Article by Lily Douglas

If your aim is to get pregnant, use natural fertility help first prior to choosing medical remedies. Natural fertility treatments have been used since the old times. Not only will they aid fertility, but also help you to live a healthier, happy life. In this article we’ll look at various natural medicine solutions you can utilize to help you conceive. The ‘Natural Fertility” technique itself focuses on the right pregnancy preparation beginning one hundred twenty days prior to conception. This subject is reviewed in excellent detail in other posts on this website. In this article we are going to look at extra natural cures you can employ to help you in getting a safe pregnancy.

Qigong – which means working with the energy of life is a Chinese technique based on the concept that the body is composed of energy. A person becomes ill if the internal energies coursing in her body become blocked.

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“You’re my last chance, doc. I’ve tried everything.”

As an acupuncturist for 25 years, I’ve heard this many times. I can’t blame people, Oriental medicine may be very old, but in America, it’s new. People just don’t know about it, and what they do know may sound very strange. And let’s face it, the idea of someone sticking needles in you is a little scary.

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im 24, perfectly healthy. male factor issues and using donor sperm with ICSI. i will begin Lupron on the 13th this month, stopping BCP (ocella) on the 18th and continue with the Lupron until the 25th when i decrease my dose to 5units instead of 10 and begin my gonadotropins (bravelle 2amps/menopur 1amp) my baseline ultra snd is the 22nd, and ive been having fertility acupuncture done once a week for about a month now. i eat well and do fertility yoga too….positive thinking and whatnot…i dont think theres anything more i cld possibly do to increase my chances of this working the first time?! but if you know of any feel free to chime in!!! oh! and i have been on a prenatal for months! we started trying in Dec 09′ with IUI’s which i rly thought was our ticket to parenthood, weeell 7 IUI’s pills, shots later…still nothing. Ive had an HSG done that came bk all good. had my CD3 blood work done to chk E2 levels which also came back “great” says my RE. i guess im just nervous, impatient and everything in between!!! trying my best to stay calm and positive!! anybody else doing IVF this month? i cant wait to get this show on the road!!!

More the stress that it could cause to the baby and may force and unplanned C section. What about acupuncture? Thank you in advance.