Spill the Baby Tea: My Emotional Rollercoaster with Acupuncture for Fertility - What I Wish I Knew

AsianBossGirl

Melody, Helen, and Janet

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Spill the Baby Tea, I’m getting deeply personal as I share my experience with acupuncture on our journey to conceive again after the heart-wrenching loss of our first pregnancy. After our miscarriage, I found myself searching for anything that could help us heal and increase our chances of bringing a little one into our lives. Acupuncture seemed like a gentle, holistic approach, but what I wasn’t prepared for was the emotional toll—on top of the physical discomfort and financial strain. I’ll take you through what it’s like—the sadness, the frustrations, the small moments of hope, the crying in the car... the weight of it all. If you’ve ever been curious about acupuncture for fertility or are navigating your own fertility journey, this episode is for you <3 AsianBossGirl’s latest Instagram post for comments/interactions, linked here. #SpillTheBabyTea Become an ABG Bestie to get new audio episodes ad-free, monthly “Dear ABG” AMA sessions, discounts on merch, and shout-outs in our episodes. https://abg.supercast.com/ __________________________________________ Host: Helen Wu Editor: Victoria Cheng __________________________________________ P A R T N E R S • BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month with code “ABG” at betterhelp.com/ABG __________________________________________ C O N N E C T W I T H U S • Subscribe and Follow us @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Amazon Music/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook • Listener Survey: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here • Email: [email protected] __________________________________________ S U P P O R T U S • Merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com • Donate: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support • More about us at asianbossgirl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.6	Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Phil of the baby tea a podcast where we can only talk about all things
0:16.7	motherhood and parenthood. My name is Helen Wu Wang I'm a mom to a two
0:20.8	almost three-year-old baby boy and I'm here to create a space where we can all share, connect, and feel a little less alone.
0:26.7	Today I am sharing my experience trying out acupuncture, specifically using it to help with
0:32.4	fertility and pregnancy. This is something a lot of women go through. The more people I talk to and the more people I connect with, even with some of you out there, it's still so bewildering to me how many people in our lives are burdened with the
0:45.5	mental loop of trying to conceive and failing and trying and trying over and
0:49.8	over and over again and a lot of times that struggle is experienced in silence. You know after our
0:55.9	miscarriage I took my own advice from this very podcast that you're listening to
1:01.1	when I interviewed an acupuncturist specializing in fertility
1:05.2	and I decided to visit a clinic myself to increase the chances of caring to full term.
1:10.5	To be honest, I was not prepared for how much it would take out of me,
1:14.8	emotionally, physically, even financially.
1:18.0	So if you're thinking about acupuncture and want to hear about how my experience went, what to expect so that you're not sitting in
1:25.8	your car alone in the middle of a parking lot, crying your eyes out like I was, then keep
1:30.6	listening.
1:31.6	I wish I'd learned a little bit more about this process myself so I wouldn't have had to go through the emotion and shock that I did, but at least I can now share that experience with all of you.
1:43.7	To all the parents out there, we are in to start with my giggle and drool of the week.
1:59.2	My drool of the week is that I miss my husband. Yes, like I see him every day and we work really
2:07.2	well together as a team but it feels like we gotta steal those moments now you
2:12.0	know instead of having those moments readily available to us whenever
2:15.9	we wanted to mose you over to the couch and turn on like some trashy TV or a movie or something and
2:21.8	have a nice little chat.
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