acupuncture?

naflmj

For those who did it, did you do it all along during your cycle/before the cycle or just pre/post transfer. My clinic offers pre/post transfer and I was thinking of doing it, if nothing else but to help relax...thoughts on the process would be really helpful.

krissyh21

According to my clinic it does show improvement in success rates, they had a accupuncturist do post/pre cycle appointments.

According to my accupuncturist (not associated with my clinic) she felt you needed several months for accu. to show any types of improvement. 

According to me who did accu until I broke the bank - I didn't see any benefit from it. I did feel relaxed, but it took me several treatments of knowing what it was like to truely relax during it all. 

My success happened the one cycle I did not do any accupuncture - I am sure it is a fluke, but goes to show you it is not needed. 

naflmj

krissyh21:

According to my clinic it does show improvement in success rates, they had a accupuncturist do post/pre cycle appointments.

According to my accupuncturist (not associated with my clinic) she felt you needed several months for accu. to show any types of improvement. 

According to me who did accu until I broke the bank - I didn't see any benefit from it. I did feel relaxed, but it took me several treatments of knowing what it was like to truely relax during it all. 

My success happened the one cycle I did not do any accupuncture - I am sure it is a fluke, but goes to show you it is not needed. 

What clinic did you go to?  

krissyh21

naflmj:

krissyh21:

According to my clinic it does show improvement in success rates, they had a accupuncturist do post/pre cycle appointments.

According to my accupuncturist (not associated with my clinic) she felt you needed several months for accu. to show any types of improvement. 

According to me who did accu until I broke the bank - I didn't see any benefit from it. I did feel relaxed, but it took me several treatments of knowing what it was like to truely relax during it all. 

My success happened the one cycle I did not do any accupuncture - I am sure it is a fluke, but goes to show you it is not needed. 

What clinic did you go to?  

Boston IVF - Waltham 

AlissaCell701

I did it more to relax then anything.. Not sure how much it helped w the actual IVF transfer/implantation.. But I really liked it and it helped me feel like 100 times better and deal w all the yuckyness that went w the IVF drugs..go for it..!

naflmj

krissyh21:

naflmj:

krissyh21:

According to my clinic it does show improvement in success rates, they had a accupuncturist do post/pre cycle appointments.

According to my accupuncturist (not associated with my clinic) she felt you needed several months for accu. to show any types of improvement. 

According to me who did accu until I broke the bank - I didn't see any benefit from it. I did feel relaxed, but it took me several treatments of knowing what it was like to truely relax during it all. 

My success happened the one cycle I did not do any accupuncture - I am sure it is a fluke, but goes to show you it is not needed. 

Yep me too (Well quincy but everything done in Waltham). I had been thinking of it prior to the cycle but they handed me the brochure with prices today at the retrieval so it has me thinking. 

What clinic did you go to?  

Boston IVF - Waltham 

shipoopiisforme

I did it all during my cycle.

krissyh21

The Accu place they use is in the same building as the transfer - so it would be convienant if it is something you are interested in. I didn't go their for accu as I was already with someone else for years and kind of was in the WTF place (kind of giving up) when I did my IVF with BIVF

oooCarrieB

I did acu 2x a week for 5 weeks leading up to ER, after ER, and before and after ET.

I'm a huge believer in acu helping beat the odds.

nikinikinine

I did it with IVF #2. I started about 2 weeks (I think?!) before I started injections. I was already on BCP and I stuck with it through my first trimester.

I am starting again for this FET. Not doing it surrounding specific cycle days, just once a week. I may do a session after my transfer. Maybe.

It really does help me relax a ton, not sure if it helped get/keep me KU or not. But it couldn't hurt, right?

KiKiGee

oooCarrieB:

I did acu 2x a week for 5 weeks leading up to ER, after ER, and before and after ET.

I'm a huge believer in acu helping beat the odds.

 

Ditto this!  I figured why not throw it all at the wall if we're doing IVF.   Plus I found I really enjoyed it after the initial "holy cow there are needles in me" realization.