[drhillsmrs]

Hello,

I've started receiving treatments from an acupuncturist recommended by my RE. After doing a lot of Internet research, it appears well-documented that acupuncture can be a wise complimentary treatment.

Goals for my treatments are #1 to improve the blood flow to my uterus, and #2 stress-reduction. Additionally, as I have 5 bulging discs from an accident 5 years ago, I hope for some pain relief, too.

I'm now following the fertility diet but am a little concerned about the potential for weight gain with increasing my intake of red meat, dairy and eggs. I just lost 44 pounds over the past 2 years and do tend to gain weight easily. But my babies need more than a 4mm lining, so it's worth the extra exercise

Anyone used acupuncture? I'll be having a treatment immediately before and immediately following our transfer, too.

[Roxy]

I began using acupuncture in late August to help with regulating my cycle, bringing blood to the uterus (with a moxa pole every night), and to help reduce the stress I was feeling about not becoming pregnant. Our plan was to do acupuncture alone for a year and then to pair it with treatments beginning in the summer of '09. To our surprise, we became pregnant naturally two months after our treatment (1x per week). I continued acupuncture one time per week during my first trimester. I had bleeding which I had my first pregnancy that we lost at 6 weeks. I believe that the acupuncture helped my body keep this pregnancy and now I am at 18 weeks and everything is healthy.