ACUPUNCTURE

ACUPUNCTURE FOR FERTILITY

Acupuncture improves circulatory function and hormonal balance. This is helpful is boosting the strength of your ovaries and helping the uterus to grow a thick lining for implantation.

Many women have hormone imbalances that make it more difficult to conceive. This includes high FSH (follicle stimulating hormone), LH (luteinizing hormone), or inappropriate levels of other hormones like estrogen, testosterone. Balancing your hormones is a key element for reproductive success, and acupuncture can help stimulate or relax the necessary parts of your body to produce a healthy hormonal ratio. 

In addition to hormonal balance, acupuncture can help with fertility by managing autoimmune conditions. These conditions can create a poor environment for conception because they change the way the body reacts to “intruders” that may result in an attack on the pregnancy. After the age of 35, fertility in women decreases. Use diet, lifestyle and complementary methods such as acupuncture to create an antioxidant (anti-aging) effect on the reproductive system. In this way we improve egg quality and circulation.

In addition to helping with natural fertility, acupuncture is extremely beneficial for women using (assisted reproductive technology) and IVF for their fertility. Doctors will commonly recommend that patients going through IVF (in vitro fertilization) use acupuncture at and around the time of transfer to promote positive fertility outcomes. According to a systematic review done by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), when an acupuncture treatment is done immediately before and after an IVF transfer, the odds of a successful transfer go up by nearly 50%. There are several components to what acupuncture can do to improve IVF and ART outcomes. Acupuncture can increase blood flow to the ovaries and uterus, helping to grow healthy follicles (eggs) as well as the uterine lining. It can also help relax the uterus to prevent cramping or other instabilities that might disrupt any implantation. In addition to increasing blood flow, acupuncture immediately before and after a transfer can relax both the mind and the body, creating a healthy and balanced environment in which the transfer to take place. An added bonus is the management of side effects from fertility medications. Use of acupuncture during IUI or IVF cycles can reduce bloating, anxiety, digestive disturbances and mood problems.

PRENATAL ACUPUNCTURE

During the first three months, Acupuncture treatments support your pregnancy and manage common discomforts like nausea, reflux, fatigue, backache, and dizziness. Acupuncture also promotes gentle circulation, stimulating optimal nutrition for the growing fetus, and helps to guard your immune system. We also use Acupuncture to calm your stress hormones so that your baby in utero is bathed in endorphins and protected from undue surges.

Acupuncture during the second trimester supports pregnancy and manages discomfort including: digestive symptoms, aches, pains, and dizziness. Care is also taken to guard immune function, reduce stress, and maintain optimal circulation and absorption of nutrients.

Acupuncture therapy in late stages helps support pregnancy, prepare for childbirth, and manage common third-trimester complaints such as back pain, sciatica, dizziness, reflux, constipation, breech presentation, and water retention. In preparation for birth we offer protocols to begin softening the cervix and opening the hips and pelvic girdle. When indicated, Acupuncture can be applied to induce birth.

LABOR PREP PACKAGE

Naturna practitioners are trained to execute an effective and enjoyable birth prep plan. Success rates of acupuncture induced labor range from 78 to 83%.

Week 34-35: Gently start to relax low back and hips and prepare mentally for the birthing process. Meditations can be used in conjunction with acupuncture treatment. If baby is breech, we will be work on guiding baby into the proper position. Recommendations: Acupuncture 1-2x per week. In cases of breech: Acupuncture and moxibustion 3x per week with guidance for exercises and moxibustion use at home.

Week 36-37: Open sacrum, low back and hips to help the baby move down. Relax mind and body and work with visualization. Recommendations: Acupuncture 2x per week. In cases of breech: 3x per week.

Week 38-40: Increase stimulation to relax pelvic girdle and drop baby. Begin to stir circulation and stimulate uterus to contract. Recommendations: Acupuncture 2-3x per week.

Week 40+: Maximum stimulation to induce labor. If you haven't gone already, you will be on your way now.

PRICING

IN STUDIO: Love Child Members $180 - $205 / session . Non-Members $190 - $215 / session

IN HOME: Love Child Members $230 / session . Non-Members $240 / session

IN STUDIO PACKAGE (10 sessions): Love Child Members $1750 . Non-Members $2000

APPOINTMENT REQUESTS

For appointment requests within 24-48 hours, please text us at 646.494.4251.

INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR ACUPUNCTURE

Please fill out the form below, and email a picture of the front and back of your insurance card to info@lovechildyoga.com to see if you qualify.