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Need to get knocked-up? Look no further than alternative medicines!

After three years of trying to conceive and three failed attempts at in vitro fertilization, Tracey Carroll, 33, desperately turned to the East for help. She sought the needles and herbs of an acupuncturist.

In fact, her new in-vitro doctor insisted. After she had her fourth session of getting pricked, her menstrual cycle became regular for the first time in three years. Carroll also swallowed 18 pills of "smelly, yucky herbs" of which the ingredients were derived from cow spleen and pituitary gland believed to regulate her hormones.

Six months later, the woman is now expecting twins, due in December - and believes acupuncture played a large role.

I'm happy for this lady and all, but I can't help but wonder what the other side of the coin would be - like alternative contraception. How exactly would herbs and acupuncture act to prevent conception? Oh god. Oh god no...

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