Acupuncture

 Ok so for those of you who don't know, i was at a friend's baby shower 2 months ago and there was a woman there that i spoke to who had the cutest baby girl. she told me her story about how she tried for 2 yrs to get pregnant but just ended up giving up. she went to an acupuncturist for some neck and back pain. after a few sessions she noticed that she was feeling off. she felt sick and she thought, what did this lady do to me? so she called her up to say, hey what did you do, i feel terrible! and she says to her in her thick chinese accent "congratuation, beautiful girl like you" and she thought, what?? it turns out she was pregnant. and she ended up having a girl. i had heard stories of acupunture helping some women get pregnant but never a first hand story! i made sure to get this Dr.'s number. i thought, i'll have this as my back up in case i have trouble conceiving. this was before i started trying so i had no idea if i would have fertility issues or not.

cut to 2 months later. i'm perfectly healthy. i'm ovulating on my own. everything down there is working as it should and my husband's sperm count is fine. i'm just impatient! i want to be pregnant so badly. it would mean so much to me to be pregnant for the holidays. in  fact i think it would be too painful for me not to be pregnant for the holidays. i've waited so many years to get to this point and now i just want it to happen. 

friends tell me if you try it won't happen, you have to not try. that is so annoying. if i don't try i wouldn't be having sex, trust me. how can you tell a woman who wants to be pregnant so bad not to try or not to think about it. give me a break.

i thought i would keep this acupuncture thing in my back pocket but some of my friends (with children) are saying, why wait? why not use everything you can? and its true, why wait? i want a baby now!!

so i called to set up an apt. bad news, my insurance doesn't cover it. she has a payment plan. my first apt is gonna be $125. who knows how many sessions i'll need. initially i felt great guilt about the money. but my husband is willing to spend the money to see me happy. he knows how important this is to me. but then i started to feel really really guilty. this kind of thing should be for women with fetility issues who have tried everything. not a perfectly healthy impatient person like me. its only been 2 months!! thats noting! it feels forced. it feels wrong.

my husband says i should just go to the first apt and see how it is. and to be honest, i don't want to waste anymore time. the holidays are almost upon us. i figure i'll wait till friday (apt is for next wed) and see how i feel. if it still feels wrong i'll cancel the apt. whenever i get my period i want to see the acupuncturist, but when i get to ovulation week i change my mind bc i feel like i can do it on my own. lol. i go back and forth a lot.

am i crazy? am i being selfish or impatient? or should i go for it? just curious to see what you girls think.

I say GO FOR IT!!!

I wish Florida was closer to Pennsylvania because I would be asking you for this lady's number!!!

 ha! thank you so much!! i would look into it in your area. you never know!

Good Afternoon MeliT,

I think you should do what your heart tells you to do, if this Friday it feels like the right thing - I would do it. To be honest, if I knew there was an un-invasive (sp?) possibility to help increase my chances of becoming pregnant I would take it. There are many in the world that do it for relaxation, and if all it does is relaxes you that's a bonus as well - and that may very well be the key to help you.

I hear it all the time, and I have had a few friends say that when they focus so hard on becoming pregnant that it is not until they relax that things start to fall into place.

I wish you all the best, as I am too in the same shoes as you! I just want to be pregnant, I am just about to start my two week wait!

Cheers,
Carrie

 thanks so much carrie. you make a great point, i really do need to relax which is hard for a type A person like me. so maybe it will be good for me in that sense. the more i think about it the more i want to do it. you know whats weird?? i noticed this about myself...i really want things, then when i get them or am really close to getting them i back. like i'm afraid of getting what i want. maybe thats where the fear is coming from. i appreciate the feedback.

and good luck with your 2ww!!! sending baby thoughts your way. :)

I completely understand what you are saying - I am the same way; I even start to think that it wont happen (I have self-esteem issues).

Thank you for the luck!!

Cheers,
Carrie

 yeah i sometimes think i don't deserve certain things. or like sometimes i'll hound my husband bc i wanna buy something then i'll buy it and i'll keep it in the bag and in a corner. like saving it for later or something. or if i want a job and then it looks like i could get it i freak out. or like now i feel like if i see the acupuncturist i will for sure get preggers right away (which is silly) so now i'm like..wait..wait...lets not rush into it. which is so dumb! because i know i wanna be preggers! grr. why do we self sabotage? i think too much. i need to just relax. lol.

but its nice to know someone "gets" what i'm talking about. and the positive feedback is sooo appreciated. thank you so much. :)

Are you sure we are not twins?!?!?!

 lol!! its nice to see i'm not alone! 

I say go for it 125 is a small price to pay for a sweet baby boy or girl. At the very least im sure u will have some other benefits from the acupunture. Let us know what she does, it sounds interesting.