If you’re just beginning to think about becoming pregnant, infertility may not be on your radar. However, if you’ve been trying to get pregnant for more than a few months, questions about your fertility may be very much at the front of your mind. It can be confusing to know when you should worry or start thinking about … [Read more...]
Trying to Get Pregnant? Eight Things Not to Do
If you’re trying to get pregnant and find that it’s taking longer than you think it should, you’re not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about 10 percent of women have difficulty getting or staying pregnant. If you’re actively trying to conceive or thinking about it in the near future, you’ve … [Read more...]
Five Ways Your Thyroid Can Affect Fertility
Your thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland that’s located at the front of your neck. Despite being small, your thyroid has a large impact on many—if not all—of your body’s systems. That’s because your thyroid produces hormones that regulate your metabolism. It impacts things like your digestion, energy, internal … [Read more...]
Diet Tips to Improve Fertility for Women with PCOS
The road to becoming pregnant can be a challenge, especially for women who have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS. Affecting somewhere between 8 and 20 % of reproductive-aged women, PCOS is a metabolic and hormonal disorder that may cause your ovaries to become enlarged with small, fluid-filled cysts. These cysts are … [Read more...]
How Many Acupuncture Treatments Do I Need Going Into an IVF Cycle?
Q: “When you are working with fertility patients, what do you recommend in terms of acupuncture treatments going into an IVF cycle”? A: Depending on our patients needs, budget and time we work with a few different options: · The Stener-Victorin study showed an increase in IVF success with 8 treatments 2 times a … [Read more...]
Infertility Treatments and Drugs – You Have Choices
At BodaHealth a large part of our practice is helping patients have children. We work with a wide range of patients, including males, females, same sex couples, single women, women who are donating eggs, women who are using donor eggs or donor embryos, surrogates, patients undergoing IVF, IUIs, those working with donor … [Read more...]
