Strollerderby

I had acupuncture a couple times in my final trimester. It did wonders for various aches and pains and most especially for the fatigue. I was a bit skeptical but it worked. My doctor okayed it, and I wouldn't have gone had he not. I would highly recommend it to other pregnant women. They said to come back after the baby arrives and that there are things they can do to help the milk supply (hasn't been an issue, but I might try if it becomes one).

I also used acupuncture. My midwife recommended it. I was past my due date and we used the acupuncture as an "inducer", my baby was born a day later. Seemed to work for me...

I used acupuncture to help with getting pregnant. (I had multiple miscarriages previously.) My OB said it was OK, and perfectly safe.

The practitioner I went to was completely focused on fertility. When I got pregnant and had massive morning sickness, I asked her if she could help and she said no. (She was actually thrilled, because she felt the nausea meant the pregnancy was more likely to stay viable.)

And indeed, I now have a beautiful son. This is obviously anecdotal, and I'll have no way of knowing if acupuncture actually helped, but my OB said that there were studies saying that acupuncture was at least safe in pregnancy if the practitioner was used to seeing pregnant women. (I guess there are certain acupuncture procedure that are considered bad during pregnancy.)

I received acupuncture during the first trimester of my first (twin, and hence more nausea) pregnancy. I think it helped. Nothing else really did.

Too bad large controlled studies suggest acupuncture doesn't work for many things. One study even had better results for fake acupuncture than real pins. I'm too skeptical to really give much credit to acupuncture. Use what works for you, I figure, but I'd thank the power of suggestion.

I went to a single practitioner OB who was a Korean woman, in practice for 30 years, who also did acupuncture.  She said that she could use acupuncture to turn a breech baby and had NEVER had it NOT work.  I mentioned this to a friend whose baby was breech.  My friend called the doctor, made an appointment for the next day, and the baby turned following acupuncture.  I never needed acupuncture myself, but certainly would have tried it.  Alas, this doctor has since retired.  There aren't many like her.