Our acupuncture experience

A year and two miscarriages. . .

Chamomile tea, honey and lemon juice, exercise. . .I have always aimed to eat healthy (this doesn't mean I am a saint. . .I get weak in the knees for junk food just like the rest of the world), and try more natural remedies before I would down two tablespoons of cough syrup or head to the doctor for this pain or that.  I don't recall our mother giving us ginger tea or anything, but we also didn't run to the doctor for every last cough or pain.  My sister ended up as a massage therapist and I am the 'crunchy' daughter, so somewhere it all rubbed off onto us.

This all being said, up until 2008, I never turned to anything like acupuncture, reiki, energy healing, etc.  Early 2008 though, I had to have an emergency surgery, and have one ovary removed.  It was terrifying, and made hubby and I think, maybe we shouldn't wait the two extra planned years to start a family.  I was told I wouldn't have any problems due to only having the one ovary- and I don't think I did.  But, to make sure my body was healed and ready, I visited a dear friend, Janet, co-owner of Wepner Wellness.  We did one energy session. . .hindsight, I probably should have done more.

Fast-forward a year later.  Still not pregnant.  Now counting days in my cycle, taking my temperature. . .I don't wish this on my enemies.  This is not how it is supposed to be.  We had two miscarriages, and so finally I made an appointment with the doctor.  Of course there was a magic pill. . .but I refused.  Steven and I always knew we would adopt, and we had decided at the beginning of our journey that we would not try any western style mumbo jumbo- no pills- no 'magic' procedures- no weird hormones.  But we didn't say anything about acupuncture. . .

I kept hearing how this person had done acupuncture and got pregnant, and that person, so I asked Steven for one more month.  If it didn't happen then we would start the process towards adoption.  So I made an appointment with Dr. Hemmen in Hickory and started acupuncture.  I went twice a week based on points in my cycle.  After the first week I could start to tell a difference in my overall health and well being.  After the first month, I told Steven that I knew this would be it.  So we continued. . .well, we never had to finish the second month.  No doubt in my mind, it was the acupuncture.  I had lived my whole life up until this point with what I thought was the norm- I was so wrong.  Hormones really can make things wacky when they are a bit out of whack!

I continued a few other times during the pregnancy.  For anxiety mostly.  When you get as big as I did. . .well you start to get a bit anxious about the logistics :). 

So my son has made us believers.  

I would love to hear any experiences you may have had with acupuncture, or any other type of alternative therapy.  If you would like to be a guest blogger this week, please let me know.  I would be glad to link blogs and share with our communities!