Acupuncture is an ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine used to treat many health conditions including fertility related. Acupuncture encourages the natural self-healing process. Acupuncture utilizes the insertion of fine needles into your skin. This treatment is not painful and most people enjoy the relaxing benefits encountered during a treatment.
Acupuncture and herbs are known to help improve pregnancy success rates naturally or with IUI and IVF. Acupuncture and herbs combined helps to increase blood flow to the uterus, nourish and tone the body, correct any underlying deficiencies, balance hormones amongst other things.
It takes approximately 90 days for a mature egg to form. Therefore, holistic fertility treatments are best when you take the time to devote 90 days to fertility priming before you try to conceive. This will allow your body to restore healthy reproductive functioning.
Once you have prepared your body to optimal functioning acupuncture, herbs, and electro-stimulation can also help with the following:
- Increase Egg Count – Performing acupuncture at specific points and specific frequencies lead to more mature eggs. It helps to increase blood flow to your ovaries which helps nourish the developing follicles. This in turn conditions the follicles to create eggs with better quality and in turn allow for stronger embryos. With the addition of electro-stimulation you can help to stimulate dormant follicles and encourage them to grow to maturity.
- Improve Sperm Quality – also enhances blood flow to testicles for improved sperm quality.
- Regulates Hormones – It helps regulate the body’s natural hormonal balance and production. This in turn improves the functions of the ovaries, egg quality, and maintains progesterone levels.
- Reduces Miscarriages – It helps to prevent miscarriage and early pregnancy loss.
- Egg Retrieval – Electro acupuncture used twice weekly for four weeks leading up to egg collection showed a positive impact on the endocrine stress hormones cortisol and prolactin.
- Reduces Stress – It also helps relax your body and reduces stress levels to improve overall reproductive function.
- Embryo Implantation – It also nourishes the uterine lining and prepares the endometrial lining for implantation. Studies suggest that a series of eight electro-acupuncture treatments can increase uterine artery blood flow and promote endometrial receptivity in women undergoing IVF.
- Reduce Medication Side Effects – It helps to decrease any side effects of medication which may include fatigue, hot flashes, abdominal cramps, etc.
Our fertility acupuncturist Dr. Tynes currently has a stay-at-home treatment program that can help you kick start your fertility journey.
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