I've been doing acupuncture along with herbs that she gives me. However, my mother has expressed her extreme concern that I am taking herbs and know nothing about them...which has made me re-think the herb part. I love the acupuncture and if you can do it, I recommend it.
I've been doing acupuncture along with herbs that she gives me. However, my mother has expressed her extreme concern that I am taking herbs and know nothing about them...which has made me re-think the herb part.
Thanks for your reply and congrats to your hub!
I have acupuncture for the first time in my life (real 'needle-chicken' ...) and found it fantastic! It did not hurt and calmed me a lot. She cocentrates on 'holding' the baby she said. How many needles do you normally get? I even got one in the head and was surprised that I was ok with it.
Re herbs, two naturopaths told me to stop taking DT and stick simply to Natal Plus and EPA/DHA. I will see one of them soon to find out more.
Just a beginner question, what is a 'flare cycle'?
cheers beav (almost 5 weeks )
The number of needles has varied. At first they were in my tummy and some other places to stimulate my ovaries as well as relax me (some were in my head). On the day of retrieval she did another set that was different and then day of transfer I had yet another set that was different. She has stayed away from my tummy since the follicle pick-up. Now I think she focuses on relaxing me and a strong lining. To be honest, I don't ask that many questions and should probably ask a few more but I know that this is one of her specialties and have decided to have faith. I do find it extremely relaxing and have found myself almost asleep during some of the sessions.
Flare cycle is where you start with syranel (or similar drug to stop ovulation) on Day 2 of cycle, and then gonal f (or similar drug to stimulate ovaries to grow multiple follicles) on Day 3 - then you have the scan(s), trigger shot at appropriate time, retrieval, and hopefully ET.
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