acupuncture/natural treatment

hey girls
as most of you know I have pcos and long cycles...I am having acupuncture once a week and have tried herbs (which didnt seem to do anything) and am trying to loose weight all to help with shortening my cycles / helping with pcos etc I have given myself till the middle of jan for acupuncture and weight loss to work, if no results back to fa to try meds...im just wondering if anyone else has tried natural things and if anyone had any luck....wondering if I should just bite the bullet and go back to fa and go on meds or perservere with acupuncture and trying to loose weight???? argh pcos!!!!

Hi, I haven't had PCOS but I did have endometriosis which caused fertility problems. One of the sites I came across which had quite useful stuff on it was Sharkey's Healing Centre. They had an e-book on endometriosis and they have one on PCOS also. Of course everything costs money in the infertility game just to add insult to injury.

http://www.sharkeyshealingcentre.com.au/books.php

I don't know what part of the country you are in but there is a naturopath in Auckland that specialises in fertility stuff. If you are wanting to go down the natural route and you want her details, just reply here and I'll get them for you. Her name is Loula George.

Kye, I don't have PCOS but decided to try acupuncture as a way of me proactively doing something to help my fertility (and sanity - got to about the 8th month without any luck and it was getting to me a bit!).

I've now been going every 10 days/fortnight or so, generally once in the period before OV (about CD3) and again once after OV (about CD15). I have noticed a gradual change in my cycles, for the better - I have less 'symptoms' as in gassyness, headaches, OV pain and most recent AF was better to deal with (less pain) and a brighter 'redder' blood (sorry TMI but that's really good apparently!).

I am also on two different Chinese Herbs, again for pre and post OV, to help my Kidneys (which rule fertility in Chinese Medicine, and they had poor 'vibrations' when I started but have greatly improved). I've also noticed I feel more energised generally and it helps with stress relief too!

All the best in your experiences with acupuncture, I have been told it's a gradual thing and not something that makes major differences straight away so I'd perservere a bit longer if I were you!

Thanks ladies, may try that natropath I will give them a call, do you know where abouts in auckland there based? it didnt have a location?

I wonder if you can take chineese meds and natropath medicine at the same time?

My acupuncturist seemed happy with the changes in AF hopefully this cycle gets shorter!

thanks again

Thanks

thanks melly belly...who do you go to?

Hi there!
I've been lurking on this thread and hoping to find some answers. I will be returning to NZ (Auckland) from Japan in January and want to look into acupuncture for infertility. I have been TTC for one year and was told that I may have uterine polyps and or fibroids. I understand that TCM can help with this but I don't know where to begin as I've never had acupuncture before or used Chinese herbs. I'm quite keen, though.

Mellybelly, It'd be great if you could post the details of Sam Corban's practice as I couldn't find it on the net. And I'd also love to know how your first session went.
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