Hi everyone,
I am coming up with a new game plan on how to tackle HG again. My next door neighbor is a Accupunturist/Chinese DR. After our termination this past fall, he approached my husband and I and mentioned he thought he might be able to help. (He is also a friend to us both).
We met with him yesterday in his office and talked about my medical history and pregnancy history. (I have GERD also, had my GB removed, and have had tummy issues since I was a child). We also talked and I explained my theory that my liver doesnt funtion well with the added stress of pregnancy. (I have lab work to support this theroy as well).
He talked about Chinese med principles of the body have different meridans and how they funtioned. Each meridan has differnet pulse points in your body. He then did this test (that involves running a current through your body-painless- that measures the "funtioning" of each of the meridans. Well guess what????? My liver, speen and digestive meridans are all messed up!!!! (Big surprise right..hahaha)
Anyways, here is how we are approaching this future pregnancy. I am begininng accunpture treatment 2x a week for 5 weeks to measure improvement in these meridans. His theory is, if we can get the body in harmony PRIOR to pregnancy, then my HG will be MUCH less. I am also going to take this liver function test (that involves spitting... its a alternitive med test) to see how my liver reacts to tylenol, motrin, etc. This will give him a more accurate idea of what herbs I should take to do a liver detox.
Obvoiusly, at this point, I have NO idea if this will work, but I am hoping that maybe it will at least make a future pregnancy more managable.
This Dr does not feel entirely comfortable giving me herbs while pregnant, unless we get to the utterly horrific point I was at this past fall, when all other "Western" meds have failed. He does want to continue the accpunture while I am pregnant (and seeign he lives next door to me, he said if neccesary he will come over here to give them to me, if I am too sick to go to his office. He mentioned daily treatments during the worst part of HG.
So, I just wanted to post this, as I am totally intrieged. Only time will tell if this will actually help
Robin