Needles, Needles and More Needles

By the end of the day today, I will have had at least 20-25 needles poked into my skin. Right now, I think I'm at around 22-24. Superman did the Lu.pron shot this morning, and Christine, my acupuncturist did the other 20 or so. I also begin stims (brav.elle) tonight.
Christine had spoke to my Infertility Education and Support group last week and was really informative and knowledgeable about infertility. She didn't blink an eye when I mentioned NKA cells- she knew exactly what I was talking about and asked if I was doing Intralipids- it was so lovely not to have to delve into a long explanation about IV's and IVIg.
Anyway, my appointment was over my lunch break today. After asking a lot of questions ranging from cycles and cramps to appetite and sleep/stress she took my pulse and looked at my tongue. Apparently, my spleen is a little slow (??) so we're going to work on blood flow to my uterus and ovaries to grow good follicles.
She put needles in my wrist, ear, on the top of my head, on my belly (5 there) and up and down my legs/feet/ankles. I laid on the comfy table for about 10 minutes looking like Pinhead and relaxing. When she came back in to check on me she pulled one of the needles out because I mentioned that it was a bit uncomfortable. I guess I had moved my wrist and it was no longer in the proper position between my tendons. My body temp had dropped a bit, so she turned on the heater on the table and put a light blanket over my legs (which still had needles in them!). She left me alone for about 10 more minutes before she came in and hooked all of the needles in my belly up with wires. She said it was a slight electric current designed to increase blood flow to my abdomen (uterus and ovaries). When she turned it on, I just felt a slight twitches in my stomach- no pain at all.
I'm hoping to reduce some stress and anxiety through acupuncture. Superman kind of shakes his head about it, saying he doesn't know if he believes in 'holistic' medicine. At this point, I am willing to do whatever it takes. I don't want to look back after this cycle and say, "if we would have only done this or that, maybe then we would have had a positive". I want to give this cycle 110% of everything I can- without any regrets.