My husband and I had tried to become pregnant for about four years. During that time, I went through two surgeries to remove uterine fibroids, numerous medications, and two failed IUIs. During the summer of 2009, I discovered the work of Randine Lewis (author of The Infertility Cure) and attended one of her fertility retreats. That was my first introduction to acupuncture. Upon returning home to Fort Worth, I found an acupuncturist in the area and began treatments. I believe it did a lot for my stress level, but I wasn't seeing improvements in my fertility, and I started the downward spiral again of anxiety and depression associated with fertility challenges. The hope I had found on the retreat was vanishing quickly. I took a break from acupuncture, and my husband and I revisited the idea of IVF. We thought and thought and finally decided to go forward with it. I still believed in acupuncture and wanted to find someone more specialized. I found TCRA from a google search and at the time didn't realize they had a local location. After reading their success rates, I was honestly trying to figure out how I could get to Austin once a week when I realized they had a Fort Worth location. I knew it was meant to be when I saw that they were using space in my doctor's building!
When I first met Emily Guevara, I was taken in by her calm, caring manner. She listened intently to my history in a way I hadn't experienced except on the retreat. I left that first consult with something I had been losing...hope. I cried in the car and called my husband and said, ""this is our answer"". I signed up for 12 weeks of treatment with the plan of doing IVF after the first cycle. Well...I got pregnant during that first cycle doing acupuncture, herbs and following the dietary changes Emily recommended! We were all shocked--me, my husband, Emily, and our doctor! I will never forget the shocked but happy look on our doctor's face when I went in for the first appt of our ""spontaneous"" (as he said) pregnancy!
I simply cannot say enough good things about Emily and TCRA! I recommend her to everyone I meet who tells me they are experiencing a fertility challenge. She is incredibly skilled, intelligent, and competent. Her warm, compassionate manner is extremely sincere--one meeting and you will know how much she cares about you and your health.
I am now 30 weeks pregnant and looking forward to returning closer to my due date for ""easy labor"" sessions. I honestly don't believe we would be waiting for this little miracle to come without the treatments I received through TCRA.
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