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So, I thought I'd post about my experience with acupuncture, since a few ladies on the June POAS thread were curious.

I had my second acupuncture appointment today (CD9), the first appointment was last Thursday. Both times the appointment started with chatting about my charts, my mood, stress levels, etc. Then she checks my wrists and palms and I climb up on a massage-type table. Both times she has had me lay on my stomach first, and did around 6-8 needles in my lower back and one in the insides of each ankle. Today, she also ran an electrical current through two of the needles in my back to help stimulate even more blood flow to the uterus. It just felt like a little tingling, like a small spot on my back had fallen asleep. After about 20 minutes laying on my stomach, with the lights dim and relaxing music playing, she comes back in, takes out the needles, and I flip over on my back. Both times I've then gotten a couple needles in my stomach near my belly button, inside ankles again, mid calf, wrists and one in the top of my head, and she also puts a heat lamp near my feet (although I think the heat lamp is more just for warmth and relaxation than to really do anything). Another 20 minutes of relaxing in the dark, and she comes in again to remove the needles and that's it.

I'm actually enjoying the appointments, they're pretty relaxing. I was really nervous the first time though, since I'm not a fan of needles. But it doesn't really hurt, some of the needles I don't really feel at all, and others just feel like plucking a hair, and once it is in you don't feel it at all. So I was nervous for no reason, a bikini wax is about a hundred times more painful!

I will say that it is pretty expensive though. The clinic I chose works with several of the top fertility clinics in the area, so they are highly recommended, but I'm paying $90 per session when the average rate in the area seems to be more in the $50-60 range, based on my research. But when I look at how much I've been spending on months of digital OPKs, the CBEF monitor and sticks, FertilAid supplements, and pre-seed, I guess I'm already invested in this baby-making thing! Hopefully it will help get my hormones in balance so I start ovulating properly. I'm giving it a couple months at least.

Anyone else doing acupuncture?

@doxielove: Eeeee - exciting! FX for you!

Holy moly I think I got a positive opk on CD 7!! I don't have much CM so I think it still may be early for O just yet (last month I had two days of positive OPKs). Maybe we get in good time before DH leaves tomorrow.

@T.H.O.U.: on CD 7??? wow!!

i'm on CD 19 and still no positive. booooooo. my pre-MC O day was usually 20-22 days though, so i don't know why i'm so depressed about it!

@Claire.Peonies: haha.. no stress of timing can shift to stress of wondering! good luck lady

@T.H.O.U.: got a pic?

@T.H.O.U.: post a pic!

good luck to everyone!

@runnerd: @Bao: @luckypenny: I enhanced it a bit because my bathroom lighting is bad. Like I said I don't think I will mark in FF as positive yet?

@T.H.O.U.: yea I bet tomorrow will be all the way +, BD TIME! do u have really short cycles?

@Boopers: That could be a good thing though too!

@T.H.O.U.: FX!!

@Boopers: I'm so sorry for your loss fingers crossed that you'll get your BFP at the end of the month!

@Boopers so sorry about your grandma

@Boopers: I'm so sorry for your loss and FX that you'll get to try again this month for your

Love & prayers to you and your family, @boopers.

@T.H.O.U. FX for you!

@claire.peonies FX for a quick TWW ending in a

@sprite Thanks for sharing! Hope it is successful for you!

@Boopers: oh no, sorry for your loss! Losing a family member is so sad, even when it's expected. Good luck this month!

@LovelyPlum: Can I get an updated POAS date??? FF gave me crosshairs for Sunday (CD 19), so my new POAS date is July 14th. Eeek!

@Boopers: So sorry to hear about your grandma. And AF

@T.H.O.U.: Looks like that top one is pretty close to +!

I didn't bother to test this morning. I have my normal pre-AF spotting and its getting heavier and heavier, so I expect AF sometime this afternoon or evening. *sigh* On to August?

@Boopers: I'm sorry for your loss. It's hard losing someone, even if it was expected.
And boo to AF too!

@Boopers: I'm sorry to hear about your grandma.

@doxielove: Darn. Not happy to hear about AF.