Hi ladies,
Just thought I'd fill you in on my journey with acupuncture so far,..
Most of you know my story by now but in brief - 3 yrs ttc, 1 mc @ 8weeks 2 years ago, & 2 unsuccessful IVF's - issue is poor quality embryos, no male factor.
Ahead of my 3rd & my final try scheduled for Sept, I've decided to take a slightly more wholistic approach, having heard positive things.
I found her through the Zita Westwood website and so far I've had 2 sessions, 3-4 weeks apart mid cycle. She took and incredibly thorough, personal and quite frankly TMI history! also talked about my diet too But so much more in depth than any of my consultants at my IV clinic.
Through this she raised 2 points of concern - I have a fairly short cycle 23 days on average, and for the last 8 months or so I've been spotting for days after my period ends sometimes almost 10 days after.
She recommended I take flaxseed oil & a good prenatal vitamin
After 1 session my cycle increased for 23 days to 25, after the 2nd session my cycle went up 27 days! She is now determined to sort out whatever hormone imbalance is causing me to spot... I have to say I wasn't expecting such results so quickly... I am now feeling incredibly hopeful we might conceive naturally before Sept!
She's also a trained counsellor so good for a chat too.. If anyone is on the fence about trying acupuncture I'd honestly give it a go....
Love
J x
Just thought I'd fill you in on my journey with acupuncture so far,..
Most of you know my story by now but in brief - 3 yrs ttc, 1 mc @ 8weeks 2 years ago, & 2 unsuccessful IVF's - issue is poor quality embryos, no male factor.
Ahead of my 3rd & my final try scheduled for Sept, I've decided to take a slightly more wholistic approach, having heard positive things.
I found her through the Zita Westwood website and so far I've had 2 sessions, 3-4 weeks apart mid cycle. She took and incredibly thorough, personal and quite frankly TMI history! also talked about my diet too But so much more in depth than any of my consultants at my IV clinic.
Through this she raised 2 points of concern - I have a fairly short cycle 23 days on average, and for the last 8 months or so I've been spotting for days after my period ends sometimes almost 10 days after.
She recommended I take flaxseed oil & a good prenatal vitamin
After 1 session my cycle increased for 23 days to 25, after the 2nd session my cycle went up 27 days! She is now determined to sort out whatever hormone imbalance is causing me to spot... I have to say I wasn't expecting such results so quickly... I am now feeling incredibly hopeful we might conceive naturally before Sept!
She's also a trained counsellor so good for a chat too.. If anyone is on the fence about trying acupuncture I'd honestly give it a go....
Love
J x