A success story by Gabriele J, PhD treated for Fertility
I am a true believer in acupuncture after it helped e with secondary infertility. My husband and I had our first child, Natalie, very easily in 20002 – she was a surprise actually. Then when we started trying again several years later for a second child, we were perplexed when nothing happened after five months, especially since Natalie “happened” without a second thought. So being over 35, my OBGYN suggest running blood tests. It turned out my FSH was elevated to a 19; when it is this high, you are in menopause; FSH is the hormone that communicates with the ovaries. When given the news I was shocked beyond belief, for many reasons I was unable to consider the egg donor route. To my doctors’ credit, she also said she had a personal friend who had the same issue and did Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with success. I immediately researched it and decided to give it a try.
I figured it could not hurt me, and it was sure a lot cheaper than IVF with a donor egg. I looked for someone who had experience in the infertility area and I went to Marc in Raleigh. I went once a week. I was surprised how confident he was that it would work. His overall attitude from the beginning was so much different than the “Western-oriented” doctors. I found the acupuncture treatments to be surprisingly soothing and relaxing and I look forward to going every week. I became confident too that it would work – but I didn’t think it would work so FAST! I was pregnant three months later after starting acupuncture. I had a wonderful pregnancy and birth. Now we have beautiful Kevin. That is my story and I am now a big believer in acupuncture, meridian therapies, and Eastern medicine. I have even become open to “energy therapies” in my practice as a psychologist.
Pinehurst, NC