Acupuncture, Infertility, Fertility, Updates

Part I: Pregnancies with Acupuncture and herbs only

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 1:

A 36-yr-old infertility patient with FSH 13 and 14 failed IVF cycle. She came to see Dr. Lee for acupuncture for infertility treatment in preparation for her 2nd IVF cycle with her infertility specialist. But, after only 4 acupuncture and herbal treatments specially tailored to her particular case of infertility, she got pregnant naturally with acupuncture and herbs alone without IUI or IVF in just 30 days.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 2:

A 31-yr-old infertility patient failed 2 IUI cycles and 2 IVF cycles prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. After 7 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case, she got pregnant naturally with acupuncture and herbs alone without any other infertility treatments (IUI or IVF) in just 31 days.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 3:

A 36-yr-old infertility patient failed 5 IUI cycles prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. After 5 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case, she got pregnant naturally with acupuncture and herbs alone without any other infertility treatments (IUI or IVF) in just 23 days.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 4:

A 31-yr-old infertility patient failed 3 IUI cycles prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. After 4 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case, she got pregnant naturally with acupuncture and herbs alone without any other infertility treatments (IUI or IVF) in just 24 days.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 5:

A 31-yr-old infertility patient tried 12 natural cycles prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. After 7 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case, she got pregnant naturally with acupuncture and herbs alone without any other infertility treatments (IUI or IVF) in just 37 days.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 6:

A 36-yr-old infertility patient failed 3IUI cycles with prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. After 2 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case, she got pregnant naturally with acupuncture and herbs alone without any other infertility treatments (IUI or IVF) in just 22 days.

Part II: Pregnancies with IVFs and Acupuncture

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 7:

A 39-yr-old infertility patient failed 2 IUI and 2 IVF cycles prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. After 6 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case, she got pregnant with acupuncture and IVF in just 21 days with her own egg.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 8:

A 41-yr-old infertility patient failed 1 IVF cycle and was on day 4 of stimulation for 2nd IVF prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture in May 2005. With late start and no preparation to optimize her condition, she failed the 2nd IVF despite of 6 acupuncture treatments. She took 5 months off and restarted acupuncture in mid Dec. 2004, with only 3 acupuncture for fertility treatments prior to her 3rd IVF. At the start of the 3rd IVF in early Jan. 2005, she passed only 1 of the three criteria for fertility optimization. Two weeks later, her 3rd IVF cycle was cancelled due to insufficient size of the follicles. With one more month of Chinese herbs and 8 more acupuncture for infertility treatments, she is pregnant now with her own egg on the 4th IVF cycle. The most remarkable fact is that she had only one egg retrieved. One egg fertilized. One embryo transferred.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 9:

A 35-yr-old infertility patient failed 1 IVF cycle prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. After 7 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case, she still not able to consistently maintain her optimal conditions for fertility.

Despite of additional 12 acupuncture for infertility treatments during her frozen transfer cycle, she did not get pregnant.

Part of failure may due to the fact that for the frozen transfer, the eggs may not have been grown under the optimal conditions during the 1st IVF. After resting for 5 months, she started her 3rd IVF (fresh) cycle with 6 more acupuncture for infertility treatments. The day 3 embryo survival rate increased from 70% to 87% with acupuncture. She was pregnant with triplets. At week 8, she is down to one fetus.

Part III: Donor Eggs Pregnancies with Acupuncture:

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 10:

A 45-yr-old infertility patient failed 6 IVF cycles prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. Last 2 IVFs were using donor eggs. She had been having high levels of stress and anxiety and stress. After 3 treatments using Acupuncture for Anxiety Protocol, she was free of anxiety. She slept better, got off anti-anxiety medication in just 10 days. After 4 more acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case during her frozen IVF cycle with donor egg, she got pregnant in just 46 days from her 1st acupuncture visit. Update: She unfortunately miscarried at 6th week.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 11:

A 43-yr-old infertility patient failed many IUIs. She had 2 miscarriages one from IUI and one from IVF with donor eggs prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. After 15 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case during her frozen IVF cycle with donor egg, she got pregnant. She started bleeding 7 days after transfer. The bleeding lasted 3 days even with bed-rest. She was assured by Dr. Lee that the bleeding can be stopped with 1 to 2 acupuncture treatments in one to days. She came in for acupuncture and herbs during the bleeding. It worked as it has done for many other infertility patients. The bleeding stopped 36 hours later. Her blood test showed a strong positive for pregnancy.

Acupuncture for infertility in action in 2005. Case study 12:

A 41-yr-old infertility patient failed 6 IVF cycles with her own eggs prior to seeing Dr. Lee for infertility treatment with acupuncture. She had one year of acupuncture treatment in Texas during with some of the IVF cycles without any pregnancies. She flew in to Orange county for her 7th IVF with donor eggs. She had a total of 4 acupuncture for infertility treatments designed for her individual case and was pregnant. In her case, the donor eggs played an important role in her pregnancy.