At advanced age, especially when women reaches fifty years old, her ovarian reserve is almost depleted. Therefore, the roles of acupuncture and Chinese herbs are changed to improve the uterine lining and implantation for donor egg IVF. Usually, patients in advanced age still want to carry the babies in them. Uterine lining with enough blood […]
Read MoreInfertility with high FSH and low AMH usually indicate lower ovarian reserve. Patient who are tested and diagnosed with Low Ovarian Reserve (LOR) normally is referred to fertility clinic for IUI and IVF treatment. However, even with IUI/IVF, there are still quite a percentage of patients cannot conceive, with unknown/unexplained reason, or just called LOR […]
Read More“2 failed IVFs at SGF – all embryos tested abnormal. Wondering if the PGS was accurate. Looking for a recommendation on an acupuncturist specializing in fertility/poor egg. ” Here is one of the questions from ladies who has the following fertility issues: Patients that are having IVF with advanced female age – 38 or older […]
Read MoreFor some women, getting into advancing age 40’s does not just mean their ovary reserve degeneration, but also their uterus/uterine/endometrial lining. Their uterine lining is just too thin for even a healthy embryo implantation. Embryo likes a seed ready for further development. It needs fertile ground to implant, retrieve nutrient and grow. However, if the […]
Read MoreAcupuncture 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 […]
Read MoreA recent study led by Stanford and a biotechnology company found that “women who have high progesterone levels when their eggs are retrieved benefit from waiting to receive embryos”. What they found is a 73 percent higher pregnancy rate. The researcher said:”Higher progesterone levels may make it more difficult for embryos to implant. The new […]
Read MoreGetting pain medicine is very convenient now a day by going to grocery store and making choice in OTC stands. However, not many people realize that taking pain medicine can affect men’s fertility functions. A small study, which was published Jan. 8 2018 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, discovered that […]
Read MoreRecently there has a trend that more and more pregnant moms of breech baby came for treatment at late weeks. For moxa working in optimal time window is between 32 weeks to 35 weeks, moxa turning breech baby from 35 weeks to 37 weeks can be very difficult. People come for treatment at later weeks […]
Read MoreIt has been more than 15 years since the first research paper of acupuncture in fertility by Dr. Paulus. In her paper, it was discovered that acupuncture can help IVF success rate by more than 20 percent. Since then there are more positive papers published after that. However, till now, acupuncture is accepted by most […]
Read MoreIntrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a condition in which an unborn baby is smaller than it should be. The baby is not growing at a normal rate inside the womb. Delayed growth puts the baby at risk of stillbirth, or the least certain health problems during pregnancy, delivery, and after birth. Such as Low birth […]
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