Hey 2016, the acu and herbs, everything, are perfectly safe during every stage of ttc/pregnancy. Your therapist will want to know at what stage in your cycle you are and will treat you accordingly. I've only every been given little pills, not the herbs. My practitioner does herbs (I keep cooking them up for my OH's psoriasis), she's just not prescribing them for me.
Betheney, welcome to TCM! You're right about him knowing his shit - he sounds perfect. You might just have to bite the bullet and find the money, lovely. The acu is most effective on a weekly basis becasue you'll be treated slightly differently at each stage of your cycle. Likewise with the herbs; you need to take them on an ongoing basis, like medicine. The way I'm looking at it, if I don't pay for the TCM then we don't have another baby (unless my body sorts itself out, which isn't likely). It does seem expensive, I know. We're using money from our offset mortgage account to fund it when our bank account is getting low.
Would you say you're a very anxious person? Your last post sounds very anxious, with your worries about travel to and from the treatment centre. I use public transport all the time and nobody's ever stabbed me; try not to worry about it. Why not try making the trip to the clinic on the train with your DH this weekend, so you know exactly what you're doing when it comes to going on your own? Take your walkman/ipod with you to keep you occupied on the journey. My OH laughs his arse off at me - I still use my tape walkman and his old CD walkman.
If you don't feel you can go to the guy you mentioned, is there anywhere else nearby?
The great thing - I mean another great thing, obviously! - about acu is that the cost of the treatment is the same however many things you're treated for in one session. Maybe he could help you with your anxiety. Stress can affect your fertility and being able to relax properly would do you a power of good. Am I bit too direct? I don't mean to be intrusive, I'm just trying to be helpful and pass on some of what I've learnt. Try the Randine Lewis book, The Infertility Cure. It's crammed full of evrything you could want to know about TCM/acu for infertility.
Abi x
today. 13 dpo and temp on the way down plus started having brown cm (only when checked cervix) so reckon the bloomin 
is on her way and should be in full flow by tomorrow or Wednesday 
With my marathon cycles I was so excited that had actually managed to predict ovulation on day 61 and 
accordingly. However, it appears it wasn't to be
) ...Onwards and upwards girls...x
