Clinic Blog

A recent study has recently come out showing how effective Chinese Herbal Medicine can be in the treatment of infertility.  
 
This government funded study from the University of Adelaide has shown that Chinese Herbal Medicine can achieve a 60% pregnancy rate while western drug treatment achieves a 30% pregnancy rate.

First dates are awkward. You meet at a coffee shop anxious to know if there will be a connection. Will they like me? Will I like them? What if they aren't my type? How do I let them know if I'm not interested without hurting their feelings. Sounds like the perils single life in the city, but this blog isn't about the Vancouver dating scene, it's about finding a birth doula.

I recently had a few patients coming in who are experiencing luteal phase spotting and are trying to conceive.  In Chinese Medicine we diagnose spotting as any type of bleed which is less than a flow.  Not the most scientific explanation but for most people it works as a good definition.  Spotting can occur around ovulation, pre-menstrualy (luteal phase) and often is found during the last days of ones period.  

The Chinese New year 2011 was the year of the Rabbit and on Monday January 23rd it switches to a new year belonging to the Dragon.  Anyone born in 2011 (or any other Rabbit for that matter) is supposed to be very attractive while the Dragon signs of 2012 are supposed to be powerful and lucky.  
Although I do not follow the Chinese Horoscope to closely I do find it very entertaining.  If we look close enough I am pretty sure we can find a little of ourselves in every zodiac sign.  

I was reading studies discussing some of the more common causes of late term pregnancy loss or still births.

I had a great opportunity to attend a coursein Vancouver over the past weekend on the topic of treating irregular bleeding (menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, spotting, and amenorrhea)  menstrual bleeding.

The following is a response I shared on a forum where I was asked about using acupuncture for thin lining before IVF/FET.   Since I wrote her a lengthy reply I decided to post a version of my response also on the Acubalance site through my blog as it may prove to be beneficial to my readers who also have lining issues.
 

Over the holidays I have picked up a few bad habits, one of them being a coffee a day.  I truly enjoy the flavor of this hot cup in the mornings.  I have always "preached" in my practice for women (and men) to steer clear of coffee for it's negative effects.  I have done a little bit more research trying to find a loop hole in which I can allow coffee back into my diet on a regular basis.  I have come across a few more studies.