What is Fertility Acupuncture?
Research indicates that couples who are supported with acupuncture for fertility are significantly more likely to fall pregnant naturally or to successfully conceive following an IVF cycle.
One of acupuncture’s strengths is its capacity for subtlety, allowing the fine tuning of the body’s systems to maximise both function for fertility and for health as a whole. Acupuncture can also support functional problems being treated by western medicine.
Acupuncture helps regulate fertility hormones
Stress and other factors can cause hormonal imbalances which affect our fertility. Acupuncture helps us to cope with the stress and other influences which can creates imbalances in our hormones.
Fertility acupuncture also stimulates the follicle hormone and affect oestrogen and progesterone level production in the body
Through the regulation of hormones with acupuncture and herbs, it can also help to stimulate ovulation, reduce ovarian cysts and regulate the menstruation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
How Does Acupuncture For Fertility Work?
Increasing the blood flow to the reproductive organs.
Optimising the environment where the follicles develop.
Improving the quality of the endometrial lining thus increasing the chances of embryo implantation.
ivf support
IVF with acupuncture increases the odds of pregnancy by 65%, and increases the odds of ongoing pregnancy by 87%.
pregnancy
Acupuncture can be used safely in pregnancy to relieve the negative symptoms experienced during this time.
postnatal
Acupuncture can help to manage postnatal issues like increasing milk production, fatigue and hemorrhoids.