Fertility & IVF Support
Enhancing Fertility with Acupuncture & Natural Medicine
At Revive Qi Health & Fertility Center, we are passionate about supporting women through all phases of their life. Our team collaborates with leading fertility centers, obstetrics & gynecology clinics, and midwives in Southern California to provide integrative fertility treatments including on-site IVF acupuncture support, acupuncture for natural fertility and intra-uterine support, and comprehensive herbal and supplement consultations for optimal emotional, hormonal and nutritional balance from preconception and pregnancy to postpartum.
At Revive Qi, you will receive fertility acupuncture and functional medicine treatments from university trained licensed acupuncturists and Chinese Medicine doctors who have specialized training in women’s health, natural and integrative fertility protocols. These protocols have been scientifically shown to increase natural fertility and IVF success rates.
We also incorporate Celluma LED Light therapy as part of our fertility acupuncture protocol to enhance egg quality and follicular development through activating the mitochondrial function in these cells. According to a recent study by EC Gynaecology, when the cells are exposed to laser light, the mitochondria will produce more ATP (cell energy). This will directly influence the egg cell, increasing the energy level and drastically increasing the chance of conceiving. The combination of acupuncture and Celluma LED Light therapy will optimize the environment in the abdominal area, creating the best conditions for pregnancy.
Enhance Your Fertility and Increase Your IVF Success Rate with Acupuncture
Acupuncture can improve follicle growth and development:
- By stimulating acupuncture points that can increase blood supply to the uterus and ovaries.
- A study published in 1996 in Human Reproduction concluded that electro-acupuncture treatment can increase blood flow to the uterine artery which led to thicker endometrial lining an increased implantation and pregnancy rate.
Acupuncture promotes fertility by:
- Stimulating the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis to balance hormone levels and promote ovulation.
- Regulating menstrual cycles and improving blood flow to the uterine artery, uterus, and ovaries.
- Assisting in the production of progesterone to maintain a healthy luteal phase. Progesterone builds the uterine lining to support implantation and maintain healthy pregnancy.
Acupuncture improves IVF Success Rate:
- A randomized study in Germany was conducted on 160 patients undergoing IVF ages 21 to 43. The acupuncture group received 25 minutes of acupuncture before and after embryo transfer. Control group received no acupuncture.
- Results: 34 of 80 patients (42.5%) in acupuncture group were pregnant. 21 of 80 patients (26.3%) in control group were pregnant.
Acupuncture can enhance male fertility factors:
- Male fertility factors account for 40% of all infertility cases.
- Acupuncture along with healthy lifestyle and dietary changes, Chinese herbs and supplements can help increase sperm count, enhance sperm motility and morphology, and increase semen volume.
Acupuncture reduces stress & anxiety:
- Stress can disrupt ovulation, cause irregular menstrual cycles, compromise the immune system, and affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients.
- Studies suggest that acupuncture can reduce stress and anxiety levels by increasing serotonin and endogenous opioid peptide levels (“happy hormones”) in the blood stream and decreasing cortisol levels (“stress hormones”) in the blood stream.
- Reducing stress and anxiety is essential to promoting fertility, having a healthy pregnancy and a happy baby. We time your treatment according to the phases of your cycle or IVF protocol to enhance follicular growth, ovulation, and implantation.
Acupuncture supports all phases of the IVF cycle:
- During the stimulation phase, acupuncture helps improve blood flow and drug delivery to the ovaries and uterus while reducing stress levels and side effects.
- After egg retrieval, acupuncture alleviates abdominal cramping and bloating which may be due to the high hormone levels and the empty follicles filling up with fluid again. This tends to quickly subside with acupuncture treatments, reducing any inflammation and tissue trauma, preparing a nice environment for the embryo implantation.
- During the transfer and implantation phase, acupuncture is shown to directly increase vascular response and suppress the sympathetic nervous system (“fight or flight response”) at the spinal-cord level, which increases blood flow to the uterus and ovaries, reduces any uterine contractions which can inhibit an embryo from successfully implanting. This leads to a higher rate of implantation of embryos and an increased rate of successful pregnancies.
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At Revive Qi, we have a team of highly trained fertility acupuncturists that provide onsite acupuncture treatments on the day of your IVF transfer.
Support is also provided for the following phases:
- Preconception
- Prenatal/Pregnancy
- Post Partum
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