My Fortune (Cookie) Came True Naturally!

I had previously undergone acupuncture treatments for a rotator cuff injury and runner’s knee with much success, so when my husband and I decided to try for a baby and my cycles were highly irregular, my first thought was to try acupuncture again. Carolyn Huffman completed a thorough initial assessment with me to determine the best treatment options. She suggested not trying for a baby for three months to develop healthy follicles for the release of optimal eggs. It was an adjustment for me not to try, because I thought getting pregnant would not be a difficult task.

After the initial three months of acupuncture, I started trying for a baby again but my cycles were just starting to normalize to 28-32 days instead of 35-60 days. I also made modifications to my diet, by increasing my consumption of various vegetables and warming foods and liquids, as well as decreasing and ceasing the use of coffee, sugar, chocolate, and other fertility-unfriendly foods and drinks. I kept a log on the Fertility Friend website to track my temperature, and with the acupuncture, I began to understand how my body was functioning on a monthly cycle. I began to notice how after a night of drinking with friends or after a very stressful week, my temperature, mood, and body responded negatively.

After a full six months of acupuncture treatments, diet changes, and the recommended herbs Carolyn prescribed, I found out I was pregnant which was one of the most heart-warming days of my life! Right before I delivered I came for 2 acupuncture treatments with Carolyn again, only to give birth exactly on the day I was due to a gorgeous baby girl and the delivery was a piece of cake!

During one of my months of acupuncture, I opened a fortune cookie that read, “Time, nature and patience are the three great physicians.” Carolyn’s acupuncture treatments and herbs have been part of each of these three approaches to my healthy fertility process!

- Jessica, Tampa