The Challenges of Infertility Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine can help By Julie Shindler-Cohen, Dipl. OM, FABORM, R.Ac Whenever I visit a reproductive medical office, it boggles my mind that couples would undergo infertility treatment without incorporating acupuncture and Chinese … [Read more...] about The Challenges of Infertility
Reproductive and Integrative Medicines – the perfect match!
Over the last 20 years, we have become more aware of the many challenges couples face in getting pregnant. Individuals are marrying later in age and couples are waiting longer to have children. In addition, environmental toxins and our own diet can directly impact our health and trying to … [Read more...] about Reproductive and Integrative Medicines – the perfect match!
Supporting your Wife Through the Infertility Process
Calling all partners! The unrequited longing for a child brings many challenges to couples. It causes strain on the relationship -- emotional, physical, hormonal and financial. At our clinic, we find that women and men perceive the fertility struggle very differently. Although one can never … [Read more...] about Supporting your Wife Through the Infertility Process
Creating an intention for your fertility
Focus the mind to reduce anxiety Use this practice to focus the mind on what we desire, rather than letting anxiety and fear get the best of us. Step 1: Release the past. If our mind is cluttered with memories of yesterday or anxiety regarding tomorrow, we cannot truly create from a blank … [Read more...] about Creating an intention for your fertility
The Emotional Side of Infertility
Dealing with infertility is one of the most stressful, painful and difficult experience that people encounter. It’s never a linear path and is often complicated by various factors from medical conditions, unpredictability and a lack of answers. As an acupuncturist who specializes in fertility, I … [Read more...] about The Emotional Side of Infertility
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