Today was my first try at acupuncture. I know that some doctors like to do it conjunction with IVF or other IF treatments. Though I don't have IF, and we likely will never have to do IVF, it couldn't hurt to try. Maybe it could affect my ovulation and maybe make my body work better.
I met with the doctor and we chatted for a bit beforehand. We talked
about what I wanted to get out of this and the paperwork that I filled
out. She told me about her own struggles to get pregnant with ended
with a story that was pretty much, she stopped trying and focused on her
health and it happened. And then told me other story about a woman who
did 4 IVFs and was taking a break to get healthy and bam! Magic
pregnancy. She almost lost her credibility to me.
We continued to
talk about my diet and everything. I'm supposed to stop using Splenda
(because really, it's a neurotoxin) and drink whole milk (gag). She
asked me about soda and I told her really I drink it for the flavor.
She asked me about stevia (of which I'm not a huge fan) and told me of
Zevia, a soda product sweetened with that. She told me to eat the full
fat milk (when I drink it, I'll drink 2%...whole is a little too much)
and cheese and yogurt. Our bodies need fat and it's not what makes us
fat, it's sugar. So those are the diet changes she wants me to make.
I'm okay with that...I was afraid it was going to be a lot worse.
She
did some sort of Electro Meridian Analysis, measuring 6 points on each
wrist and my feet, which represent the energies in my body. My Lung
Meridian was WAY unbalanced, which pointed to some sort of adrenal thing
and it's funny she asked me if I had any insomnia or I was sleeping
through the night. She told me that parts of your body wake at
different time and the lung woke from 3a-5a. Every time I wake up, it's
sometime between then. Interesting. I also have palpitations, which
is part of that. My large intestine meridian was off. I have IBS, so
that was no surprise. She also thought I might have some adrenal
issues and those affect all my hormones.
She did 4 sets of
needles. My body pushed out 2 sets. And then it pushed out the "relax"
needle right in the center of my forehead. It was weird. She asked if
I could clear my mind and I said no. After we were done, I was
noticeably itching and she asked about it. I told her I was itchy and
she gave me a knowing look and said that she really thought it was my
adrenal glands and gave me a questionnaire to fill out and apparently I
scored really high which indicates adrenal exhaustion. She thinks the
rash that I've had the past few days is really tied to that.
Then
she did some weird thing with a supplement where I needed to hold my
right arm up and try to resist her pushing it down. I couldn't. So she
grabbed an adrenal supplement and had me hold it in my left hand close
to my core and then she had my hold my right arm out again and she could
barely push it. She said it wouldn't work if, say, I held a male
hormone replacement. I held it and she could pushed my arm right down.
She
said I could either take the supplement for a few months or I could cut
out all sugars and let my adrenals heal that way. Knowing my weakness
for carbs, I couldn't say I'd cut out sugars when I'm not sure that I
realistically could. It sounds lame, but I know myself. So I bought
the supplement.
So that's about it. I'm going back on Monday, so
hopefully I can continue to work on these things. It will be nice to
see if these things really work and I can feel better overall.
Also, she said I was holding on to a lot of guilt and grief. O_o It's amazing what the body knows and shows in different ways.
