To All who Replied....always waking up at 12midnight and 3am?!

[Guest guest]

It sounds like you are in good hands, and hopefully she will be able

to do some good for you that you can feel.

 

Do you by chance know what kinds of things your TCM Doc has diagnosed

you with? I think that would be very helpful for everyone on the

board if you wanted to learn more about your condition, and what types

of things you can expect (such as symptoms or limitations among other

things), and what types of things will help or hinder your treatment.

From what I gather (and correct me if I am wrong) there seems to be

some sort of communication barrier between you and your TCM Doc (such

as language, or culture, or something like that), so it might be good

for you to get her diagnosis somehow (have her write it down if needs

be), and then ask questions on here, and maybe that would help you get

more familiar with your condition and what you can do about it. It's

all up to you on what you want to do, but I always think it is good

for people to learn what is going on with them, if nothing more than

to be familiar with what the Dr is doing, and what they can do to help.

 

I don't know what other's experiences are, but with my experience

(which isn't a whole lot, so I might be misinformed, who knows), most

herbs cannot (or at least shouldn't) be used while pregnant (and

probably while trying to conceive). The TCM Dr that I go to only has

1 formula that he will use in these cases because of the risk. I do

not know about the acupuncture, but I do know that I have seen several

pregnant women with needles in them at the TCM clinic I go to, so that

is promising, but then again if your Dr does not feel comfortable with

acupuncture during pregnancy, you may have to go without it, or find a

different Dr that you trust. We'll wait to see what everyone else

says.

 

One other thing that might be of interest to you, and I don't mean to

sound preachy, or sound like I am telling you what to do. I'm just

expressing some things I have heard that may be of interest to you.

Where you have described some pretty serious health concerns, most

Chinese doctors, and even many western doctors, will say that it will

be much better off for both you and the baby if you can get these

health concerns under good management, because the last thing you want

is a miscarriage or an unhealthy baby. Then again you might already

know all of this, and if you do then great =). If you can correct all

the imbalances you can before you have a baby, then of course your

baby will be all the more healthy. There is a balance with that, and

what is practical, however. It is not practical for most people to be

100% in balance before they have kids, because for some people if they

did this, they would be 50 years old and physically unable to have

children. So finding the balance is of course up to you, after your

body gets to the point where it is capable to do so (ie you can't have

a baby if your body's immune system is overactive).

 

I think it is great that you are working on figuring these things out,

and I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. I'll be waiting

for more info to see if I can fill you in a bit with what I know, and

I am sure everyone else will give their input as well, if you choose

of course. Good luck!

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" emailme_marilyn " emailme_marilyn wrote:

 

> i also asked her if i can still continue acu when i get pregnant,

> she

> said ill just take herbs because acupuncture is kinda dangerous for

> pregnant women. but i see alot of pregnant women doing acupuncture.

> does that mean maybe my acupuncturist is not that experienced in

> dealing with pregnant ladies?

 

There are certain points that shouldn't be used during acupuncture

and perhaps these are the main ones she's using. They're chiefly on

the feet, ankles, hands and wrists.

 

sue