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I have some sort of success to report which I believe is due to acupuncture and natural suuplements. Let me start by saying that I had been on a cancelled cycle due to hyperstim since July. During my time off I decided to start acupuncture and start taking royal jelly, bee pollen,wheatgrass, coq10, bluegreen algae and primrose oil. Plus I have been eating a much healthier diet. I cut out starchy carbs and sugars. And ate more whole foods and cooked green vegies.
the first thing I noticed (besides feeling great and energized) was that my period had returned to a more youthful state. My flow was heavier and lasted for 3 full days. And I had cramps! Which I havent experienced for the past 2 years.
I just started back up with follistim injections. I went back to my lower dose that went well the first time. My
last cycle that I hyper stimed was a higher dose.
Anyway,this time I started to overstimulate again. But on the lower dose. My re was very confused. She asked if I lost any weight. She said it was like I was a different person! I told her that I had been taking acupuncture and supplements. All she could say was that she kind of wished that I had remained the same because it would have been easier to figure the right dose. But I'm glad that I am different now!
And we were able to save this cycle after all. She had me stop taking follistim for one day and then only 50 iu on the following day. Tomorrow I go in for an iui with many follicles! I got the speech about risk of multies. But I'm not worried about that. Even though I've got all these beautiful follies and I may have made an improvement in my egg quality, I still think because of my age(42) I'll be lucky to get one healthy egg.

Kuddos to acupuncture and healthy living!