HATFIELD ACUPUNCTURE
28 December 2013 2 Comments
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Acupuncture for fertility
Helping couples prepare for pregnancy and childbirth
Why Acupuncture for fertility?
Acupuncture for fertility
With over 35 years of experience, Hatfield Practice provides best practices and ensures optimum reproductive health. Acupuncture for fertility works alongside and complements conventional Western medicine. We provide couples with as much contact and support as they need. The best outcome is that you are happy and know you have the right people on your side. Acupuncture for fertility improves couples’ chances of natural conception and can help them progress physically and emotionally towards a stress-free, safe, and healthy pregnancy and birth.
Acupuncture Compliments IVF
Hatfield Practice provides treatments to prepare you and your body for pregnancy and childbirth and offers postnatal support treatments. Fertility acupuncture can be used successfully alongside IVF, and it can be practised safely before, during, and after pregnancy. The Acupuncturist can provide a wealth of knowledge and support for couples and individuals looking to conceive.
Acupuncture helps increase blood flow to the ovaries, enhancing the environment for developing follicles and improving the condition and thickness of the uterus’s endometrial lining. It also helps optimise both male and female reproductive systems, establishing hormonal balance and calming the nervous system. One factor is that stress can disrupt the hypothalamic-pituitary axis for male and female partners, causing hormonal imbalances that negatively impact fertility. Acupuncture can calm and improve feelings of well-being.
Acupuncture for fertility can help regulate the effects of stress hormones by reducing stress’s negative impacts on the nervous system. This allows the patient to relax the system and supports the natural, healthy balance of fertility hormones. Acupuncture is well researched and helps emotionally by reducing stressor hormones.
Male Fertility: Sperm Quality
Western medicine may tend to bypass the problem of there being too few healthy sperm to fertilise an egg naturally by using IVF and ICSI – which involves injecting sperm directly into the egg. However, as children conceived through IVF and ICSI have a slightly higher risk of birth defects compared to children conceived naturally, it makes sense to try to improve the sperm quality. This may be done naturally through acupuncture and by positively influencing your diet and lifestyle.
If needed, we will support and guide you through the process. Couples feel much better working towards common goals. If you respond well, your health will improve, and you may be able to conceive naturally.
Several clinical studies have found that acupuncture can significantly improve sperm quality and motility. It is thought that acupuncture may enhance male fertility by improving hormone levels and testicular blood flow. In general, acupuncture helps by reducing inflammation and stress levels, which can undoubtedly harm male fertility.
Male fertility problems often fall into three main categories: low sperm count, reduced motility and poor morphology. Blockage of sperm pathways and damage to the sperm from high heat or generalised infection may play a part. Importantly, because sperm takes three months to mature, Acupuncture treatment should start before the ideal conception time.
Advice and Support Where It Matters Most
The acupuncturist will communicate personally and supportively throughout your journey treatment. Your acupuncturist may be contacted out of hours and may provide advice and support when needed. These days, communication is straightforward via text messages and mobiles. We do our utmost to add a personal touch by getting to know you well. We are there 100% for you all the way.
We understand that staying in contact and encouraging during stressful periods is essential. We believe that acupuncture for fertility works best when it’s alongside and complementing conventional Western medicine.
Perhaps it is worth mentioning that there are many reasons for our success stories at the Hatfield Practice. Our sensitive and personable approach helps; it is second to none. Significantly, we care, and our attention to detail and combining medical science with traditional acupuncture contribute to our success levels.
What to expect
Your first consultation can take anything from 45 mins up to an hour
What To Expect
You can expect the best possible experience. During the first fertility consultation visit, the acupuncturist will take a detailed medical history from you. The consultation and treatment will take around an hour. The acupuncturist will gently but thoroughly explore any current issues and lifestyle factors.
The first acupuncture appointment is in-depth; any medical history questions may relate to your personal experiences, family medical history, diet, digestion, sleeping habits, and emotional health. Acupuncture for fertility is focused on the whole body, internal systems, and overall health, so you might feel that some questions appear unrelated to your condition.
The acupuncturist will formulate a treatment plan based on your information and share everything personally with you.
Your First Treatment
Each fertility Acupuncture treatment is personal and tailored to your body’s needs. It’s essential to bring all your medical and fertility history, such as any medication supplements or your first fertility acupuncture consultation, as it will help us understand you and your body.
It’s also vital to bring along any recent test results. After the consultation and acupuncture treatment, there will always be time for further questions.
In our experience, wearing loose clothing for your treatment is best. It’s also advisable to avoid eating a large meal, drinking alcohol, or drinking strong coffee before treatment. As always, we will do our best to make you feel at home and support you as much as needed. Leave the worry with us.
Gentle Acupuncture Techniques
Hatfield Practice uses particularly gentle acupuncture techniques for fertility treatments. The practitioner will use fine, single-use, pre-sterilised needles to treat specific acupuncture points around your body. The points used are not always close to where you would expect. Treatments are personal and sensitively considered; most people find Acupuncture relaxing, often falling asleep and feeling very calm after a treatment.
Rebalance and Relax
Acupuncture for fertility primarily stimulates the release of endorphins and serotonin, naturally produced chemicals that rebalance and relax the nervous system. Traditional Chinese Acupuncture is a highly skilled profession that takes around four years to train and many years to perfect. It is an entirely natural approach to health and provides an effective way to help your body prepare for pregnancy.
Both of You?
Acupuncture for fertility treatment is about both partners working together towards a happy outcome. The acupuncture treatments are personal, sensitive, and professional. They are effective, gentle, and individual. Our advice is not to get too stressed or serious. Research suggests that Acupuncture helps your body wind down and relax by stimulating stress-busting endorphins and physiologically improving blood supply to the reproductive system.
The practitioners are trained and are there for you all the way. You may even have fun while trying to get healthier for your baby. You may be encouraged to set small goals and reward yourself when you reach them.
We will provide you with Basal body temperature charts and thermometers to determine when you will most likely conceive. Conception is dependent on age, genetics, medical history and, of course, lifestyle. You have the best chance of conception, a potentially problem-free pregnancy, and a healthy baby if you follow a few simple guidelines that we will provide.
Does Age Matter?
Yes, age does matter; in a way, it does; that is the most straightforward answer. However, we will do our best to improve your health, stress, and knowledge. Conception depends on age, genetics, medical history, and, of course, lifestyle. We will provide you with the confidence and expertise to increase the odds of conception, whatever your age. However, following a few simple guidelines will give you the best chance of conception, a potentially problem-free pregnancy, and a healthy baby. The acupuncturist will explore every angle that may positively or negatively influence your health.
Male Reproductive Health
It’s essential to understand your partner’s reproductive health. With men, reproductive health is influenced if the man has a low sperm count, poor sperm morphology, or low motility. All can be scientifically examined and tested. Worked at and improved or found a progressive solution. Your fertility and subsequent pregnancy depend on many factors; the acupuncture for fertility consultation will help you successfully explore your needs.
If you wish to speak to Helen Taylor-Weekes personally, contact us at 01707 888229. We will arrange a callback.
Induction-style acupuncture
We also provide induction-style acupuncture treatments to help prepare you and your body for birth. The Hatfield Practice is set up for postnatal support and treatments such as pregnancy massage and Pregnancy Physiotherapy.
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