M.--
I feel for you so much, and I'm so inspired by your faith in all this. You must be wonderful parents!
I myself have not been through what you have, but various other things have led me to a really miraculous doctor here in the Orlando area. His name is Dr. Racine ( www.DrRacine.com ), and he's one of only two chiropractors in Central Florida who are able to do a specialized technique called Atlas Orthogonality (read about this at www.upcspine.com and www.uppercervical.org ). This technique involves no cracking or popping of any sort, and actually costs less than most other treatments, with better and more lasting results. Dr. Racine offers a 10-visit package that comes out to about $40 per treatment, and many patients get unexpected results even after the first treatment.
Even though the AO technique focuses on the upper cervical area (where the spinal cord "plugs in" to the brain), Dr. Racine's patients have had success with fibromyagia, multiple sclerosis, knee & hip injuries, cancer...and yes, all kinds of "female" problems! He tells stories of women who have come in for debilitating neck and shoulder pain, without any mention of infertility struggles; and after a couple of months of treatment, they've burst into the office shouting, "Doctor, you got me pregnant!!!!" (Just don't say that around my girlfriend, he says!)
The initial exam, xrays, and analysis will cost around $200-$300 (actually very reasonable compared to other docs' xrays and fees), but after that the $40/visit package fee is more typical. Also, if you check out his website right at the beginning of each month, he sometimes has a free exam/consult deal for the first few new patients to respond (look up his "Healthy Living" newsletter to find out.) Dr. Racine's office is on Aloma Ave. in Winter Park. If you happen to be outside of the Orlando area, you can find directories for other doctors on those other two websites. Dr. Racine's mentor, Dr. Pierce, is in St. Petersburg (he's the one who treated the woman who runs www.uppercervical.org --another infertility miracle!), so there is a good concentration of his former students in that area.
As for myself, I went in for headaches after injuring my neck & shoulders after helping with a church festival. Not only did he help all that, but the morning after my first treatment, an artery in my neck unkinked (I nearly fainted from the headrush--who knew my circulation was that bad?), and my vision instantly became drastically sharper. My husband just got started for his back pains, and lo and behold, as of the first night, he was cured of snoring!!! Read up on it at those websites...once you start piecing it together, it really makes sense, and unfortunately most traditional docs and chiros don't know about it. Hope this helps you and scores of others!
God bless!
