No luck after two miscarriages

Thank you – my last miscarriage was in late June, so over 5 months ago.

Hi - for herbs, I’ve been given custom formulas for follicular phase and luteal phase. The ones I know were variations of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Wen Jing Tang, and Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan. Plus another “follicular formula” she made with no name, just a big list of herbs in it including cyperus, alisma, discoria, poria, etc. I’m instructed to take 3 tablets 3 times a day. I also get acupuncture once a week, and prior to ovulation she’s been doing the treatments on my lower back. Also has instructed me to take NAC, l-argenine, multivitamin with methyl-folate.
The treatments have been since July/August.

I can understand your frustration however from a TCM based clinical perspective I wouldn’t be all that concerned yet. You’re still within a time frame of recovery from the last miscarriage that while I understand can feel agonizing long is not strictly too long in context. My best advice is to give acupuncture another 3-4 months.

Hi - the herbs on now I named above, they change depending on what cycle day I’m on (follicular formula from approx. days 5-14 and luteal from days 15 till period).

I mostly sleep well, but have some times I wake during the night and my current acupuncturist thinks is from the stress of this.
For the last 8-9 months (before starting acupuncture) I’ve had a lot of morning fatigue, to the point on some days I just have to go back to sleep for another hour or so after getting up to get everyone off for the day. Some months are better than others.

With menstruation I’m having large clots in the blood, which seemed to have started within a few months after having an IUD removed late last year, not sure if that’s just coincidentai. Since acupuncture treatment the menstrual cramps are very minimal, but I am still having large clots. Bleeding is always about 5 days, no changes. I used to have breast pain with PMS, but that has mostly subsided.

No feeling one way or the other after eating. Sometimes a lot of stomach gurgling though. Both my acupuncturists said they see some dampness, and weakened spleen, kidney. I follow the dietary suggestions of limited cold food/drink, not too much raw.

For probably a decade I’ve had cold feet/toes. Only cold hands in the cold months, but feet are sensitive to cold almost all the time.
For the last 3-4 years, had night sweats around my period, especially sweaty on my chest to the point it wakes me.
For the last 6-7 months, have off and on lower back pain, which is something I used to never have in previous years.

First miscarriage was in early February, second was in late May, and started acupuncture in May.

Thanks for checking back in. No, I think everything looks ok as far as the herbs go. It’s a little hard to tell for certain without knowing all of the exact doses but it seems to match up with the picture I can get from the forum discussion at least. If your cycles have gotten smoother that is a good response to the treatments and probably means things are on track. Just hang in there for another couple months with your current practitioner and see how things turn out.