Hi! I read in one of your posts that you have acupuncture. I started last week and have my second session tomorrow. Why did you go for it? Do you think it helped you get your BFP? Think I have just got AF after first month ttc (Cd43) so am really pleased! I went for acupuncture to try and regulate my cycle as was getting nervous that is was so long. Let me know your thoughts!
And I will be trying the water under the bed thing! x

Hi, yeah I first had acupuncture for pain relief following car accident 2 yrs ago. I really like and trust my therapist and she always explains things well to me. A lot of the stuff she's advised me to do had helped my general health. An example is that she said I was very "damp" in the body which isn't good within the Chinese principles and asked how much I ate cheese, I said at least once, sometimes twice a day (I'm a veggie) she advised me to cut down and I felt a lot better generally - less tired, less headaches, less constipation. Now I have it occasionally, and when I do the next day I get a headache like mild hangover, every time. She suggested eating pears to counter balance it and it works!

When we started ttc I decided to go back and went in specifically with ttc in mind. She said she'd need to see me around ov and just before af, and suggested the water thing. I saw her 4 times then got BFP. Like with all these things it's hard to know if it would've happened naturally....(we were ttc for 4 months). but I enjoy it and think it helps me so to me it's worth it. I won't see her now til first trimester is over but will definitely go back then.

Other things we did - we both took royal jelly (from any health food shop) as meant to be a great fertility aid for the month before we conceived. We cut out caffeine quite a bit and alcohol a bit (do like odd couple glasses wine so didn't cut it out altogether. Don't miss it now funnily enough - had one glass 2 days before BFP and felt drunk, almost like body was poisoned!! straightaway). We also looked at our diet and I took some tips from Marilyn Glenville's website (www.marilynglenville.co.uk) re getting DH to eat lots of foods containing zinc etc.

Good luck!! Glad af has made an appearance for you. x

sorry to gatecrash girls but if me and oh start taking the Royal Jelly capsules how long should we take them for and if we were lucky enough to fall when should i stop taking them as soon as i find out or once ive ovulated? xx

hi girls - sorry to gatecrash but if DH and i start taking the Royal Jelly tablets now when should we stop taking them ie will they have any negative effects if we were lucky enough to fall pregnant and i didnt find out straight away? xx

hi dlp01, I have just checked the packet and it doesn't state "do not use in pregnancy" - obv I'm no medical expert but from that I think it'd be fine.

There's lots of info on the net about it and it seems fab for general health and is age-old fertility remedy. x

[Modified by: Ames123 on October 08, 2008 12:59 PM]

thanks for that Ames - i will get some next time i am in town xx