The ancient Chinese method of acupuncture is becoming a more recognized treatment for infertility in the West.
Many women and men have found it to be a safe way to enhance their chances of getting pregnant.
Not only does acupuncture help you relax, it can help improve your sleep, your hormone balance and even your sex life.
It is one of the safest procedures around and doesn’t hurt at all, even though an acupuncturist is using needles.
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is placing super thin needles in certain pressure points on the body to improve how the body functions.
These acupuncture points are part of channels, or paths, within the body, and putting needs in them offers a type of regulation for the pathways.
It’s kind of like putting a traffic light up at a busy intersection.
What Can Acupuncture Do For Pregnancy?
This type of treatment can address things like hyperthyroidism or decreased hormones.
Most acupuncturists will combine the procedure with herbal medicine to treat infertility.
It can help improve the functioning of both ovaries and follicles, but can’t resolve all fertility problems.
Acupuncture can’t fix endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease.
When Should I Do It?
A couple trying to get pregnant can both get acupuncture as it helps both men and women in their hormone functioning.
It is recommended for those seeking in vitro fertilization (IVF0 and donor-egg transfer to do it three or four months in advance because of its’ therapeutic nature.
Women are advised to continue with treatment at least three months into pregnancy to avoid miscarriage.
However, the acupuncture points will change as those in the lower abdomen should be avoided during pregnancy.
Using acupuncture has become popular largely because it is a low-risk option that seems to work in conjunction with medical fertility treatments.
The secret is finding a good acupuncture specialist that works specifically with fertility issues.
