The Texas Center for Reproductive Acupuncture

We are big advocates of homeopathy and alternative medicine so when we were not getting pregnant on our own we decided to make the investment in acupuncture. Due to our lack of "swimmers" we needed IVF/ICSI and reluctantly jumped into the medical system for such assistance. After just over 3 months we did our first retrieval and transferred 2 embryos. Soon thereafter we learned we were pregnant with twins! It turns out boy/girl twins no less. Life just didnt seem to get any more perfect than that! I have now reached full term and am thankful for the huge role acupuncture (and Kirsten) have played in this pregnancy journey. I am apparently ultra sensitive and have given her a run for her money in terms of the use of herbs, tiny needles, a special diet & patience. Kirsten is extremely intuitive, flexible, and has the heart of a teacher! She is constantly tweaking our treatment plans and picks up on even the smallest details via our thorough conversations at each visit. Her guidance with nutrition has been insurmountable and very much appreciated. I am confident acupuncture (and Kirsten's consistency of care) have helped a tremendous amount in calming my nerves through all the stages of this fertility / pregnancy journey. This acupuncture experience has also taught me how to better care for my body and my family. After 1 year of treatments I can confidently say I would do it all again exactly the same and encourage anyone else to make the investments of time & money as well! In my opinion, its absolutely worth it for your physical health, mental health and health of your unborn children!

I am 38 years old. I tried for nearly three years to get pregnant. I suffered from stage 3 endometriosis and had to undergo surgery. I began In-Vitro treatment and acupuncture after surgery. The staff at TCRA were able to regulate my periods, increase my egg production, and erase my PMS symptoms. The sessions were relaxing and the staff always remained positive.
After two rounds of IVF I am pregnant with twins!
As soon as I became pregnant I started to suffer with horrible sciatic pain in my hip. It was disabling. My OB told me it was normal and that the only cure was giving birth. I suffered 4 months before going to Mandy at TCRA. After one treatment, the pain was totally gone! I have had no problems with my hip in five weeks.
TCRA can help you with treatment before, during, and after your pregnancy. I am so grateful for their help!

I have a great doctor and we were trying to do everything possible to get me pregnant. My husband and I tried IUI and then In-Vitro fertilization. The IUI never worked for us. I had endometrosis and my husband low-sperm count. I had laparoscopy for my endometrosis problem and my husband was taking some vitamins but nothing seemed to work. The first time we tried IVF, I didn't get pregnant. The second time, I got pregnant but had a miscarriage after 9 weeks. We were devastated but still had energy to try one more time. The third time I wanted to do something different. I had heard of people changing diets and others doing acupuncture. A friend of mine told me about an interview in the local news to an acupuncture place. I looked it up and I think she was referring to TCRA (up until now I'm not 100% if they are the ones who were interviewed :-). It was the best search I did in my life. My problem was that I didn't have much time before starting my third in-vitro process. In fact, I only had a little over a month. So TCRA started a rush program for me and for my husband. We both went through acupuncture. When it was time of my IVF, I had a little bit more eggs, but many more that the lab was able to fertilized compared to the previous times. Finally we had 5 good ones and they were 5-day embryos instead of the 3-day I had in my two previous IVFs. We were thrilled. My doctor transfered two embryos back to my body and although I did not get pregnant with twins, we are now expecting a baby girl!. I'm on my 32nd week and my husband and I are happy we went to TCRA because we are sure that helped us with having stronger 5-day embryos.

Before I tried acupuncture, I thought it was just about needles, and I was scared of needles. However, the needles (which don't hurt at all) are just a part of the overall treatment at TCRA. The staff uses a combination of diet, herbs, acupuncture, plus their overall ability to listen, understand, and suggest other natural recommendations.

I first came in because I was 35 and wanted to get pregnant. I didn't know if I had any fertility issues besides an underactive thyroid, but I wanted to cure my chronic yeast infections (and sometimes bacterial or bladder infections) before trying to get pregnant. I have not had any infections since I changed my diet and started receiving treatments, and that is just the tip of the iceberg. When I was finally ready to try to get pregnant, it happened in only our second month of trying!!! My husband and I believe that TCRA helped to get my body to the place it needed to be to get pregnant so quickly. We feel truly blessed in so many ways!

Acupuncture is something I will continue for the rest of my life, not only for problems, but for overall health and well-being. I feel so amazing when I go to acupuncture, and their recommendations have helped me in so many areas of my life - sleeping, eating, allergies, thyroid, etc. Thank you TCRA!!!

I should preface my review by saying that I was raised in a western medicine family: my grandfather was a doctor, my grandmother a nurse, my father a doctor, my mother a physical therapist, my aunts are both nurses etc. So, understanding and reaching out to eastern medicine practices, like acupuncture, tested my belief system and that of my family's. But, I was a 30-year-old woman, completely healthy, physically active and diagnosed with "unexplained infertility" after 2 1/2 years of trying naturally followed by 4 rounds of Femara treatment at my OB/GYN's office and finalized by an exam from a renowned fertility specialist in Austin. I had no obvious fertility problems according to the Drs. So just before we embarked on the $25,000 attempt at more aggressive fertility treatment, we decided to try the TCRA. My initial visit with Kirsten left my slightly crestfallen in that she said I needed 3 months of "not trying" to get my body in optimum shape to conceive. I'd already waited so long, I wanted a baby now. But then she explained the reasons, and it all seemed to make sense, I trusted her. We followed the program for 3 months and conceived - accidentally and totally naturally - in the third month. Now, I'm about to deliver in 3 weeks. I've returned to TCRA for help during my first trimester with issues of digestion, morning sickness and allergies and now I'm back again addressing issues of swelling, indigestion and labor preparation. All the practitioners at TCRA are kind, willing to answer even the stupidest of questions, and very explanatory about all the details of the process and even how acupuncture is meant to help. I swear by TCRA.