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Re: Help with late pregnancies & multiple pregnancies(Oct 2005)
I have had experience with both Leslie Oldershaw and Angela Wu. I was in my early 40's when I started trying to get pregnant and desperately wanted a baby. Traditional fertility treatments were not working, so I scheduled an appointment with Angela Wu. I found her routine to be too exhausting and expensive, so did not continue with treatment. That being said, even my fertility doctor admitted that she works miracles, I just knew I would not follow her strict routine.

Re: Help with late pregnancies & multiple pregnancies(Oct 2005)
I have been seeing Dr. Wu in San Francisco for several months now and she has helped me immensely. Our fertility (we are only doing IVF at this point, with a gestational carrier, so we don't know what a natural cycle would be like) has improved, but still not resulted in a viable pregnancy. I have known women who have become pregnant with her treatments who were told they were hopeless cases, and a friend that I sent to her a few months ago just had over 15 embryos in her last IVF cycle (up from 0 in the first, and 6 in the second pre-dr. Wu)--she doesn't know yet if she is pregnant. Dr. Wu says her own sucess rate is 50% --which is amazing considering she gets mostly women who haven't been able to get pregnant. I would definitely check her out--she is the real thing.

Re: Help with late pregnancies & multiple pregnancies(Oct 2005)
After my first round of IVF with another doctor, I decided to pull out all the stops and go to Angela Wu, whom I had heard a lot about, both positively and negatively. I went to her out of blind faith (and desperation!). Treatment by Dr. Wu was very intensive, time- consuming and expensive. She has a much more comprehensive dietary and lifestyle treatment program than the other Oriental Doctors I've seen.

Dr. Wu wanted to see me 2-3x/week and asked me to take MULTIPLE, expensive herbs. After much hesitation and skepticism, I ended up doing everything she recommended (including wearing red underwear and burning moxa 2 times per day) and beat the odds. At age 39, with an FSH of 18+, I had a successful 3rd IVF cycle and ended up with a beautiful, perfectly healthy baby girl. This was after several renowned Western fertility doctors told me I had less than a 5% chance of conceiving, even with IVF.

Interestingly, Dr. Wu told me all along that I had all the basics in place for a successful conception, but just needed to follow her program for 4 months. (She also accurately told me I was carrying a girl based on my pulse when I was only 10 weeks pregnant).

I firmly believe my daughter would not be here if not for Dr. Wu. Despite all that, though, treatment by her required a leap of faith, and a great deal of time, money and lifestyle changes.

Re: Not sure if I should keep going to Dr. Wu (June 2005)
Go to Nancy Rakela in Berkeley instead. I used Dr. Wu for several months, and am happy to share with you my experience if you care to know. Long story short, when I miscarried (for the 5th time), I expected her to be understanding and warm (I certainly didn't blame her for the loss, since I'd miscarried before). Instead, she spent the entire time explaining why it was my fault that I lost the baby. It was the worst experience of all my 5 miscarriages. So awful, in fact, that I wrote a short story about it.

Re: Acupuncturist for Fertility (Sept. 2003)
I know of 3 people personally who have gotten pregnant with the help of Angela Wu (http://wushealingcenter.com/general/). Her practice is extremely busy and expensive but seems worth it.
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Re: Acupuncturist for Fertility (Sept. 2003)
If you have the time and the commitment, Angela Wu in San Francisco has a clinic that treats infertility with Chinese massage, acupuncture and diet. I believe it is the only comprehensive Chinese medicine clinic that is almost completely devoted to infertility issues. Here is the web address: http://wushealingcenter.com/ I had a very positive experience. anon

Re: Acupuncturist for Fertility (Sept. 2003)
Angela Wu on Clement in SF is well-known for fertility treatments. Went to her for a period of time. She also puts you on a specific diet and herbal regimine as well as acupuncture. I gave up (too difficult for me to get there and couldn't hack the herbs) but she does have a decent success rate. You can ask to call some of her clients for references. Wu's Healing Center at 415-752-0170 or www.wushealingcenter.com. Good luck! Janet

Re: Alternative Fertility Treatment (Jan. 2003)
I too had problems and went to Angela Wu in San Francisco. I now have a child. She is a great acupuncturist and almost exclusively treats fertility patients, with great success. She was in a SF Chronicle article a while ago (last year I think). Her phone number is (415)752-0170 and her website is: http://www.wushealingcenter.com/ Good luck. She's not cheap but she's worth it! Happy Client

Re: Alternative Fertility Treatment (Jan. 2003)
Angela Wu on Clement Street in SF is a miracle worker. Be prepared to spend a lot of money, take a ton of herbs, singe your hair off with moxa and totally give up good food, but in the end you'll get your baby.
a mom at last :)

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