Simply changing your lifestyle habits can dramatically affect your fertility. Here are 10 things you can do to increase your chances of conception: Acupuncture and herbal medicine can greatly enhance your fertility by reducing stress, improving sleep and helping to end addictions that may be compromising your fertility. If you would like more information please…
Charting your basal body temperature is an inexpensive and effective way to monitor your hormone levels, ovulation, and fertility. Basal body temperature (BBT) is your resting temperature taken when you first wake up in the morning, before getting out of bed. It’s important to take your temperature as close as possible to the same time every morning. There…
If you, or someone you know is struggling to conceive, acupuncture and herbal medicine can help to naturally increase fertility or increase the effectiveness of other fertility treatments. In a randomized controlled clinical trial of 84 infertile women who had previously had at least two unsuccessful attempts at IVF, combining acupuncture with the IVF increased…
A randomized clinical trial involving 67 pregnant women, showed no significant difference in the effectiveness of electro-acupuncture versus the drug misoprostol for labor induction, however the group receiving electro-acupuncture had a higher frequency of vaginal deliveries, less obstetric complications, and higher overall satisfaction. (Gribel et al, 2011) In another randomized controlled trial of 56 women…