Accupuncture made my ears bleed.  Not much, but it's worth saying because it sounds so dramatic. I have attended two accupuncture sessions now, in support of my IVF.  I don't think I allowed enough time for it to be truly effective, but I thought it might calm me down anyway.  I had two "cleansing" treatments (I was particularly full of toxic chi, which doesn't surprise me) and a couple others that I didn't catch the purpose of.  One treatment involved sticking 3 needles into each ear.  Apparently our ears are just a bunch of skin, cartiledge, and nerve endings, so the tiny little needles HURT as they were going in.  She drew a little blood as she was taking one out and showed it to me on the cotton swab.  It was about the width of the head of a normal pin.  So not all that damaging, really.  The ear treatments were supposed to correspond to the ovaries.  Isn't that interesting?  I wouldn't be surprised if the ovaries felt the needles; they hurt so much. Today marks the start of the second week on Lupron.  Just one more week -- or less -- and I'll be in the follicle stimulation phase.  Woo hoo!