Acupuncture & Infertility
Whether you are planning to use high tech fertility treatments, or take the more natural approach, acupuncture can increase your chances of achieving a pregnancy and a Take Home Baby.
Acupuncture uses the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine for maintaining a balanced system. Our goal is to allow patients to conceive naturally. By strengthening the patient’s health, it allows the inborn ability of conception to take place. A healthy more balanced body will conceive more naturally. Many women feel a sense that their “biological clock” is running out, it stands to reason that pregnancy is more likely to occur in a “healthy” 40 year old versus an “unhealthy” 40 year old.
It will take more than three months to improve the quality of oocytes. Acupuncture therapy can improve the oocytes by bathing them in a soup of nourishing blood and Qi. This doesn’t mean lost time; it means giving your body a head start. If you do not conceive naturally and decide to use ART, IVF or IUI; you can rest assured that the time spent on improving your health will give you the best possible outcome and that is a Take Home Baby (THB).
Acupuncture uses the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine for maintaining a balanced system. Our goal is to allow patients to conceive naturally. By strengthening the patient’s health, it allows the inborn ability of conception to take place. A healthy more balanced body will conceive more naturally. Many women feel a sense that their “biological clock” is running out, it stands to reason that pregnancy is more likely to occur in a “healthy” 40 year old versus an “unhealthy” 40 year old.
It will take more than three months to improve the quality of oocytes. Acupuncture therapy can improve the oocytes by bathing them in a soup of nourishing blood and Qi. This doesn’t mean lost time; it means giving your body a head start. If you do not conceive naturally and decide to use ART, IVF or IUI; you can rest assured that the time spent on improving your health will give you the best possible outcome and that is a Take Home Baby (THB).
Acupuncture & IVF
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Over the past 8 years Acupuncturist Dr. Diane Cridennda and Reproductive Endocrinologists Dr. Paul Magarelli have conducted and reported their research on the impact of Acupuncture and IVF outcomes.
Their research has shown: • 26% higher clinical pregnancies • 6% fewer ectopic pregnancies • 10% fewer multiple births By combing acupuncture with your IVF care, or even your IUI, or ART program, you can expect to have higher pregnancy rates, reduced miscarriages, multiple births, and ectopic pregnancies, and more Take Home Babies! If you are going through IVF for infertility and want to add acupuncture to increase your probability we ask that you start treatment 5 weeks before your egg retrieval. This time frame has shown to be the most effective for conception.  We are members of the American Pregnancy Association.
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How does Chinese Medicine help improve IVF success rates?1. Improves ovarian function
2. Increases the blood flow to uterus and increases thickness of the uterine lining 3. Relaxes the patient and decreases anxiety and stress 4. Helps prevent uterine contractions 5. Lessens side effects of IVF drugs 6. Strengthens & regulates immune system 7. Improves quantity & quality of sperm 8. Reduces risk of early miscarriage 9. Positively affects hypothalamicipuitary-ovarian axis, playing a major role in fertility and regulating menstrual cycles, and may lead to an increased number of follicles.
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Resources
“Effects of Acupuncture of Pregnancy and Live Births Among Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, British Medical Journal, 2008: 336: 545, published February 7, 2008.
Magarelli PC, Cridennda DK, Cohen M (2004) "Acupuncture and good prognosis IVF patients: synergy." American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting, Philadelphia.
“Effects of Acupuncture of Pregnancy and Live Births Among Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, British Medical Journal, 2008: 336: 545, published February 7, 2008.
Magarelli PC, Cridennda DK, Cohen M (2004) "Acupuncture and good prognosis IVF patients: synergy." American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting, Philadelphia.
