A new patient arrived at Eagle Acupuncture after doing her own research about what she could be doing to get pregnant. Several doctors and a midwife too, had never thought to refer her directly to our fertility center. They sort of well, in the patients words, blew her off, over and over. Telling her she is young. Don't worry...it will happen. Try again. In 4 years, relatively little fertility testing was done for this patient.
She had 2 known miscarriages that simply devastated her, understandably. One miscarriage was very early but incredibly intense with a lot of bleeding and pain. She thinks she was only 5 weeks pregnant. The other miscarriage took much longer. On her 12th week appointment they so devastatingly discovered their baby had died at 9 weeks. Her complete miscarriage continued for 2 more weeks and at 14 weeks pregnant, it was all over.
6 more months passed with no pregnancy.
Finally, she asked her midwife about acupuncture and her response was YES! Of course! We love acupuncture. The patient, however, had to do her own research to find the expert whose approach to infertility was not surgery nor fertility drugs and her approach to miscarriage was not a prescription for hormones. It was different, but extremely effective.
When she walked in the door I thought she might very well be the youngest infertility patient I had ever treated. But at 22, with over 4 years of infertility and 2 miscarriages, I took her case very seriously just as I do with all of my infertility and miscarriage cases.
She hadn't had a lot of testing done in 4 years. Ever since her last miscarriage in July 2014, it was now December, she had very irregular cycles, painful menstruation, scanty or missing cervical fluid. Her hypo-thyroidism was being treated with Armour. She suffered from painful ovarian cysts, PMS with insomnia, sore breasts and dark menstrual blood during her cycle. She was prone to yeast infections and candida overgrowth. She wasn't ovulating every month and when she did, she had a short luteal phase; this is the time between ovulation and menstruation. In order to hold a baby appropriately, a woman needs 14 days for her luteal phase. She was getting sick, a lot, and no one was paying attention to that either. She was concerned.
I suspected PCOS was part of the problem, and it had never really been diagnosed. I wanted it ruled in or out even though I knew she had ovulatory problems. It was confirmed.
She had PCOS.
I also was gravely concerned that after 4 years of infertility, no semen analysis had ever been recommended. I suggested that immediately for her husband.
Her progesterone had never been tested either. I wanted it to be checked too.
Vitamin D, which some studies have shown women with low values are more prone to miscarriage was another missing blood test. This was something I felt critical we check.
Her progesterone was very low.
Her Vitamin D was low too.
Now, after 4 years of infertility, yet, only weeks with our fertility program, she was finally getting some answers.
I prescribed herbal medicine, dietary changes, heat therapy, e-stim, acupuncture twice a week and vitamin therapy, including vitamin D and progesterone cream.
After one month of treatment her cycle improved significantly, the color was no longer dark but instead she shed a nice bright, healthy, red. Her cervical fluid was becoming egg-like and stringy; the perfect transport for her husbands' semen. She was becoming fertile. Her luteal phase became longer as I strengthened what we call Kidney Yang Deficiency in MS-TCM (multi-system traditional chinese medicine) and she was hopeful.
Her anxiety was lowering, her sadness was slowly going away. Her grief was healing. She and her husband also decided to do a ritual to honor the children they had lost. They used a balloon to represent their babies and let it go up into the air until they no longer could see the balloon. This was very moving and healing for both of them.
3 months in to her fertility treatments at Eagle Acupuncture her husband's semen analysis came back. His sperm was dieing. The nurse told her, that her husband's semen was too thick, was dieing before it could ever possibly get close to fertilizing her egg and she had no other option other than IUI or eventually IVF.
The patient thanked her and immediately contacted us. We told her you have options. Yes, you can pursue IUI (intra-uterine insemmination and washing of his sperm) or IVF (in-vitro fertilization) or we can treat that with some minor changes. We gave them some suggestions on thinning his sperm and that cycle, the one where they were told they could never get pregnant; the one they thought their only option was IUI or IVF, is when they conceived all on their own with a natural infertility program at Eagle Acupuncture.
Never assume you are too young, or too old. Each case is different and has multiple factors influencing the ability to get or stay pregnant. Many couples despair when they hear that our center is not within driving distance from their home. Many of our successes come from patients who do consultations with us over the phone. Some are using our completely natural approach to infertility. Other couples who know they will eventually do IVF seek our expertise 3-9 prior to IVF to prepare their bodies for optimal results. We treat both female and male infertility factor and unexplained infertility in both partners.
Studies that analyzed over 1200 infertility cases proved that by utilizing this MS-TCM fertility program prior to IVF increase live baby rates by 50%. 50% is a huge increase. It saves the couples from lost money and reduced their heartache.
If you are reading this, it may be time to try something different. Call us for your consult and fertility program personalized and tailored to your body and personal history (208)938-1277.
Pictured Here An Actual Miracle Baby from our Infertility Program
At Eagle Acupuncture in Eagle, Idaho
This Baby is unique, as they all are, but in more than one way. She was born to a mother who had an identical twin. Both identical twins were struggling with infertility. This baby's mother sought our treatment yet, her twin sister did not, at least not yet. Once this precious miracle was born, the twin sister, sought our expertise too and not very long after she too was pregnant and gave birth.
Eagle Acupuncture Fertility Center Eagle, Idaho
128 S Eagle Road #220 Eagle, Idaho 83616
(208) 938-1277
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