tasneem

A couple of months back I came across this book, "The Infertility Cure: The Ancient Chinese Wellness Program for Getting Pregnant and Having Healthy Babies" by Randine Lewis.

The book description as given on www.amazon.com with a link to it is as follows:
http://www.amazon.com/Infertility-Cure-Wellness-Getting-Pregnant/dp/0316159212/sr=1-1/qid=1160666642/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-6157083-9853542?ie=UTF8&s=books
[For thousands of years, Chinese women have trusted traditional Chinese medicine to help them conceive. A recent medical study found that women who augmented Western fertility treatments with TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, doubled their chances of a succesful pregnancy. THE INFERTILITY CURE gives women an effective, natural means of supporting their efforts to get pregnant. Based on techniques and remedies drawn from traditional Chinese medicine, this program shows readers how to increase their overall health and well-being, strengthen the organs and systems vital to reproduction, heal specific conditions that may affect fertility, and even support Western-based reproductive technology such as IVF and hormone therapy. Dr. Lewis' easy-to-follow program begins with diagnosis, using an extensive questionnaire to determine each reader's unique diagnostic category. The next three steps involve bringing a woman's body back into balance through diet, acupressure, and Chinese herbs. By following this program, women will be able to create a welcoming physical and emotional environment for what they desire most: a child.]

This book has helped me a lot. I have been able to regularize my periods using some of the techniques of accupressure, Qi Gong Breathing and dietary suggestions. My BBT graph now is definitely better than it was a couple of months back and my cramping has reduced too. My cycles have now become around 30-35 days from them being 40 days and over earlier.

A link to Randine Lewis's site has been posted in the alternative remedies forum by KatCarney and DesertRose and shareyourgood has also mentioned this book. But I couldnt find any reference to this book in this forum, so I thought I might make a mention of it here.

Hope this helps a fellow cyster!

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delfini

My boyfriend just bought it for me--on his own initiative (very sweet of him), I started reading.

Randine's message sounds great, clicks with me, answers many of my questions since I am inclined to view my health from a holistic point of view.

The book has a special chapter on PCOS which impressed me. I am also excited that I can familiarize myself with TCM and how it can help me, I hope to find some affordable (is it possible?) TCM practitioner soon.

abba

I read this, it's a good book!