Holistic Fertility Treatments
At our clinic, we are deeply committed to empowering women to embrace their bodies’ natural rhythms and achieve optimal reproductive health. We specialize in creating personalized fertility solutions, offering support for those facing fertility challenges, IVF preparation and support, irregular or painful menstrual cycles, and overall reproductive health optimization. Our approach combines acupuncture, tailored nutritional guidance, lifestyle recommendations, and carefully selected Chinese herbal formulas to enhance your fertility naturally. Whether you’re looking to conceive on your own or need complementary support alongside your OB/GYN or reproductive endocrinologist, we are here to guide and support you every step of the way.
Preconception Care
We offer direct-to-consumer and lifestyle genetic testing specifically geared towards fertility. These tests provide valuable insights into your genetic predispositions and overall health, helping us create the most effective fertility plan for you. By understanding your unique genetic makeup, we can make more informed recommendations, optimizing your chances for a healthy pregnancy.
Acupuncture for Fertility
Acupuncture is a powerful tool for optimizing fertility. It helps by stimulating nerves to increase circulation and improve blood flow to the uterus, reducing inflammation to support embryo implantation, and balancing reproductive hormones while minimizing stress. Each plan is carefully individualized to enhance overall well-being and prepare the body for a healthy pregnancy.
Our Approach
We start by recommending healthy lifestyle changes three months to a year before you plan to conceive. Together, we guide you through the preconception process, focusing on the right diet for fertility, reducing toxins in your environment, finding effective stress-reducing solutions, and supporting male fertility. These recommendations are complemented by fertility acupuncture sessions and custom Chinese herbal formulas designed to maximize your chances of natural conception.
IVF Support
The latest research highlights the benefits of individualized treatments in improving IVF outcomes. By receiving acupuncture and other holistic treatments at least three months before your IVF cycle, you can significantly enhance your chances of success. However, even if you are outside of this window, our treatments can still provide substantial benefits. Acupuncture during the IVF process improves the efficacy of medications, increases blood flow to the ovaries during the stimulation phase, and helps relax the uterus to support embryo implantation.
Our Approach
We work closely with you to create a personalized plan that supports every aspect of your IVF journey. This includes an audit of your current supplement regimen to ensure you are only taking the most effective supplements at the right times during your cycle. We also schedule acupuncture treatments before and after IVF procedures to enhance your assisted cycle, reduce stress, and alleviate side effects from fertility medications. Our goal is to provide the best possible support for your IVF success.
Fertility Challenges We Treat
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder affecting women of reproductive age, impacting approximately 1 in 10 women. PCOS is characterized by a hormonal imbalance and metabolism issues that can affect overall health, appearance, and fertility. Women with PCOS often experience infrequent, irregular, or prolonged menstrual cycles. Elevated levels of androgens, such as testosterone, may lead to symptoms such as excess facial and body hair (hirsutism), severe acne, and in some cases, thinning hair or male-pattern baldness.
Our Treatment
We understand that PCOS presents differently in each woman, which is why we tailor our treatment to your specific phenotype. Our approach includes nutrition recommendations and evidence-based supplementation to address the underlying hormonal imbalances. In addition, acupuncture helps improve blood flow to the reproductive organs, regulate menstrual cycles, and increase your chances of conception. Our goal is to address the root causes of PCOS while helping you manage and alleviate the symptoms.
Endometriosis
Endometriosis affects one in ten women and is a leading cause of painful periods and infertility, with over 50% of women diagnosed with endometriosis experiencing difficulty conceiving. This condition occurs when tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus, most commonly in the pelvis, on the ovaries, bladder, bowel, and fallopian tubes. These misplaced tissues respond to hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle, causing inflammation, pain, and scarring. Common symptoms include painful periods (dysmenorrhea), pain during intercourse, discomfort with bowel movements or urination, excessive bleeding, and infertility.
Our Treatment
An integrative approach to managing endometriosis offers the best path to sustained vitality. This often includes well-performed excision surgery, coupled with a deeply nourishing diet, targeted movement therapy, comprehensive lab testing, a strategic supplement and herbal plan, and acupuncture to reduce inflammation and improve blood flow.
In our clinic, we utilize acupuncture and Chinese herbs to focus on the reproductive organs, helping to alleviate painful cramps, enhance circulation, and reduce inflammation. Our treatments also aim to promote regular menstrual cycles and hormonal balance.
Additionally, we will work with you to create customized dietary recommendations designed to nourish your body and reduce symptoms associated with endometriosis. By addressing the underlying conditions driving your endometriosis, our integrative approach not only helps to significantly reduce pain but also improves fertility outcomes, helping you move forward on your journey to conception.
Unexplained Infertility
Approximately one in five couples are diagnosed with unexplained infertility, even after undergoing a complete fertility work-up. However, we believe that unexplained infertility has underlying causes that can be identified. Potential explanations often include environmental factors, poor gut health, inadequate nutrition, chronic stress and adrenal dysfunction, autoimmune issues, and inflammation. These factors can all contribute to difficulties with ovulation, sperm quality, implantation, or other key aspects of the fertility process.
Our Treatment
At our clinic, we don’t accept unexplained infertility as a final answer. Instead, we conduct a thorough assessment to uncover the root causes behind fertility challenges. By addressing these factors, we help guide your body back to its optimal state.
Our treatments focus on achieving overall health and vitality, which is essential for conception. Using acupuncture, targeted nutrition, and a personalized wellness plan, we support your reproductive system and help it function at its best. Your active involvement and commitment are key to optimizing the success of your treatment, as we work together to address the specific imbalances that are impacting your fertility.
This integrative approach seeks to create the ideal conditions for conception by healing and nurturing your body as a whole.
Male Factor Infertility
Male infertility plays a significant role in a couple’s ability to conceive, with studies showing that male factors are involved in about 40-50% of infertility cases. Low sperm quality, including reduced sperm count, poor motility, or abnormal morphology, can be influenced by various factors. These may include endocrine disturbances, low testosterone levels, exposure to medications or environmental toxins, varicocele, increased scrotal heat, systemic diseases, smoking and alcohol use, or past trauma such as testicular torsion.
Our Treatment
At our clinic, we start with a thorough assessment to identify the root causes of male infertility. Our integrative approach includes regular acupuncture treatments, which have been shown to improve sperm quality and quantity. We also incorporate herbal medicine, tailored nutrition, and targeted supplements to support overall reproductive health.
In addition to these treatments, we provide individualized wellness plans that focus on making healthy lifestyle modifications. These changes help improve sperm viability, but it’s important to note that they may take several months to fully take effect. That’s why we recommend starting treatment as early as possible when trying to conceive.
By addressing male fertility with a comprehensive and personalized approach, we aim to enhance reproductive potential and optimize your chances of conception.
