Fertility massage

CML11

So I stumbled across a place that advertised this service boosting about all the benefits. Also found a self massage video? I'm skeptical to throw money at either of them, but the other part of me wonders if there's anything to it. Of course not my magic infertility cure, but maybe it could help?

What's your take on it? Ever done it?

katers79

I'm 100% in on any kind of massage. Agree with @Buttmonkey34‌ - why not do it. My RE says no stress with FET, so I'm trying to squeeze in as much acupuncture, reflexology, and massage as possible. Doctors orders
Eta grammar's hard

CML11

That's kinda what I was thinking, but the skeptic in me thinks I'm wasting $. I do love a massage though!
Considering doing acupuncture too. How often do you do it?

katers79

@CML11‌ I'm doing acupuncture 1x/wk, and I'll go a few days before FET and the day-of, after the transfer. I find reflexology is more relaxing for me, and I've booked 2 sessions right around FET as well It's the best excuse ever for pampering!

CML11

@kaly75‌ and @katers79‌ how many cycles have you done with IVF? Did you do any cycles without acupuncture? If so, did you see a change in the results?

katers79

@CML11‌ This is my first cycle.

Carol77B

@CML11 are you talking about the massage you do on yourself (starting where the femoral arteries are, pressing and moving up) to increase blood flow to the uterus? I had my acupuncturist show me how to do it, and I could "feel" the pulsing from pressing on the artery when she did it, which made me think it might actually help, but I couldn't replicate when I got home.

You didn't ask me, but I started acupuncture almost two years before I started IVF, and have done it through all of mine, though I wasn't able to do the post-ET session for IVF#2 (my acupuncturist was in the middle of packing), and I've always wondered if that would have helped.  

CML11

@Carol77B‌ that's helpful! Thank you!

I think I want to try it, there aren't many out there that do it or at least ones that advertise that they do.
I found a link that you can buy some DVD, but like you said, I don't know that I would be replicating it right.