Infertility

Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can help with infertility and POF.

Part two of three

Does Western medicine have a lot of keys to unlock egg quality?  Nope.  Most IVF protocols are limited to drugs that impact a small range of hormones – FSH, LH, GnRH, estrogen and progesterone.

What happens to a client when they don’t respond to the limited range of hormonal keys?  They are told its premature ovarian failure and old ovaries.

For this article FSH will be our example drug.

So let’s have a look at the old/premature ovarian […]

Acupuncture for Fertility – Improve your ovarian response with acupuncture and herbs.

Part One of Three

The last couple of articles I posted were about the emotions associated with the “old ovary” line.  This article and the next two are going to explain some of the theories about POF (premature ovarian failure) or POI (premature ovarian insufficiency).

Let’s look at this topic through a different set of eyes.

In this article I’m going to try to explain […]

Acupuncture support for infertility – The journey to conceive a baby is emotionally draining and physically exhausting.

I would like to start with this statement:  I believe there are no easy answers with the emotional turmoil during the fertility journey.  Some days will bad.  Some days will be ok.  Some days you will completely forget anything is going on.

The idea of surrender and embracing the worst fears of the situation is a progression requiring emotional stamina.  I’ve seen women eaten […]

Acupuncture and Infertility: The Old Ovaries Story

Caution Ladies:  This is rant article.

43 year old client goes to an IVF clinic.  She does several rounds of IVF.  Her response is poor and each cycle is moved into an IUI.  The doctor tells the client her “ovaries are old” and the best options at this point are “donor egg or adoption”.  The client starts acupuncture but also continues her journey with a new IVF clinic.  The clinic suggests several […]