Fully expecting to rule out pregnancy, Christina took a test just in case. Butwhen the results read positive, she couldn’t believe her eyes.
“I just didn’t think I could get pregnant anymore,” theFlip or Floppersonality, 35, says in the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
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Christina was diagnosed in 2009 withpolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition in which the ovaries produce an elevated level of androgens: male sex hormones that are usually present in women in small amounts. She was told that if she wanted to get pregnant, she would require hormone therapy.
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Despite the diagnosis, theChristina on the Coaststar conceived daughter Taylor in 2010 with no complications but later endured two failed attempts at in vitro fertilization and suffered a miscarriage at eight weeks before giving birth to son Brayden in 2015.
Christina credits alternative medicine for her ability to conceive with Ant. “I wentto an acupuncturist to helpme deal with stress,” she says.
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At her first appointment, “I explained to the woman that I had polycystic ovaries. She told me, ‘Oh, I used to have that too. I think I can help.’ Shedid some needle work, andsix days later we conceived.”
While Christina has no way of knowing whether it was acupuncture that did the trick and she can’t vouch for its efficacy, “I just find it fascinating,” she says.
For more from Christina Anstead, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
