The connection between our health, mind and body has received a lot of attention in recent years. What we think, our attitudes and beliefs seem to have an influence over how our body responds and functions. So one might wonder if having the right mental outlook can contribute to your fertility? Can your beliefs and…Continue reading Acupuncture, Fertility and the Fertile Mind
Category: Fertility/Infertility
How to Get Pregnant Fast
For most people, once they decide it’s time to get pregnant they want it to happen fast; like today. Maybe after years of trying to avoid pregnancy and maybe years on birth control pills, it’s finally that time and you want to get pregnant quickly. What do you need to know to make it happen…Continue reading How to Get Pregnant Fast
Acupuncture and Herbs for Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Do You Have Subclinical Hypothyroidism? Many women suffer hypothyroidism and often it is missed on conventional blood tests. As a practitioner specializing in hormone balancing and women’s issues this is a hormone imbalance I frequently see in women.
Jump Start Your Fertility with Acupuncture
Perhaps you have decided that 2017 is the year you want to become pregnant. Perhaps you have already started trying. Maybe you have gone out and bought an ovulation kit to start to track your ideal timing. Or you may have turned to a reproductive endocrinologist to assist you. No matter what you are doing…Continue reading Jump Start Your Fertility with Acupuncture
Best Foods to Boost Fertility
Is what you’re eating helping or hurting your fertility? What you put in your mouth can directly affect how fertile you are. There are lots of opinions as to the best way to eat to help fertility. Some feel eating animal protein is better, some think eating a more plant based diet is better. Ultimately…Continue reading Best Foods to Boost Fertility
Chinese Medicine Helps in Postpartum Care
Why is Postpartum Care So Important to Your Health? You’ve spent a lot of time caring for yourself during your pregnancy to ensure the health and development of your baby. Now your healthy baby is here, but how is your health doing? It’s vital that you maintain your health in order to properly take care…Continue reading Chinese Medicine Helps in Postpartum Care
Why Am I Not Pregnant Yet?
You’ve decided that now is the time in your life you want to get pregnant. You’ve waited until everything is right, you have the right partner, you have support, you are ready to be a mom for the first time, or maybe again. But something is wrong, you are doing everything you are supposed to…Continue reading Why Am I Not Pregnant Yet?
Fertility Acupuncture and IVF Support
One of the increasingly prominent aspects of my fertility acupuncture practice is in providing supportive treatments to women going through IVF and IUI treatments for infertility. How does acupuncture help during these treatments? Most women experience some degree of stress during the IVF process and usually leading up to the decision to seek this treatment.…Continue reading Fertility Acupuncture and IVF Support
How to Increase Your Fertility
As a fertility acupuncturist, I will say that seeing an acupuncturist and herbalist specializing in fertility is an ideal solution to naturally increase fertility. However, if you don’t have a handy acupuncturist what can you do on your own? Diet and lifestyle are key components of fertility. Eating a healthy diet is very important and…Continue reading How to Increase Your Fertility
It’s National Infertility Awareness Week
As an acupuncturist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) who specializes in treating infertility, I would like to bring awareness to the community that there is help for infertility. TCM has a long history of helping people naturally conceive when it has become difficult. There are many causes for fertility challenges and in my…Continue reading It’s National Infertility Awareness Week