ACCUPUNCTURE ANYONE?

Oh I see, Vitalis doesn't sound too expensive compared to that then....paid $74 for the first session (an hour) and $66 for the follow up ones. He is going to come to the fertility clinic with us on the day of the transfer and do a session before and straight after the transfer.
I have just had my very first injection today, so the process has started! First BT is on Tuesday and scan on Friday. I have also started doing yoga just a week or so ago, and am listening to circle and bloom relaxation/visualisation CDs for IVF. And am hoping with all my heart that this will work!

Yeah I don't think FAs suggest it, and apparently some don;t even like it when you do acupuncture during the treatment cycle either! But we are in Repromed and our FS was very happy for us to continue doing acupuncture, apparently Vitalis quite often comes to their clinic for transfers.

Main thing that you managed to get in for an appointment so quickly, all you can do now is relax and let your body do the rest. Vitalis gives his clients an acupuncture book to read (The Infertility Cute) and in the IVF chapter it says that after the transfer you just need to try and relax as much as possible, visualise holding your sleeping child in your arms, let the body be soft and calm, don't stress about anything....that's the best you can do for yourself and your embaby in the next two weeks.

Good luck, i'll be looking forward to hearing from you in a few weeks =) x

A bit late in this thread, but when we were TTC#1, we'd been trying for 3.5 years, on the waiting list for IVF in the UK, and on the advice of a colleague, tried acupuncture. The issue was with me not DH. I had 3 months of acupuncture (sessions every 2 weeks) and herbs daily, and I got my first BFP. Sadly that ended in early m/c.

Then 1.5 years later after moving back to NZ, I tried acupuncture again, and after 2 months (acu sessions every 2 weeks and daily herbs) I got a BFP. That's my 2 year old DD.

So now we're TTC#2, have been since Nov 09, and have been using acu/herbs since July 2010. Not working so fast this time, but have seen major improvements in my cycle.

It can't hurt, it can only help, and if you are doing medically stimulated cycles, it's a great way to give it that extra boost.

Hey ladies, has anyone had an acupuncturist come with them to the clinic on the day of ET? I am particularly interested in Auck acu. Last time Vitalis came with us to the clinic, did a session before and straight after the ET, but he charges $390 for that I guess he has to cover his travel expenses + missed appts that he could have had in that time, so understandable. But I'm wondering if there is somebody more local (Remuera/Newmarket) that would come to the clinic and not charge as much? Thought id find out early and maybe go see that person a few times before the ET so I get used to them...but at the same time go to Vitalis for 8-9 weeks before the cycle, so combine the two?

Let me know please if anyone has prices/ideas =)

Whoa, Thanks Tiff! I like that price a bit better
all these tricks we learn along the way ahh!? Who would have known! I didn't even think to research previously what others were charging

Oh well, it's a long journey and we are getting better and better the longer we spend on it, ah?!

Tiff8ny - I am thinking of changing my acu to Naissance as my guy lacks communication. Did Naissance give you a proper diagnosis and talk to you about your progress etc?

I really appreciate your feedback.

Hi charlie, no she didnt give me a diagnosis as all the tests we have had done with FA and naturopaths etc seems to suggest we have no problems which means we have unexplained infertility. I only started going to Naissance for IVF accupuncture as they were recommended to me by FA. They do also do chinese medicine and natropathy too but I didnt do that aswell as I could only afford to do one at a time. But Im thinking I will go back to them for naturopath advice before my next IVF. I just found them really lovely there and its close to home for me and I found their prices not too bad. She was very open to questions on progress etc but Im quite shy so didnt ask too many questions.

Let me know if you girls end up using them and how you got on. I think I will go back them next month, just had a couple of months off after our BFN to emotionally cope with things and get my mind of TTC for a bit.

Um whats a TCM diagnosis?? she never gave me a diagnosis, I just simply went for IVF accupuncture and didnt ask for a diagnosis. I said I had seen a naturopath too.

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Hi tiff, TCM is traditional chinese medicine. The whole theory of acupuncture is based on the energy meridians in your body.... there are thousands of points on our bodies that can be used for acupuncture, there isn't really such a thing as IVF acu (that I know of?), the practitioner needs to understand what symptoms you have (could be the type of period you get, other sypmtoms etc, not necessarily blood tests and western medicine diagnosis. So based on your symptoms they then decide where there is an imbalance of energy in your body (qi energy, yin and yang) and use points along those meridians to re-balance you. Well, that's my amateur explanation of what it is hehee...yeah, so I'm surprised they didn't tell you what points they were targeting and why?

However there has also been a German study on IVF and acu and I know Vitalis uses the same theory for IVF patients, especially around the ET - there are certain points to relax your uterus before the ET and then to contract it after.... but in the weekly sessions he was targeting other points as he said I had a spleen issue.

Charlie, I'd be very keen to see how you find Mary compared to Vitalis, please let me know how you get on =) Good luck, hope you find that session more rewarding! =)