Friday, March 6, 2015

You Can't Beat God: Challenges After You Conquer Infertility

100% Success in a study?  Who has ever heard of that?  We can do that. In fact, we did it this week. 

At Eagle Acupuncture we always suggest our patients follow up with us within the first  1-2 weeks after having given birth.  There are many reasons for this including but not limited to checking on her emotional state, post-partum depression, anxiety, or uncontrollable crying, pain, achy muscles, flu-like symptoms, neck pain, back pain, wrist pain, bladder infection, constipation (from pain meds), loose stool (from anti-biotics) and insufficient lactation.  We also want to know if the babies are thriving as we can treat them too.


The fragility of previously "infertile" patients who now, after years of waiting, are actually holding their babies is far more potent than a couple who conceived easily, on their own. 
There are also medical reasons that related to insufficient lactation one of which is PCOS. As though these women, who have struggled so long to get pregnant and stay pregnant, need another hurdle to jump through in motherhood.

What you don't hear about is insufficient blood unable to transform into breast milk.   Traditional Chinese medicine views insufficient lactation in this way and it's quite interesting and poetic.  The menstrual fluid that once flowed, then ceased to nourish the baby is then released as purified milk to then nourish the child after birth.  Women also lose a lot of blood giving birth vaginally and via c-section. This further depletes their milk supply.  Liver Qi contraint binds the milk ducts in the breasts making it difficult to express milk (this presents in women with very full breasts but no expulsion), or Spleen Qi Deficiency is for soft breasts that just have no milk to give or very little. 

But not to worry if you don't understand these very old medical terms.  All you need to remember is: if you find yourself, your sister, your friend, your cousin or your daughter is faced with insufficient lactation, you now know what to do and it isn't opening a can of formula.  Read on to see how you can never beat God.


Our patient came in and was struggling with insufficient milk production.  She had met with all the specialists, the lactation consultants, her pediatrician and of course had followed up with her OBGYN.  No one had referred her to us, but thankfully she kept her post-partum follow-up visit with us. 

The number one reason women stop breast feeding is low milk supply.  We all know by now the unbelievable healthy nutrients, immune boosting benefits and emotional bonding, that breast feeding provides babies; far better than formula.  As I like to say "You can't beat God", or the natural innate ability of your body to heal, provide and produce.

We consoled her and said it was ok, we will treat her and she will be fine, just wait and see.  She had shared that she could only pump out one ounce of milk.  Her breasts were not full and it concerned her.  Not being able to feed your baby is a tremendous burden many mothers are faced with.  It is another way they feel they are failing.  The feelings they had when they were once an "infertile" is now haunting them again, my body is broken. They want so desperately to do what is best for their babies. 

One acupuncture treatment and she returned two days later to report that her milk was squirting out as she fed her babies. One treatment. We of course are going to follow up with her twice weekly for a couple of month to secure her milk production, build blood, course the liver and tonify the spleen.

If this is news to you.  Please share.  Share with your friends, your daughters, your grand-daughters.  Plant the seed of information now.  Women have the right to know that they are not broken, their bodies can do what they are meant to do and it doesn't have to include any risk to them or their babies.

This clinical observation has showed a 100% success with acupuncture for increasing milk supply...100%.  Now that is something to talk about. Follow this link to read more about Acupuncture for insufficient lactation.

Consults available via phone for women's health concerns and medical problems including: infertility, post partum and menopausal challenges: www.EagleAcupuncture.com

100% Success Clinical Study:
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19004195

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