Hi megs525! I have been doing acupuncture for 4 months now as well as taking herbs. i have not gotten preg yet and My periods are still irregualr :(. IT is a very good sign that you are responding to the herbs:)! how long were you taking them until your periods became regular?
I have a friend that has two kids from acupunture. She has some thyroid issues and only gets her period once a year. The first time it took her 6 mo to get preg then the next child, it took three months.Though, Everybody responds differently to the treatment. All i can say is it takes ALOT of patience to do acupuncture b/c most of the time you dont see the results immeadetly. I have my days were i just want to give up and try meds....but i dont. Wishing you lots of luck and sending baby dust your way!

With the herbs, it only took sbout 2 months to get my periods regular. I wanted to try acupuncture before I started seeing my RE. I keep feeling like I can get pregnant "on my own" if I'm just a little healthier. However, my patience for treatments lasts only 3-4 months. I am thinking I can maintain my patience long enough to give acupuncture a chance.

Thanks for the comment!

Megs---Your story sounds almost exactly like mine!! If you don't mind my asking, are you overweight, thus contributing to your irregular cycles?? We've been trying for about 10 months but only 4 of those months, I've actively been trying to diet and do herbals, the same. I am 240 lbs and 5' 8". I've also been doing TONS of research into this disease. I think it's really about controlling your insulin levels. Which herbals are you taking?? I'm taking Chromium, Cinnamon, Vitex, MVI and Vitamin D. My friend is starting acupuncture in April and I'm going to go with her. So I may be trying that next. I keep feeling like if I can get healthy, then I also can get pregnant!! So hopefully, we can figure this thing out :-)

Kristen- It is so comforting when I hear about somebody who has a similar story as I do. Thanks! We must be twins...I'm 5'9 and about 245. A few years ago, I lost about 40 lbs in 3 months and felt great. However, it all came back within a year. That was before I was diagnosed with PCOS and realized just how much it related to my weight issues.

I had been seeing an Amish herbalist for my herbal supplements and he had me taking Food Enzymes, Ho Shu Wu, FCS II and Crampbark & False Unicorn Root. They have really helped regulate my periods, but we haven't been back to see him this month because my DH and I are planning to do acupuncture along with Chinese herbs and would prefer to do it all at one place.

I have been working on the diet thing...I'm looking into the GI diet. It sounds similar to what I've already been doing, though I haven't really seen any significant weight loss. I might have to get more strict with it (and exercise more now that it has warmed up outside).

I too keep thinking that if I can just get healthy, I'll wake up pregnant one day. Good luck and keep me posted about your efforts!!!

Awesome Megs!! I think we are twins! Haha! I've actually been consulting one of my diabetic friends so I learn to cook like her and eat like her! I think if we can come up with lists of foods in which we can have to snack on and so forth then it might be easier to stick with a diet like this. Her advice to me was that she is allowed 15 "points" of carbs per day. Each point is 15 grams of carbs so that roughly comes out to 225 grams of carbs per day. And they say for insulin resistant people, we should eat 6 times per day. Well I'm figuring about 37.5 carbs per each sitting. That seems like a lot to me. According to the "Insulin Resistance Diet" book, we are to have no more than 30 grams of carbs within a 2 hour period and it should be balanced by 15 grams of protein. So if we eat every 2 hours while we're awake (which I figured on 16 hours), then it comes out to 28 grams of carbs each 2 hours, if you're going off of the 225 grams of carbs per day. Long story short, I'm shooting to have 30 grams of carbs no more than 6 times per day, with at least 2 hours in between each time that I have carbs. And I'm making sure I eat protein each time. I'm also trying to write everything down that I eat....it seems to make me more conscious of what I'm actually putting into my body. Another thing that my friend, who is diabetic, told me is to walk 30 minutes 6 days a week. She says that has helped her control her insulin levels without medications and she dropped 80 pounds in doing it!! I hope this helps.....maybe we can encourage eachother to get out there and do our walking and exchange ideas for low carb snacks and recipes and such....Keep me posted as well!! Kristy

Kristy,
I bought some books about the GI diet and am going to start trying that. My sister is also dealing with PCOS and is also TTC, so she and I are supporting each other a lot, but live 10 hours from each other! She is on Nutrisystem and says it is similar to the GI diet and she has seen some positive results so far. I am fairly confident that I can be successful with this diet because it is similar to what I already do (though I do have to pay a little more attention to my carbs).

When I exercised a lot, I was losing weight like crazy. I used to walk 3-4 miles every day. I need to start walking again and know that when I do, the weight will start coming off. I just have to find a walking route that I like, so I'll want to keep it up.

Good luck...I'll keep you posted.

-Megan