HOW MUCH ACUPUNCTURE SHOULD ONE TAKE BEFORE OR WHILE TTC WITH ASSISTED OR UNASSITED METHODS?

THIS IS A QUESTION I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME? CERTAINLY ONE HAS TO WEIGH THEIR FINANCES WITH TIME AND THEN THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE A BABY.

RULE OF THUMB:

1. TAKE AT LEAST 3 MONTHS OF ACUPUNCTURE BEFORE TTC IF POSSIBLE, IF YOU
HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY AND RULED OUT BLOCKED TUBES, OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS ENDOMETRIOSIS, PCOS OR POF(PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE) AND OR PREMATURE OVARIAN RESERVE. AND CONTINUE FOR THE FOURTH MONTH TO TRY AND CONCEIVE.

2. TAKE AT LEAST 6 MONTHS TO 9 MONTHS IF YOU HAVE A KNOWN OBSTRUCTION OR AUTOIMMUNE CONDITION WITH CLOTTING DISORDERS. THIS MUST BE CLEARED FOR THE MOST PART BEFORE TONIFYING THE DEFICIENCY OF INFERTILITY. IF SURGICALLY REMOVED SUCH AS SALPINGECTOMY OF THE TUBES, ENDO, WE STILL NEED TO TREAT THE UNDERLYING DISORDER OF WHAT CAUSED THE MUCUS BUILD UP, IF NOT STRUCTURELY FROM SOME PRIOR ACCIDENT OR SURGERY LEAVING SCAR TISSUE.

3. SAME RULE OF THUMB FOR BOTH OF THE ABOVE APPLIES TO MALES. IF THEY HAVE MORPHOLOGY ISSUES, IT COULD TAKE AS LONG AS 9 MONTHS TO A YEAR TO IMPROVE ESPECIALLY COMBINED WITH BLOCKAGE ISSUES SUCH AS VARICOCELE(AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE VEINS WITHIN THE LOOSE BAG OF SKIN THAT HOLDS A MALES TESTICLES IN THE SCROTUM. COUNT AND MOTILITY TAKE LESS TIME BUT INDICATE THAT THINGS ARE STARTING TO IMPROVE.

4. HOW MANY TIMES A WEEK? IF POSSIBLE I ALWAYS SAY TWO TIMES A WEEK REGARDLESS OF AGE AND OR ASSISTED OR UNASSITTED TECHNIQUES SUCH AS IVF OR IUI. CERTAINLY IF 39 PLUS SHOULD COME IN TWO TIMES WITHOUT A DOUBT.

5. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT COMING IN RIGHT BEFORE IVF, IUI, CLOMID OR NATURALLY CANNOT ENHANCE AN OUTCOME, UNFORTUNATELY IT DOES NOT AFFECT ANY UNDERLYING CONDITION THAT MAY BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. SO ARE YOU WASTING YOUR MONEY TO COME FOR JUST 4 SESSIONS BEFORE IVF?? DEPENDS, ON ALL OF THE ABOVE AND HOW SEVERE THE CONDITIONS ARE.

OVERALL MAYBE NOT, BUT IS IT IDEAL? NO, AND MAY IN FACT BE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON YOUR 2ND OR 3RD FET, IVF, OR IUI, DOES NOT MATTER. AT THIS POINT YOU NEED TO RETHINK YOUR COURSE OF THERAPY AND CONSIDER BUMPING IT UP WITH LIQUID HERBS AND ACUPUNCTURE.

EITHER WAY, I AM WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT THE ABOVE IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT, NOT AS A SALES TACTIC! MY SUCCESS IS YOUR SUCCESS AND THAT BUILDS FORTITUDE, THAT STANDS AGAINST THE ODDS OF FAILURE. A GOOD TEACHER WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND HOW TO PREPARE YOURSELF AND SUCCEED AND A GOOD DOCTOR IF SHE TRUELY CARES WILL DO THE SAME, REALIZING THE BODY STILL HAS A WISDOM OF ITS OWN. EPIGENETICALLY AS FAR AS POF AND POR AND MORPHOLOGY ISSUES OF SPERM ARE CONCERNED, WE KNOW ACUPUNCTURE, NUTRITION, LIFESTYLE PLAY A FAR LARGER ROLE THAN WE EVER IMAGINED.

HAVE YOU REACHED THE END OF YOUR ROPE…? THATS WHAT IT TAKES BEFORE SOME OF US ARE WILLING TO MAKE SOME RADICAL CHANGES IN OUR LIFE TO
ALLOW WHAT OUR HEART DESIRES TO TRUELY MANIFEST. AS MY ONE TEACHER ALWAYS SAYS AND MANY OF YOU IN MY PROFESSION KNOW HER, "LET'S PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS!"