09 Feb

Acupuncture and Chinese medicine help perfect uterine Lining and reduce uterine contractions

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine help improving the quality of uterus lining, and reduce uterine contractions during embryos implantation. They are considered alternative nature therapy which can complement IVF/IUI procedure. Uterus lining – Endometrial thickness is a commonly measured parameter in IUI/IVF procedures. “The appearance, as well as the thickness of the endometrium, will depend on […]

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26 Sep

Is medication depleting ovary reserve and causing menopausal effect in IVF treatment?

I have patients who were scared of their high FSH or low AMH level. I always ask them, “did you just have IUI/IVF?” Some even has menopause sign – hot flashes. If they just had IUI/IVF medication, then it is not likely their nature ovarian reserve degraded. I feel the following statement from Shady Grove […]

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18 Sep

Trying to Conceive? Xi Xian Cao and Yi Mu Cao Fertility Tea Review

My patient came to me with two Chinese herbs which she learned and purchased on Amazon. She has been using them for a while. I was shocked to learn many people believe the herbs can help them get pregnancy as they have side effects which can stop their pregnancy. Therefore, I put Chinese herbalist Comments: […]

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08 Dec

acupuncture helps in FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER

There are several reasons that acupuncture is involved in the embryo transfer and sometimes FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER (FET). 1) Most well known situation is used prior to and after the transfer to increase the successful rate of implantation. Acupuncture has been demonstrated in studies to improve uterine lining for FET embryo implantation. Similar effect has […]

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08 Dec

prepare-your-body-for-conception

Not matter whether you take nature approach or IVF/IUI, besides arranging acupuncture and herbal support, you can TTC with following recommendations, Take a preconception supplement. Taking a combination of several key vitamins and minerals— folate; vitamins A and D; iron; B6; B12—in adequate amounts before getting pregnant can help the pregnancy and the baby. Maintain […]

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08 Dec

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CONCEPTION in dc va md

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CONCEPTION Maybe we all learned our lessons a little too well back in junior high’s sex ed class when we were told how easy it is to get pregnant. The fact of the matter is, getting pregnant is often more difficult than we realize, especially as we age. So, to set […]

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08 Dec

HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE INFERTILITY?

Traditionally, a fertility specialist will assume infertility is present based on the following definition. When a woman is: Under 35 with regular cycles and no pregnancy after 1 year 35 to 39 with regular cycles and no pregnancy after 6 months 40 or over with regular cycles and no pregnancy after 3 months Do men […]

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29 Nov

Case study: Fallopian tube blocked infertility

In many Fallopian tube blockage infertility cases, chance of both sides of tube blocked is very rare. Most of time, one side of Fallopian tubes is blocked. How to treat the condition depends on the age, severity of tube blockage. Following is my sharing of treatment on blocked Fallopian tube. Patient A in her thirties with over […]

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28 Oct

PCOS BBT

  Fertility Charting with PCOS – Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Charting with PCOS – Polycystic Ovary Syndrome PCOS is a hormonal condition that can impact your fertility. Women with PCOS secrete higher than usual levels of androgens (male hormones) which may cause cysts to develop in the ovaries (hence the name). Women with PCOS may have […]

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31 Aug

Acupuncture does improve egg quality for advanced age IVF.

Infertility patient advanced age 42 years old comes for acupuncture treatment. She tried four IVF 2010, 2011, 2015 and early of 2016. Each time about 10 eggs mature and fertilized. None of fertilized eggs passed the day 5. She had come for 2 months. Then she went to have IVF retrieval. 9 eggs matured. The […]

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