Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle
Understanding your menstrual cycle is the key to assessing your health and your fertility. Knowing when you ovulate and the quality of your ovulation really is the pinnacle of understanding your chances of conceiving, diagnosing causes of infertility and preventing miscarriage. The first thing I ask you to do after your initial consultation is to start [&hel
The Pill Does Not ‘Regulate’ Your Period.
I hear this often. It is usually in the first consult when I ask if you’ve been on The Pill before and many women say, “yes, from 16 years old to ‘regulate’ my cycle”. Most often, the pill is used to reduce bleeding, improve acne, reduce period pain and other PMS symptoms including mood changes. […]
Acupuncture and Your Thyroid
In Chinese medicine, the thyroid doesn’t exist. Well not as an organ, more as a series of functions. Very important functions. Especially for fertility (and infertility), pregnancy, post partum and ongoing hormone regulation. This can, however make treating the thyroid a little tricky. It often means treating symptoms as they pop up, instead of holistical
How Healthy Fats Support Fertility
Fats in Chinese medicine support the nourishment of your ‘Yin’. Yin is the most nourishing, feminine aspect of your body’s energy. Strong Yin is like a tree with a big, wide trunk. Very little can affect/impact/move/hurt a strong, grounded tree compared to a malnourished twig. When I’m treating women trying to fall pregnant, the most [&h
Acupuncture Doesn’t Balance Hormones
It gets said a lot. “acupuncture balances hormones”. I’m sure I’ve said it before too. But when you think about it, what does that actually mean? Balance means ‘a steady position or condition’ – is that really the hope for our hormones? Some back ground information…hormones are your body’s chemical messengers (medline.com). They are a [&hellip
New Protein Powder: Clean Energy
As women, we often don’t eat enough good quality protein. Your body needs proteins and healthy fats to ovulate, make progesterone, stabilise blood sugars, help feel full and reduce snacking. This fermented brown rice protein powder has so many great ingredients including…supergreens, wheat grass, spirulina, sweet potato, chlorella as well as an orga
Aging and Environmental Factors Affect Embryo Growth
Recently, a comprehensive research paper was published in Fertility and Sterility detailing the effects of aging and environmental factors on egg, sperm and embryo growth and development. When you look at the statistics of IVF, the numbers aren’t great. Out of all eggs that are retrieved, only 7% of those will result in a full term […]
