Today I had my second acupuncture appointment. Apparently acupuncture can help improve your fertility chances and in all honesty - I am willing to try anything if it helps or makes me feel like its helping. An article in 2004 said:

“According to recent research in the USA, acupuncture can significantly improve a woman’s chances of successful fertility treatment. Patients receiving acupuncture during IVF had higher rates of pregnancy and lower rates of miscarriage. Researchers from the Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Centre in Colorado Springs studied 114 women undergoing IVF.

Only 36 per cent of the women on conventional treatment became pregnant, compared with 51 per cent of those who had acupuncture. Just 8 per cent of the acupuncture patients suffered a miscarriage, compared to 20 per cent of the other patients. The therapy also reduced the risk of ectopic pregnancy, where the embryo develops in the fallopian tube rather than the womb. Live birth rates in the acupuncture women were 23 per cent higher for each IVF cycle”.

It doesnt hurt and the lady is lovely (Janice Booth acupuncture in Swindon) and I have been listening to her as she knows what she is talking about.

The tiredness is still irritating and work is proving difficult with my current energy levels - but I am excited about tomorrow - I have my blood test to see if down regulation has been achieved and if it has then its time to start injecting - EEK!

Night all

xxxxx