Acupuncture for Fertility Chatswood
Are You Having Difficulty Falling Pregnant? Learn the benefits of acupuncture for fertility.
“Children are a gift from heaven.” While many parents can identify with this ancient wisdom, many couples are struggling with the frustrating condition of infertility. Couples are considered infertile if they have been actively trying to fall pregnant naturally for 18 months without success. Some of the known causes of infertility can be menstrual irregularities, endometriosis, lack of ovulation, polycystic ovarian syndrome or PCOS, pelvic inflammatory diseases blocked tubes, hormonal imbalance, low sperm count, impotence, environmental toxicities, stress, and genetic disorders.
Can Acupuncture And Chinese Medicine Improve The Chance Of Falling Pregnant
While acupuncture/traditional Chinese medicineis not a cure-all, it does provide an effective and holistic way to increase the overall health of many couples. It does so by regulating hormonal balance, increasing blood supply, improving energy level, clearing blockages and relaxation.
Acupuncture is frequently employed as a therapy for infertile couples in Northern Europe. Chinese medicine is the first point of call for infertile couples in China, the most populous country in the world. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine have also gained increasing popularity around the world as a supportive treatment in In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) programs in recent years due to its ability to raise IVF success rates.
What Happens in An Acupuncture Treatment?
Acupuncture treatments for infertility involve gentle needling in the points near the hands, feet, knees, abdomen or back depending on the individual needs of the patient. Auricular acupuncture (ear acupuncture) and warm needling (moxibustion) are often employed to improve the effectiveness. The common feedback after an Acupuncture treatment is almost always relaxation. Relaxation is critical for conception.
What is Chinese Medicine and How To Take It?
The majority of Chinese medicine comes the bark, leaves, flowers, Seeds and root of a plant such as ginger and cinnamon. Other medicinals come from minerals such as gypsum and animal products such as cuttlefish bone and cicada shells. They are combined in a formula to produce synergistic health benefits.
Chinese medicine takes the form of pills, granules or raw herbs. The decision of which form to take depends on the individual preference for convenience, potency and ease of administration. They are usually taken on an empty stomach and taken 2 hours away from orthodox medicine.
How Effective Is Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine?
Most couples will find their overall health improved over a cause of treatments. Some of these couples will conceive in a matter of months.
Other couples may not. The chance of conception depends on the number of complex factors that affect the fertility of the couple. Some of the challenging factors are the egg reserve, the woman’s age, endometriosis, sperm count and genetic abnormality.
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine are known to enhance the effectiveness of other fertility therapies such as hormone drugs like Clomid, ovary stimulation procedures and In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF). Acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment may increase the implantation rates for IVF procedures as well as support pregnancy and facilitate labour.
Is acupuncture for fertility safe?
Every medical procedure carries a risk. Make sure you go to a registered practitioner with sufficient training and experience. Generally speaking, the side effects of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in Australia have been relatively low. More and more people are attracted to natural therapies such as acupuncture and Chinese medicine because they treat the body holistically. In our clinic, the first and foremost principle is Do No Harm. Meticulous care is paid to your whole body and mind health to produce optimal results.
More Questions?
Falling pregnant naturally and having babies safely is a privilege many of us often take for granted. Using acupuncture for fertility has a proven record of providing a holistically way for many infertile couples to realise their dream.
Please share other ways an infertile couple can increase the chances of falling pregnant?
