Secretmission - sweety, I noticed that you have been ttc since Feb O8 - is there any reason you are seeking assistance? It can take a healthy couple with no known fertility issues up to 12 months to concieve and unless you have any 'known' fertility issues, then you dont need to go and see anybody. Just make sure you are keeping up with your folate, you stay healthy and active, and most importantly, have fun with it. Dont worry too much about cycle days, etc etc. Have lots of sex, have fun and stay positive. I wouldnt worry about seeking help unless you have been ttc for over 12 months.
As for Antonia, it really is your choice, im sure by now you have read the good, the bad and the ugly, so its up to you to make your own decision. You can always go for first consult and make your decision after you have met her.
Babyhelp - I appreciate that you have heard some bad things about Antonia. On the issue of the chinese medical board, she was only registered with them as she was practicing accupuncture, and the reason they investigated her was because she had featured client testimonials on her website. She removed them as soon as the board advised her that she was not permitted to have them. They had no right to investigate her other practices. And if you saw the news report, you would have seen that it was actually sympathetic to her and her work, as with the follow up article in the herald sun. As for the herbs, the tablets are often things you can buy here and are not from the amazon, what is from the amazon though, is some of the herbs used to make the herbal tonic which she uses in her treatment. Furthermore, the woman at the CMB pursuing the investigation is a former disgruntled employee of Antonia's.. need I say more.....
Antonia is not weird, she is a very spiritual woman who is gifted. People who are not open to the metaphysical can often be a bit taken back by her, but she is a healer, one that has spent much of her formative years living in the amazon, she is not a scammer. She did not 'go to the amazon' for the herbs. She was born in Brasil and spent much of her years learning and living in the amazon. She goes back to the amazon every year.
I agree that some people going to her have not had success, but there are thousands of women who are mothers because of her treatment, and these women are not just from Oz, they are from all over the world. Just because her treatment doesnt have a 100% success rate doesnt mean that she is fraud, she is a wonderful and warm, caring woman who goes over and above the call of duty for most of her clients.
IVF or other alternative therapies do not offer gaurantees and do not have 100% success rates either, and they are often more expensive. I know someone who went to another clinic for accupuncture and fertility treatment, she took the herbs and did everything else they told her, but 2 years later, still no baby. IVF - women do it for years in the hope it will help them to concieve, so what of those poor women that do not fall pg after years of treatment, are they being scammed too? So I think its really a case of the shoe that fits.
Im sorry if I have offended you, but I dont think your limited knowledge or second hand experience of Antonia qaulifies a harsh judgement of her.
I agree that Antonias tonic is pretty good and her hands on treatment is also good. Hubby and I are currently seeing her. As for the chinese herbal tablets, my advice is to get them elsewhere. I see an acupuncturist who is a Doctor of Chinese medicine and she gets her capsules from exactly the same company and Antonia in exactly the same bottles as Antonia. the only difference in them is that the company puts her name on the labels not antonias. I pay $40 for my tablets versus $240 for exactly the same formula from Antonia. that is a huge difference in price.
The tonic though is great as is her hands on work so I guess I sit on the fence somewhere in themiddle on this debate.
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