acupuncture for fertility & pregnancy

Including IVF, FET, IUI, support & natural fertility, unexplained infertility, anovulation, regulation of cycles, pregnancy support, and post partum

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine provides holistic, personalized care. We work together on your unique fetility journey - whether you are using acupuncture as a supplementary therapy or as the main method of becoming pregnant. Sessions promote deep relaxation to relieve stress, improve circulation, regulate cycles, improve egg quality, and promote optimal conditions for conception and implantation.

We do a deep dive into your cycle and symptoms each session with focus on ovulation, period related symptoms, emotions, your health history, and so much more. Results are typically witnessed anywhere between 3 months to 1 year depending on your specific fertility journey and consistency of acupuncture treatments and herbal protocols. Along the way, you’ll experience better cycles, improved emotional regulation, and notice your body and mind feel more at ease.

Consistent acupuncture treatments also help you process the emotions that come with the fertility journey and prevent them from being stored in the body, further preventing pregnancy. Treatments focus on regulating hormones, such as estrogen, progesterone, and luteinizing hormone, while improving egg quality, conception, and implantation. The goal is to not only become pregnant, but to have a healthy pregnancy, birthing experience and post partum period as well.

Different modalities, dietary recommendations, and Chinese herbal formulas are typically combined to provide the most effective results. Any relevant test results, ovulation tracking, BBT tracking, sperm analysis results, HSG results, etc. are helpful.

Common diagnoses treated include:

• Primary and secondary infertility

• Unexplained infertility

• Amenorrhea

• Lack of ovulation / anovulation

• Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)

• Endometriosis

• Recurrent miscarriage

• Low/diminished ovarian reserve (Study showing improved ovarian reserve with Acupuncture), low quantity of eggs, or poor quality of eggs (Study showing improved egg quantity with Acupuncture)

• Poor sperm morphology and/or low sperm count

• Poor egg retrievals

• Frozen embryo transfer (Study showing improved IVF transfer success with acupuncture)

acupuncture for pregnancy support

During pregnancy, acupuncture helps to alleviate common first trimester discomforts, such as nausea, back pain, fatigue, and insomnia. It is also helpful in the third trimester in preventing or treating gestational diabetes, hypertension, labor induction, and for turning a breech baby presentation.

The postpartum period is especially crucial as this is when the mother needs the most care in order to return to harmony. Mental health post birth is the number one reason the rate of depression and maternal mortality rate is one of the highest among pregnant/birthing mothers in the United States. Acupuncture significantly reduces postpartum depression, anxiety, disconnection, lactation issues, etc. naturally.