Acupuncture Infertility

Part I: Pregnancies with Acupuncture and herbs only

2006.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2006. Case study 29

6-3-06 update

A 41-yr-old infertility patient from Orange County who failed one IUI cycle and was one the 1st day of her 2nd IUI stimulation drugs prior to seeing Dr. Lee on 4/8/06. Without adequate time to optimize her condition, she failed her 2nd IUI cycle despite of 4 acupuncture treatments. She then started to focus on preparation and optimization with more acupuncture treatments and the addition of Chinese herbs from 5/6/06. By 6/2/06 only 4 more treatments late, she got pregnant naturally. She is now on weekly acupuncture treatments to prevent miscarriages.

Lesson learned: Don't panic with age 41. One can still get pregnant given enough time to her body normalized. In her case it took only 8 treatments (which is very fast) to get her pregnant naturally. Looking back, the quickest and shortest way to get pregnant is to get the body optimized by an expert with a tract record of success.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2006. Case study 30

6-15-06 update

A 40-yr-old infertility patient from Orange County who just failed one IVF cycle prior to seeing Dr. Lee on 4/21/06. She wants to get her body optimized prior to her 2nd IVF cycle. After one month of treatment, she notice that her period has improved, less heavy, more bright flow. She started her second natural cycle on 5/20/06 and expecting period on 6/18/06. It never came. She tested positive for pregnancy on 6/23/06. She has a total of 10 acupuncture treatments with Chinese herbs for her specific condition (very short course of treatments for a patient age 40). Her husband also had about 8 treatments for improving his sperm condition. She is now on weekly acupuncture treatments to prevent miscarriages.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2006. Case study 31

6-15-06 update

A 40-yr-old infertility patient from Orange County who just failed one IVF cycle prior to seeing Dr. Lee on 5/17/06 (cycle day 5). She wants to get her body optimized prior to her 2nd IVF cycle. After only 6 acupuncture treatments with Chinese herbs for her specific condition, she tested positive for pregnancy on 6/27/06. She is now on weekly acupuncture treatments to prevent miscarriages.

Note: This is patient with mild imbalance. Not all patients get pregnant that easily. For some patients, the imbalance is severe and requires 6 and even 12 months to correct.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2006. Case study 32

7-14-06 update

A 42-yr-old infertility patient from Orange County who failed two IUI cycle prior to seeing Dr. Lee on 5/8/06 (cycle day 5). She wants to get pregnant naturally. After only 8 acupuncture treatments with Chinese herbs for her specific condition, she tested positive for pregnancy on 07/04/06. She is now on weekly acupuncture treatments to prevent miscarriages.

Note: This is patient with mild imbalance. Not all patients get pregnant that easily. She had a natural full term pregnancy 3 years ago. Her husbands' sperms were normal. She failed 2 cycles of artificial inseminations partly due to the fact she her body was not optimized for pregnancy. For her it took 2 months to get optimized and pregnant naturally with only acupuncture and Chinese herbs. It is faster than the average in age 42 group. For some patients, the imbalance is severe and requires 6 and even 12 months to correct.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2006. Case study 33

10-21-06 update

A 40-yr-old infertility patient from Orange County who failed one IUI cycle and two IVF cycles prior to seeing Dr. Lee on 9/15/06 . She wants to start her 3rd IVF ASAP regardless if her body is ready or not.. After only 1 acupuncture treatments with Chinese herbs for her specific condition, she started IVF stimulation meds. But, she was willing to take the Chinese herbs during the IVF cycle. She had a total of 9 treatments and

tested positive for pregnancy on 10/21/06. But, her HCG number is subnormal at this time. She is now on weekly acupuncture treatments to prevent miscarriages.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2006. Case study 34

10-28-06 update

A 33-yr-old infertility patient from Riverside County who failed one IUI and one IVF cycles prior to seeing Dr. Lee on 5/10/06. She has PCOS and wants to get pregnant naturally. Her husband also started treatments with Dr. Lee to improve his sperm quantity and quality. After 5 months acupuncture treatments with Chinese herbs for her specific condition, she tested positive for pregnancy on 10/27/06. This was the 2nd natural cycle with acupuncture and Chinese herbs and Clomid. She is now on weekly acupuncture treatments to prevent miscarriages.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2006. Case study 35

11-04-06 update

A 41-yr-old infertility patient from LA County who failed one IVF cycle prior to seeing Dr. Lee on 4/30/05. She had 2 laparoscopies to remove endometriosis and chocolate cysts ranging 4 to 5 cm in size. Her FSH was at 30. Her tubes were 100% blocked in one and partially blocked in the other. She wants to get pregnant naturally. After only 9 acupuncture treatments with Chinese herbs for her specific condition, she tested positive for pregnancy on 07/09/05. But she miscarried on 8/25/05. She went to RE to start IVF but was told that due do her high FSH, she was not a good candidate for IVF. She decided to continue Dr. Lee's the acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatments. Her year-long persistence paid off. Her FSH dropped down to 19.3 on 8/28/06. She got pregnant naturally again on 10/17/06 with strong HCG numbers. Her ultrasound on 11/3/06 showed 2 heart beats. She has twins!!

She is now on weekly acupuncture treatments to prevent miscarriages.

But, only one of the twins survived of 1/27/07.

Lessen learned: We are all different. For some infertility patients, it requires fewer treatments and shorter time period to get pregnant. For others with high FSH, endometriosis, adhesions, advance age, it often take longer 9 to 12 months to achieve pregnancy. Don't give up too early.