Trouble getting pregnant? Where do I start?

The most common question I receive is “what do I need to do”
for those having trouble conceiving.
Usually what is inferred in the question is when do they seek western
medicine and also what can Chinese medicine offer.

Western medicine can be the first place to start with a fertility work up.  It should also be the last place you end up when it comes to treatment. And what do you in between, after you have had a work up?
Implement healthy dieteary and lifestyle changes and also take time to do deep relaxation daily. Chinese medicine is not just herbs and acupuncture.  It is actually more about these dietary and lifestyle changes.  Seek out complementary and alternative medicines (CAM)
like Chinese medicine and acupuncture between the start and finish. This is what I believe to be the best form of
integrative care and employing bet practices of Chinese medicine and western
medicine in helping couples conceive and make it to the live birth.

Starting point

Thorough fertility work up including all the blood test,
ultra sounds, X-rays and semen analysis.

Middle

Pre conception care.
This is where you can make positive changes in your life to impact the
quality of eggs and sperm and also the uterine receptivity for a developing
embryo. If you had a structural issue
diagnosed (blocked tubes) then you may want to move to your final destination
within 3-6 months rather than 6-12 months.  This is where you implement the fertility diet.  Make lifestyle choices that help reduce stress, increase blood flow, strengthen you immune system and balance hormones.

Final destination

This is where you may end up full circle. You started with a thorough western fertility
work up. And if a year has passed and
you are still not pregnancy then you may need Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART)
like IVF. You actually did not do a
circle but rather a spiral. So you may
be in the North, you are in a different place because of all the positive health
changes you made in your life which will have impacted your egg and sperm
quality.

To find out more about what you can do to optimize your fertility
please look around our web site and read some more of our blogs where list
suggestions.