Are you trying to conceive? Is the cycle of rising hopes and frustrated dreams leaving you stressed out and exhausted? Many women come to my office after months or years of allopathic fertility treatment. They’ve spent thousands of dollars on injectable and other forms of medication. But their bodies still aren’t ready to bear children. The body is very finely tuned—even a small misalignment can prevent conception.  But acupuncture can help remove barriers to conception by bringing your body to optimal health.

Conception and successful birth rely on a healthy uterus, strong ovaries, and an abundant sperm count. Physical imbalances can effect the physiology of fertility, as well as cause menstrual abnormalities. If you’re having trouble getting pregnant, the imbalances in your body that are inhibiting your fertility have probably been building for a long time. Fortunately, Chinese medicine is very effective for resolving the root-causes of these imbalances. Acupuncture, coupled with herbal therapy and nutritional counseling, can help your body return to optimal functioning in a matter of months. As a result, your ability to conceive and maintain a healthy pregnancy increases dramatically. Many of my fertility clients find themselves pregnant in three to nine months.

Acupuncture is often used alongside western treatment, including injectables such as IUI and IVF. Research has shown that acupuncture dramatically increases the success rate of allopathic infertility treatments—up to 40%.

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical Center found that acupuncture can:

• Reduce stress hormones that may be keeping you from ovulating
• Normalize the hormones that regulate ovulation so that an egg is released
• Increase blood flow to your uterus, improving the chances that a fertilized egg will implant
• Improve ovulation cycles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome—which may be keeping you from getting pregnant
• Improve pregnancy rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Acupuncture is an amazing tool, with proven success rates for helping women conceive, and maintain healthy pregnancies. I can help your body prepare for pregnancy. The next eighteen years are up to you!

Role of acupuncture in the treatment of female infertility
Chang R, Chung PH, Rosenwaks Z.
The Institute of East-West Medicine, New York, New York, USA
The Department of Internal Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
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Auricular acupuncture in the treatment of female infertility
Gerhard I, Postneek F.
Department for Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproduction, Women's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Gynecol Endocrinol. 1992 Sep;6(3):171-81.

Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy
Paulus WE, Zhang M, Strehler E, El-Danasouri I, Sterzik K.
Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany
Fertil Steril. 2002 Apr;77(4):721-4.

Reduction of blood flow impedance in the uterine arteries of infertile women with electro-acupuncture
Stener-Victorin E, Waldenstrom U, Andersson SA, Wikland M.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fertility Centre Scandinavia, University of Gothenburg, S-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hum Reprod. 1996 Jun;11(6):1314-7.

Acupuncture Treatment For Infertile Women Undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm injection
Emmons S, Patton P.
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Medical Acupuncture: A Journal For Physicians By Physicians, 2000 Spring / Summer Volume 12 / Number 2

Does recommending timed intercourse really help the infertile couple?
Agarwal SK, Haney AF.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Obstet Gynecol. 1994 Aug;84(2):307-10.

Psychosocial stress as a cause of infertility.
Wasser SK, Sewall G, Soules MR.
Endocrine Research Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, Virginia 22630
Fertil Steril. 1993 Mar;59(3):685-9.

Stress and human reproduction
Schenker JG, Meirow D, Schenker E.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1992 Jun 16;45(1):1-8

Effect of acupuncture on sperm parameters of males suffering from subfertility related to low sperm quality.

Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women: a prospective, randomized trial.

Effects of the combined therapy of acupuncture with herbal drugs on male immune infertility--a clinical report of 50 cases.

Controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of endocrine dysfunctional infertility