Herbs and Acupuncture for Fertility and IVF: Benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine to Increase Chances of Success
How does acupuncture help fertility
and IVF?
Healthy parents are the first step in creating a welcoming environment for conception. It has been shown that acupuncture positively affects the body's ability to provide the most natural and effective pathway for conception, especially for the mother.
Acupuncture can help enhance fertility and the IVF process by doing the following things:
- Regulate the menstrual cycle
- Increase blood flow to the reproductive organs
- Regulate hormones, impacting the flow of hormones before ovulation
- Thicken and improve the quality of endometrial lining
- Boost ovarian function
- Causing an increase in endorphins and serotonin, which play a role in helping the pituitary gland with follicle development
- Increase the number of follicles
- Improve egg production, both quality and quantity
- Reduce uterine contractions that may interfere with implantation and cause miscarriage
- Reducing psychological and physical stress and tension, which negatively affect fertility
- Supporting implantation by helping embryos attach to the uterine lining and begin to grow
- Reduce the rate of miscarriage
- Manage the side-effects of IVF medications
- Improve sperm count
- Boost the quality of sperm (in regards to motility, morphology & DNA fragmentation)
Acupuncture can help increase your chances of success when going through the IVF process. I'd love to have the privilege of helping to support you.
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Acupuncture for IVF: Why It Works
Traditional Chinese Medicine, both Herbs and Acupuncture - is very effective in aiding IVF conception. Some studies suggest that it can increase chances of success for conception up to 35% when acupuncture is performed on IVF patients.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is so effective because it treats the root cause of fertility problems. Each treatment begins with a thorough intake exam investigating the patients overall health and his or her individual infertility symptoms. Once an acupuncturist knows the root cause of the problem, she can then treat the patient with an individual regimen of acupuncture and herbs. Treatment is designed to bring the patient to optimum overall health and optimum reproductive capability.
It is suggested that, ideally, IVF patients receive the benefits of acupuncture and herbal treatments about 3 months before undergoing the IVF procedure. This time allows the patients body to prepare for the best possible reproductive health. While this time frame may seem long, TCM can actually save the patient time, energy and money; a healthy body primed by acupuncture and herbal medicine is much more likely to successfully conceive in the first cycle of IVF.
Once you have conceived, TCM will also help you maintain a healthy pregnancy. TCM regulates the reproductive system, lowering the rate of ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage. It is an effective, natural way to help mothers carry a healthy pregnancy to term.
Please also rest assured that acupuncture and herbal treatments are painless and very safe. Instead of introducing more drugs or hormones into the body, acupuncture and herbs regulate the body naturally. A mother is safe and without worries of exposing her child to harmful chemicals in utero. Please also note that if you are interested in acupuncture to enhance fertility, it is always best to find a practitioner who specializes in reproductive matters. Doing this ensures maximum safety for both mother and child.
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