Acupuncture improves fertility by a variety of mechanisms, including:
🔸Regulating menstrual cycles (whether irregular cycles due to PCOS or painful cycles with PMS and cramping)
🔸Increasing blood flow to the uterus
🔸Regulares hormones
🔸Improving egg quality & quality
🔸Increasing chances of successful transfer and implantation in IVF
🔸Decreasing stress
🔸Improving overall health
When you are healthier overall, you are more fertile! Your reproductive system is not separate from your other systems— when your headaches decrease, your digestion improves, and you sleep more deeply, your body is more receptive, nourished, and able to conceive. Acupuncture not only works on the specific mechanisms of your reproductive system, but also treats you holistically to improve your overall well-being.
Whether you are just starting to think about conceiving or if you are already working with a reproductive endocrinologist, acupuncture is a beautiful and powerful tool to learn your own body’s rhythms and to engage with this process. Research supports the use of acupuncture in improving chances of pregnancy and supporting a healthy pregnancy and childbirth process.
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