Post 23: Needles...lots of needles

I have officially finished my first round of acupuncture! It went extremely well, I stayed calm, and as I was informed beforehand, it didn't hurt. There was a little sting on a few of the needles, but overall, not too shabby. Today, she targeted the areas of my body to help with insomnia, fatigue, and reproductive health. This included three needles in each leg, two in each arm, and one in the top of my head. There's more areas Dr. Lori will target, but these were the starting points. The goal right now is to reset my body. I've been going for so long on so little sleep and at such a high stress level that we're both expecting it to take a little while before I start to notice a difference in my sleep patterns. As Dr. Lori said, I may feel like crashing early tonight, but with as tightly wound as I've been, it may not happen right away. Hopefully I will be sleeping before we make it to IVF, and my stress levels will come down. Acupuncture itself isn't too bad. I barely felt the needles, and the ones I did feel only stung for a second or two. The worst part, in my opinion, was sitting in silence for 20 minutes while the needles were in place. I stared at the ceiling, and found patterns and shapes in the ceiling tiles. I go back in two days for another round of acupuncture, and maybe by next week I'll start to see a difference in my sleep and energy levels.