said, at the beginning, that she didn't want to put any timescale to it. We'd just see if I started to feel any different and take it from there. I think I've had 6 or maybe 7 sessions now. Got to say, still don't feel anything. Will give it another couple of shots I think.
Sandra x
Me 41 yrs old - dh 49 yrs old. ttc 110 yrs.
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
Hi Jjj, my acu doc says the same as Sandra's...there is no time she can put on it...we have some issues to resolve and she wants these issues resolved before I start the next round. Last session I told here we planned next go in September and she was pleased we had more time. I try to go every week but it is more like every 2 weeks due to personal obligations..unfortunately. In general she does like to work with her clients a couple of months prior to their IVF cycle.
Like Tracii, I try to go every week but sometimes it’s more like every 2. My acu guy likes to work with your cycle (he believes he can help particularly during AF to flush out all the waste quicker which should make AF go quicker). I have certainly noticed a difference in the last two AFs since I’ve been to him. I don’t suffer from any problems to begin with, but have found that both times AF was fresher/heavier on the first day but finished earlier and was much lighter from Day 2 onwards.
The important time for acu when you are about to start down-regging. I started on Sunday and will be waiting and hoping that AF arrives on time (due Sunday). Am seeing my acu guy today so that he can help the process and then have an appointment in 2 weeks when I’ll have started the Gonal F and hopefully he can work on improving follies and endo lining. I expect I will have at least one session a week during that period up until EC and then will see what he suggests about a session after ET.
I was having acu once a week and then some of the sessions had to be fortnightly coz of work. I find if you have it every week it is expensive and also if it makes you feel good it does become a little bit addictive. Maybe a session now once a month just to keep some sort of balance would be a better idea until I decide to cycle again. Jjj x
Good news! AF arrived on Saturday but this is the first AF since about the age of 16 that I did not suffer and could get out of bed!! And I had about 30 minutes of PMS (poor DH was the victim...we were paying at a tollbooth and he said 'wow what a pretty girl to be working at a toll booth'...and of course I flipped out..)
Any other good news with acu? I have another appointment tomorrow..and must say after 6 visits am noticing a positive difference ...feeling good for September!
Hi
I have just started on a course of accupuncture to hope fully reduce my fsh levels but also to help with my AF pains. Only had one tmt so I guess it is too early to say whether it is any good or not but I did like the lady, she was very much on my level. She does want me to have some chinese herbs but I am not keen.
I am now eating a really wierd diet ,one one hand I am trying to reduce my fsh (Zita West) and on the other enrich my blood on the advice of my accupuncturist. My poor DH gets very strange meals when he comes home now!!!!!
Jjj
I have had reflexology in the past I dont know whether it reduced my fsh levels or not but I loved it .Did it bring your levels down enough to cycle?
Tracii
Everything sound good for you , I hope I get the samr relief from my AF pains. Good Luck for September, it is not long now is it!!!!
Traci .. I'm glad the acu's having a +ve effect .... I certainly don't feel any different. I think I've had about 7-8 sessions now ? If anything, I'd say it's messing me up. My AF's due on Thursday. I started with AF pains on Sat night, which lasted 'til this morning. Then they disappeared, now they're back again.... ! Aagghhh !!
Sandra x
Me 41 yrs old - dh 49 yrs old. ttc 110 yrs.
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
Thats spooky Sandra, ive had the same number of treatments as you and my AF is due on Wednesday but I started getting pains Friday through to Sunday and now nothing
me 38 DH 43 TTC 7.5 yrs. 1st IVF June 05 ended in severe OHSS never made it to ET. FET Nov 05 -ive. FET April 06 -ive FET June 06 OMG BFP
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...it is those small things in life which help 
...nice and warm there 
but this is the first AF since about the age of 16 that I did not suffer and could get out of bed!! And I had about 30 minutes of PMS (poor DH was the victim...we were paying at a tollbooth and he said 'wow what a pretty girl to be working at a toll booth'...and of course I flipped out..)