Acupuncture for Fertility
The popularity of using acupuncture to treat infertility is growing in the West, particularly as scientific studies demonstrate it's efficacy for the treatment of infertility and IVF preparation and support.
Choosing the right acupuncturist for your fertility treatments is essential.
Christine Kleinschmidt, LAc. is the most highly recommended fertility acupuncturist in the St. Louis area, and has had a fertility-based practice for the past thirteen years. She understands the pathology and treatment of infertility from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as well as your Western diagnosis and its effects on your ability to conceive. This combination of knowledge is absolutely essential to enable appropriate and effective TCM diagnosis and treatment.
What is Fertility Acupuncture?
Acupuncture, a therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is an ancient chinese medical practice used to promote health and restore natural internal balance through stimulation of specific points on the body.
As early as 3,000 years ago, doctors of TCM discussed the diagnosis and treatment of reproductive disorders and infertility - for both men and women. Historically, the Chinese have placed great emphasis on family, and so the best minds in TCM were usually sought out to help those struggling with infertility.
These ancient physicians would use the knowledge gleaned from thousands of years of Taoist Rejuvenation Practices such as Acupuncture, Qi Qong and Tai Qi, Chinese Herbal Medicine, and lifestyle and dietary counseling to restore the natural state of internal harmony that results in fertility and conception.
How is Acupuncture used to treat infertility?
Recent scientific studies support the utlization of acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine as a treatment for infertility, and other reproductive disorders. This growing body of evidence demonstrates that acupuncture, and other TCM protocols, can improve fertility rates by enhancing physiological processes related to fertility.
Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine can help to:
IVF and IUI :
Fertility acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can be used to help prepare for, and enhance, conception in ART cycles for IVF, IUI and other ART protocols. Fertility acupuncture has been shown to improve fertility rates when used as a complementary therapy for IVF preparation and to support IVF treatment protocols.
Fertility acupuncture may benefit those undergoing IVF and other ART treatments by lessening many unwanted side effects, mitigating some negative effects of IVF stimulation, and enhancing implantation and pregnancy rates.
We will work closely with you to develop an individualized infertility treatment plan to help enhance your IVF treatment, improve your chances for conception, and get you one step closer to starting a family.
Choosing the right acupuncturist for your fertility treatments is essential.
Christine Kleinschmidt, LAc. is the most highly recommended fertility acupuncturist in the St. Louis area, and has had a fertility-based practice for the past thirteen years. She understands the pathology and treatment of infertility from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as well as your Western diagnosis and its effects on your ability to conceive. This combination of knowledge is absolutely essential to enable appropriate and effective TCM diagnosis and treatment.
What is Fertility Acupuncture?
Acupuncture, a therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is an ancient chinese medical practice used to promote health and restore natural internal balance through stimulation of specific points on the body.
As early as 3,000 years ago, doctors of TCM discussed the diagnosis and treatment of reproductive disorders and infertility - for both men and women. Historically, the Chinese have placed great emphasis on family, and so the best minds in TCM were usually sought out to help those struggling with infertility.
These ancient physicians would use the knowledge gleaned from thousands of years of Taoist Rejuvenation Practices such as Acupuncture, Qi Qong and Tai Qi, Chinese Herbal Medicine, and lifestyle and dietary counseling to restore the natural state of internal harmony that results in fertility and conception.
How is Acupuncture used to treat infertility?
Recent scientific studies support the utlization of acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine as a treatment for infertility, and other reproductive disorders. This growing body of evidence demonstrates that acupuncture, and other TCM protocols, can improve fertility rates by enhancing physiological processes related to fertility.
Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine can help to:
- Improve the function of the ovaries to produce better quality eggs.
- Regulate hormones to produce larger numbers of follicles.
- Increase blood flow to the Uterus and Ovaries thereby increasing both Ovarian Sensitivity to gonadtropins and the Uterine Lining for implantation.
- Relax the patient to induce parasympathetic nervous system dominance.
- Lessen many of the unwanted side-effects of ART treatment.
- Mitigate the downstream effects of IVF stimulation in the uterine environment to enhance implantation and ongoing pregnancy rates.
- Decrease miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy rates.
- Improve semen densities in male factor infertility
- Enhance conception in ART cycles: IUI, IVF, FET, Surrogacy.
- Promote a healthy ongoing pregnancy without complications, and a healthy post-partum period.
IVF and IUI :
Fertility acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can be used to help prepare for, and enhance, conception in ART cycles for IVF, IUI and other ART protocols. Fertility acupuncture has been shown to improve fertility rates when used as a complementary therapy for IVF preparation and to support IVF treatment protocols.
Fertility acupuncture may benefit those undergoing IVF and other ART treatments by lessening many unwanted side effects, mitigating some negative effects of IVF stimulation, and enhancing implantation and pregnancy rates.
We will work closely with you to develop an individualized infertility treatment plan to help enhance your IVF treatment, improve your chances for conception, and get you one step closer to starting a family.