Our clinic offers Traditional Chinese Medicine for patients that need support in their journey to conception.  Whether you are using Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) or not, acupuncture has proven to be beneficial in increasing the chances of pregnancy.  

 Conditions Treated include:

• Unexplained Infertility

• Advanced Maternal Age

• PCOS

• Male Factor

• Luteal Phase Defect

• High FSH

• IVF Poor Responders

• IVF Implantation Failure

• Recurrent Pregnancy Losss

• Uterine Fibroids

• ART complementary enhancement

• Diminished Ovarian Reserve

• Endometriosis

Services for Fertility:

•  Pre & Post Embryo Transfer Acupuncture (optional home visit for post)

•  Custom blended phasic herbal formulation

•  Ovulation stimulation

•  Nutritional Counseling & Lifestyle recommendations

•  Saliva Testing

•  Functional Medicine 

RESOURCES

BBT Chart  - clickhere to download a PDF chart that you can print

Fertility Diet by Acubalance.  An excellent online resource for the optimal fertility eating plan 

Pre-Seed lubricant - fertility friendly lubricant that is not toxic to sperm

Conception Kit - An effective and non-invasive method of improving pregnancy rates

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RESEARCH ON ACUPUNCTURE AND FERTILITY

Paulus Study - "Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy."
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Stener-Victorin Study - "Reduction of blood flow impedance in the uterine arteries of infertile women with electro-acupuncture"

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Manheimer & Zhang - "Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in-vitro fertilization: systematic review and meta-analysis"

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How Does Acupuncture help improve fertility?

1.  Acupuncture balances and normalizes the hormones and endocrine system that govern ovulation.

2.  Acupuncture can regulate  the menstrual cycle

3.  Acupuncture reduces stress and anxiety, and takes the body out of "fight-or-flight" mode.  Hormones and chemicals that are secreted during stress can significantly decrease fertility.  

4.  Acupuncture promotes blood flow to the uterus and reproductive organs

5.  Acupuncture reduces inflammation and can modulate the immune response which is important  with auto-immune infertility disorders. 

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Cynthia is a member of:

ABORM - American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine

ASRM - American Society of Reproductive Medicine

Resolve - The National Infertility Association

and has studied/trained with the following physicians and reproductive acupuncturists:

Daoshing Ni, L.Ac., PhD, FABORM 

Deborah Snyder Warshauer, LAc, FABORM

Denise Weisner, LAc, FABORM

Maureen Rozenn, DAOM, LAc, FABORM 

Meredith Qian, MD (China), LAc, OMD

Paul Magarelli, MD, PhD

Gary Hubert, MD

Ashim Kumar, MD