Question by Help me!: Any views/reviews on New Hope Fertility Center in NYC?
Husband’s 32, me 30, TTC since 3 yrs. I’ve been diagnosed with a very low ovarian reserve (i.e. POF= Premature Ovarian Failure) and have had fluctuating levels of FSH from 4 to 24 back to 5. With 2 unsuccessful IUIs and 1 IVF where after all the highest injections possible, they just retrieved 1 egg that never fertilized, I’m thinking of trying New Hope Fertility Center. The doc there has suggested a very different route to me so I’m wondering if he’s the right one for me? I have read they specialize in cases with high FSH. All other doctors preach the Donor story which I’m not ready for. I’ve regular 27 – 30 day clycle, never missed one, why shouldn’t I try more? I’ve insurance but will pay quite a bit extra out of pocket if I go with NHFC compared to if I go to CWRC i.e. Columbia but I am willing to spend all of that if it can give me the results I’m looking for. I’m already blowing up my money on acupuncture, organic stuff (food, cosmetics, cleaning stuff etc etc) and yoga! But if NHFC is good, I’ll take the plunge.

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Article by Usman

Acupuncture in Sydney is getting very common as people find relief of backache in it as compare to any other therapy. Still most of the people all over the globe are confused on the acupuncture treatment as they consider that acupuncture only gives you relief from the backache but the reality is very different. Acupuncture is a treatment which is designed for the purpose that your body muscle and joints get proper in functioning. It ensures that energy flows around your body in the perfect proportion.

Acupuncture is the best treatment for the ear infection, any nose infection and also the throat infection. Significant numbers of people are unaware of this fact because they are never guided by the doctors to go and look for the acupuncture consultant. Rather than this some doctors prescribe such a heavy dose and high potency tablets even to the small age group children that there body gets affected from it especially the liver.

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Article by Bruce Fields

If you and your spouse have been trying to get pregnant for some time and are considering undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), studies abound show that acupuncture often increases the chance that IVF treatments will be a success. Various studies have been performed at a multitude of institutes, such as the University of New Mexico, University of Maryland’s School of Medicine Center, and New York’s Meridian Medical Group, with results that show that, more often than not, incorporating acupuncture into IVF treatment increases chances of success: very often, the women who decide to go through acupuncture will have lower miscarriage rates, a higher live birth rate and often healthier babies.

While this may shed some light on the matter, before you run to your nearest acupuncturist it is important to understand what acupuncture is, the effects it produces and how it relates to in-vitro fertilization. Acupuncture, an ancient Chinese medicinal practice, uses hair-thin, disposable needles to penetrate just under the skin and stimulate specific pressure points in the body for the acceleration of the body’s natural healing processes. While traditionally practiced in the East, acupuncture has taken on a bigger role in Western medicine through recent years, particularly when involved in fertility treatments such as IVF.

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Article by Chelsea Aubin

There are many benefits to searching out a Fertility Acupuncture Specialists, as this form of therapy has been proven to help increase fertility in certain situations. It is a simple, natural, and affordable treatment option for infertility. It appears to work the best with problems involving endometriosis and has been used since ancient times and has been proven safe and effective.

There are many studies that have had very positive results as to whether or not acupuncture helps with fertility problems. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic have been investigating treatments and have had good results but there still is much more research needed to determine when and how the acupuncture therapy works the best.

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Article by Sadie Minkoff

Recently a number of our clients have asked us about the relationship between acupuncture and fertility. Planning a pregnancy is an exciting time in a person’s life – filled with new expectations, experiences and discoveries. It is a time of reflection as well as one of looking towards the future, and an ideal time to explore optimal health. Thankfully, for over 2,500 years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners have been examining the most effective ways to help naturally boost fertility and ameliorate imbalances that contribute to reproductive difficulties. The practice of TCM includes acupuncture, nutrition, herbal medicine and gentle energy building exercises.

We know that many different factors play a role in determining the chances of conception and carrying to term. Some of these factors require aggressive treatment or are irreversible (such as menopause), and should be ruled out. However, much of the time, natural medicine and moderate lifestyle changes have powerful results without any adverse side effects. Additionally, acupuncture is regularly utilized in conjunction with Assisted Reproductive Therapies [including: Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)], to increase their effectiveness. (1).

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Article by Julia Stevens

China is the birthplace of acupuncture. There are already a lot of studies pertaining to the effectiveness of acupuncture in curing numerous disorders and diseases. Through acupuncture, the body releases hormones like the endorphin. The endorphin hormone makes people feel better. It is able to help the antibodies attack infections and viruses for self-healing.

For hundreds of years, Chinese people only depend upon acupuncture as cure for infertility. For this reason, Chinese acupuncture practitioners already perfected this method. Aside from acupuncture, Chinese women find out more effective if they couple acupuncture with the intake of herbal medicine.

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Article by Erich Hines

In the current society many people have trouble with regards to getting expecting. Therefore, the need for infertility facilities is significantly increasing to satisfy the remedy needs associated with couples who want to become mother and father. Due in order to certain healthcare obstructions, they’ve been not able to attempt naturally.

If you’re one of these simple many couples who’ve fertility problems, don’t actually lose belief because because of the evolution associated with technology as well as science a number of options are available to improve your likelihood of conceiving a young child. There are actually lots associated with choices open to you, all you must do is go to infertility centers to find medical guidance. There happen to be lots associated with improvements as well as advancements concerning science. There are lots of couples that before ran from hope associated with conceiving an infant and now are enjoying pleased and wholesome babies.

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Article by Eti Kagan

Rearing a child is hard as all mothers and fathers have attested but to some, who are yearning and dreaming that one day they could feel what the parents are feeling, are such a huge task for them to fulfill. Infertility is one of the reasons why some couples are not enjoying parenthood, although they have options to adopt. It is still a worthwhile goal for all who have this same problem to undergo fertility treatment not in the technologically produced approaches that our science offers to us. Hence, natural treatment for this has been captured and the best alternative has been given, which is natural and healthy. Nonetheless, little that we know there is deep tissue massage that does not only offer and give relaxation to those people who are receiving it but it also conditions one’s body. This is not an ordinary massage that you could think of that we do normally see and hear from an ordinary massage spa centers. According to studies, this is healthy and it gives various benefits to any person who wants to feel relaxed not just temporarily but to reap longer effects of it, which one will not be attained if a person would settle to a regular massage that all of us know. Well, according to some studies conducted, it has power to stimulate energy or to renew the strength of the person because of the slower and penetrating approach deep into the muscles of the individual. We are not saying that regular massage is superficial or shallow, but this works intensively within the tissue muscles of the person that cannot be done even in the classic and known Swedish massage, which is popular in the world today. Although, there are tons and styles of massages and even different ways of doing it, but this one is a great alternative medicine to people who have problems with their health. In fact, if we would trace back history when there were no chemically produced and processed medicines, doctors by profession are using acupuncture treatment in addressing complex health related cases that cannot be cured by ordinary and natural medicine being used anciently. In fact, some of the people who have infertility problems before can have their fertility resolved with the continuous application of this treatment. Some people who are still living and believing in the old practice and tradition are still looking for people who have the therapeutic touch that would make their barrenness remove and bear a child that a couple has been longing for years.This is included or considered as part of the effective traditional treatments, which reflexology and hot sones massage are being offered and used for different customers. Although, we are living in the age where all breakthrough in medicines and other medicinal application can be discovered and used but there are unexplained things that can heal physical sicknesses or illnesses. It has been proven effective by many, anciently. Why not stop them if these would be therapeutic for all and could extend one’s life and rejuvenates body?

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Men with a low sperm count are no doubt looking for a way to improve sperm count as to have a better chance at impregnating their partner. However, this may not be what most men need to focus on to increase the chances of conception.

Oddly enough, one of the most common sources of infertility has less to do with low sperm count, and more to do with the prostate gland.

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“You’re trying too hard.  Just relax and it will happen.”   Ever heard that from family or friends?  Well, theoretically they weren’t that far off, but no one has found a magic switch in your brain that you can flip and suddenly feel cool as a cucumber and stress free, so their well-meaning advice is highly impractical. 
 ”Trying too hard” may play a role in up to 30% of all infertility issues.  We humans are designed to deal with a certain amount of stress, but it is chronic stress that seems to hinder our fertility. 
What is stress?  Well, it’s not a specific event and we aren’t always aware of it, but it causes a distinct physiological response in the body.  Even though you tell yourself “I’m not stressed, because stress is bad for my fertility”, it’s hard to fool your brain.  If you are experiencing stress in any form (poor eating habits, too much or too little exercise, overworking, not sleeping), your hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls the release of hormones, is keeping a running score.   So, “just relax!” is easier said than done, right? 
There are many ways in which we can seek stress relief – lifestyle changes, psychotherapy, yoga, meditation.  Perhaps one of the most effective ways is through acupuncture. 
How does acupuncture help?  There are two ways to answer that question – traditional or modern.  In other words, from the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) point of view or the modern allopathic (Western) medical approach. 
Classical Chinese medical philosophy describes channels of energy called Qi (pronounced “chee”) that run through our bodies.  They may be compared to rivers that course through the body to nourish the tissues and organs.  Any disruption in the free flow of Qi is like a dam in the river, which leads to physical and emotional imbalances or illness.  By needling specific acupuncture points on the body, that dam can be cleared and the flow of energy re-established. 
The Western scientific explanation is perhaps easier for our modern, stressed-out, workaday brains to comprehend.  The truth is that there are a handful of very plausible theories, but no single one can explain how acupuncture effectively treats so many different ailments, so let’s focus on what we can prove about acupuncture and stress-relief. 
Acupuncture increases the amount of beta-endorphins flowing through the body.  Beta-endorphins are the feel-good hormones.  Anyone who has ever experienced a “runners high,” has experienced this release of beta-endorphins. 
Interestingly, a research study at the University of California- Irvine used MRIs to look at the brain while patients received acupuncture treatment.  When a point on the little toe was used to address eye pain, because that point is on the channel that is connected to the eye, amazingly the part of the brain that regulates vision lit up on the MRI. 
My patients often ask me how acupuncture works, and it can be very difficult to explain.  The research on acupuncture and infertility is ongoing.  Many of the previous studies were too small to prove any significant results, and some studies even contradict each other.  This is partly due to the fact that TCM looks at each person as an individual.  There is no one particular treatment for everyone, so in order to perform randomized, double-blinded, repeatable studies, we must somewhat go against the grain of TCM and treat everyone the same.  Even when operating within the Western medical context of study protocols, a statistically significant positive relationship between acupuncture and ART outcomes is shown.  
More specifically, current acupuncture research has shown:
• Improved pregnancy rates during IVF treatment cycles
• Increased blood flow to the uterus
• Reduced stress and anxiety levels
In the most recent edition of the textbook Infertility and Assisted Reproduction (Cambridge University Press, 2008), an entire chapter is devoted to the impact of TCM on reproductive outcomes in the treatment of infertile couples (Magarelli, Cridennda, Cohen, pp. 576-603).  In short, integrating acupuncture into IVF may improve reproductive outcomes in the following ways:
• Fewer Miscarriages
• Fewer Ectopics
• More Pregnancies
• Fewer Multiples
• More Take Home Babies
According to Gabor Mate, M.D. (author of When the Body Says No, pub. John Wiley & Sons, 2003), three major stressors that can change your body are:
1. Loss of control
2. Lack of information or uncertainty
3. Emotional isolation (suppressing emotion, always doing for others, feeling alone)
That describes most of you who are on this fertility journey.  Find ways to help relieve the stressors in your world in order to allow your body to focus on your dream of having a healthy baby.  Acupuncture is one proven and effective way to do just that. 

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