Fertility, Pregnancy & Postpartum Care

Fertility Support

If you are struggling with conception, have been diagnosed with specific or nonspecific infertility, Chinese medicine can help maximize your fertility. Acupuncture and herbal medicine can help regulate your menstrual cycle, balance the follicular and luteal phases, and normalize ovulation. It can also increase blood flow to the uterus which leads to better fertility. It reduces the stress and anxiety that surrounds much of reproductive medicine.

If you have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or ectopic pregnancies, acupuncture and herbal medicine can help to heal the body and spirit. This rebalancing is essential for future full-term pregnancies.

Pregnancy & Postpartum Care

Once you are pregnant, you can safely use Chinese medicine throughout your 40 weeks to reduce nausea, cramping, back pain, headaches, and anxiety. Many women find that regular acupuncture during pregnancy reduces stress which provides a better environment for the fetus. Acupuncture is also commonly used to prepare women for labor and to help induce labor.

After delivery, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and food therapy is used to promote milk flow, reduce mastitis, help with recovery from labor, reduce pain, and relieve postpartum depression. Some women also experience extreme sweating, joint pain, or excessive bleeding after having given birth—all of these can be relieved with Chinese medicine.