Wellness beyond fertility — health topics for the whole family across every life stage.

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DUTCH Testing and Fertility

The DUTCH or dried urine test for comprehensive hormones has been around for years. It involves testing dried urine from various samples during a day in your mid luteal phase.This test measures levels of sex hormone (estrogen, progesterone,…
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Male Fertility Matters: Understanding Sperm’s Role in Pregnancy Loss

Sperm DNA fragmentation refers to ‘breaks’ in the genetic material (DNA) within sperm cells. DNA in sperm is responsible for carrying half of the genetic blueprint to the embryo. High levels of DNA fragmentation can:Reduce the chance of…
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Liver Qi Stagnation and Feeling Stuck

Liver Qi Stagnation is one of the most common patterns in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). I don’t know that I’ve ever treated a person without some form of Liver Qi Stagnation.When Liver Qi is stuck, it can in turn disrupt Qi movement…
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Nourishing Mothers After Birth with Acupuncture

Acupuncture For the Fourth Trimester: from delivery to 4 months"Postpartum is a sacred window - feed her body with warmth, her heart with love, and her spirit with stillness."The fourth trimester - the 12 weeks post baby delivery is a unique…
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Acupuncture for Birth Preparation

Birth preparation is more than six acupuncture points and a push after your due date. I share what I learned from my own birth, what I assess at your first treatment, and what my clinic audit showed about how many treatments women need before labour.
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Our Relationship with Pain – A focus on Endometriosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5H0nzRMmVwOur sense of pain is a protection, a way to let our bodies know there’s something wrong and to encourage us to make changes. It is vastly more complex than previously thought and there is increasing…
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Chinese Medicine’s Role in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis

I haven’t written about endometriosis before because every blog or research paper I’ve read that has talked about acupuncture treating endometriosis has only focused on the pain and treating the pain. Of course treating your pain is important,…
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Bone Broth: The Fertility Superfood You Didn’t Know You Needed!

When it comes to boosting fertility, most people think of vitamins, yoga, or herbal supplements, but there’s a secret weapon you might not have considered—bone broth! This nutrient-packed, cozy cup of goodness could be the game-changer…

Yoga and Self Compassion for Fertility by Lauren White (Yoga Teacher)

Compassion is derived from the word ‘com’ (with) and ‘passion’ (suffering) and roughly translates as how we sit with our suffering.When having difficulty with fertility, all kinds of suffering comes up. Blame, beliefs of inadequacy,…
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The Fight Against ‘Spermageddon’: Treatment of Male Infertility

At the end of July, I attended a two day workshop presented by an Austrian Medical Doctor and Chinese Medicine Practitioner who specialises and treats only male infertility, Dr Olivia Pojer. She was one of the best presenters I have had the…
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