Bec, I was originally terrified of the needles as well... Probably because we all remember the nasty nurses giving us jabs into the muscle at school - nothing gently, slow or careful about those! I started acupuncture long before I ever thought IVF was the only way... and found that with the deep breath in, deep breath out, needle goes in routine, I just didn't feel the acupuncture needles go in at all. Without even thinking about it, I did that with all my needles... and the only one I ever had real trouble with was the trigger, because there was so much more to inject!

Anyway, I'm really glad that you found the acupuncture relaxing - I think that was probably the biggest benefit I gained from it, too.

I was also happy to discover that you barely even feel subcutaneous injections... they are NOTHING like the immunisation jabs we'd remember from our youth!

BW