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My doctor recommended that I start acupuncture this cycle! This cycle I am doing a sequential IUI (letrazole 5 mg, 75 mg gonal-f injections, and ovidrel trigger shot) has anyone gotten pregnant when they added acupuncture to their regimen? I’m curious if anyone has seen pretty quick improvements with it. Only it says I need 16 sessions, but it is out of pocket LOL I hope I don’t know to go that long and rack up a bill, but also willing to do whatever it takes at this point!!

For those who’ve tested positive when was it? I feel like I’m damned if I do damned if I don’t.. testing everyday gives me something to do, and the cycles I haven’t, it’s all I wonder about.

Medication - letrazole 5 mg (can’t take higher because it thins my lining) and gonal-f 75 mg.

On cd 9 AM I had a lining of 6.3 mm and follicles at 14, 13, a few 12’s, and crazy enough 2 follicles at 11.11 mm 😳🙏🏻

On cd 10 AM my lining jumped to 9.4 trilaminar (which it has never been thicker than 6 mm in previous cycles) not sure if it’s the gonal-f or the fact that on cd 9 I CHUGGED beet juice and moved my legs in a pool for 2 hours to improve blood circulation! This was a win!

My follicles all grew 2 mm so I had my lead follicle at 16.4, 15.1, a 14, and 4 13’s. The doctor talked about cancelling my cycle which totally shocked me because I didn’t have a follicle that yet reached the 18 mm threshold which I thought was minimum gold standard.

Decided outcome - trigger shot cd 10 evening and IUI cd 12.

Do you all think my follicles will grow after the trigger? Has anyone had success in a similar situation? It feels like I’m doing this prematurely, but there’s a significant risk if I wait of multiples of those other follicles did catch up.