Has anyone ever used acupuncture to help with fertilty?
November 28th, 2008 Posted by: GHS
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November 29th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Acupuncture doesn’t work for ANYthing.
November 30th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment; IUI, ICSI and Laparoscopic surgery is very cheap in India. The cost is very low and the medical services are very good in India.
My cousin and her husband got their IVF treatment in India through the Forerunners Healthcare in India and is all praise for this company. She is a known case of PCOS.She is a very happy mother of a baby boy now. She just paid 2500 pounds for the full IVF treatment in India for which she was quoted 8000 pounds in private setup in UK.
Forerunners Healthcare is very famous in India. I read a lot about them in the newspapers. I have also read about a Chinese couple who planned surrogacy through the Forerunners Healthcare. They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery and infertility treatment like IVF, IUI, and ICSI abroad for low price. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that surgery and treatment can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.
Hope this helps.
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:48 am
Sorry to hear about your miscarriage. That is tough! I know how you feel. I have known a few women to try acupuncture and have reported feeling better and starting to get regular cycles (there is one women on the board that I listed below who is currently going through acupuncture now). It might be worth a try. However, I highly recommend sticking with the regular PCOS treatment as well. I dont know what medications you are on or what the dose..but here is some important info about PCOS and the correct treatment for it:
The underlying cause of PCOS is insulin resistance (IR). If you treat the IR, then your chances of getting pregnant are about the same as anyone else (assuming there are no other problems not related to the PCOS). The best treatment for PCOS is going on an insulin sensitizing drug such as metformin (1500-2550mg per day) combined with a low carb diet and exercise. If this doesn’t work by itself (which in most cases I’ve seen..it does), then you can add fertility treatments to this. There are a few important things to know:
1. Many women “pass” the test for IR, but still respond positively from the metformin. No one knows exactlly why..my thought is that the test is not a sure fire way of detecting the IR.
2. You must be on a high enough dose of metformin. I’ve heard women complain that their bodies dont start working even though they’ve been on metformin for awhile. Some doctors are hesitant to up the dose past 1500mg…but for some of us it takes more. I don’t respond until my dose is around 2000mg a day.
3. It can take a few months on the correct dose, before your body ovulates on it’s own.
4. It is important to treat your PCOS even when you are not trying to get pregnant. There are higher risks for many things (high blood pressure, blood clots, diabetes, and many other things) when you have PCOS, but if it is treated properly, then those risks go back to a normal rate.
I recommend seeing a reproductive endocrinologist. They are the most knowledgeable about PCOS and any fertility treatments that you may want to do in the future. I also highly recommend visiting… It is a great message board, where you can ask all your PCOS questions. The women there are great. Good luck.
December 6th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Acupuncture and chiropractic have been shown to have some great results when it comes to fertility/infertility. There’s a website that I just recently found called The Body Healer, which has case studies, and recent news articles for different healing methods. You may want to go to that site, and search their news database and case study database:
Case studies: http://www.thebodyhealer.com/submissions.asp?submission_type=Case+Study+and+Success+Story&imbalances=Infertility
News articles on fertility/infertility: http://www.thebodyhealer.com/news_headlines.asp
Search for “fertility” or “infertility”. They have all the latest articles on alternative healing methods, and categorize it really well. I found some answers in there, through various articles.