Fertility

Hi there!  Here are some basics of how acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine can help with your fertility!  I am your support and guide to balance your body to conceive, lower stress, help sleep, etc...Thank you, Jenny Dull LAc

Treating infertility with acupuncture and TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) has been around for thousands of years.  How does this age old medicine make such a difference?  In the last several years the science behind many studies has revealed that:

- Acupuncture can increase blood flow to the reproductive organs, which dramatically improves a woman’s response to hormonal therapy.

- Acupuncture has been shown to regulate hormone levels by moderating the release of beta-endorphin levels in the brain, which improves the release of gonadatrophin releasing hormone by the hypothalamus, follicle stimulating hormone from the pituitary gland, and estrogen and progesterone levels from the ovaries.

- Acupuncture reduces stress and hyperactive sympathetic nervous system response.

- Acupuncture has been speculated to moderate cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin levels in the uterus, reducing uterine motility to improve implantation rates.

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Can Enhance Your Fertility in the Following Ways:

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) views infertility as a manifestation of imbalance within the body.   It treats the root cause of the problem, working to restore your body to itd natural state of balance.  When this balanced state is achieved, proper hormone levels are restored, and conception can occur naturally. 

Male Factors

       •  Increases sperm count

       •  Decreases abnormal morphology

       •  Improves motility

       •  Reduces sperm DNA fragmentation

       •  Alleviates ejaculatory dysfunction and erectile defects

Clinical research has shown that IVF success rates nearly double when used in conjunction with acupuncture.

Female Factors

•Improve ovarian function

•Enhances egg quality

•Regulates hormone levels

•Increases blood flow to the uterus

•Thickens endometrial lining

•Alleviates tubal obstructions and abdominal adhesions

•Prevents uterine contraction post IVF embryo transfer

•Reduces side-effects and toxicity of IVF medications

•Breech Presentation

•Prolonged Labor

General Factors

•Decreases immune system incompatibilities

•Reduces stress-related dysfunction

•Increases chance of conception

•Decreases incidence of miscarriage

•Has no side effects