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acupuncture fertility
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Jill Blakeway, LAc, is a practitioner in New York at the The YinOva Center. Her focus is on women's health and she also has an informative fertility and pregnancy blog. Jill has a book about acupuncture and fertility titled: "Making Babies: a proven three-month program for maximum fertility." The book will focus on foods, lifestyle changes, and timing conception, and willbe available this summer.
In the meantime, have a look at Fertilityinfo.com for an informative list of foods to eat while trying to conceive. Some of this list includes organic foods whenever possible, and eliminating alcohol and caffeine and trans fats. Check out the list of nutrient rich fertility diet, and watch the video.
p.s. from the YinOva Center Blog - the post that is helping me break up with coffee....
Julianne at 30 weeks
In researching good online site for posting, I wanted to share a few educational blogs that focus on fertility. The blog from the Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness in New York City. Dr. Berkley just wrote a great post on the difference between Western treatment and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment of infertility. He talks about how the Western methods (drugs, surgeries, in-vitro fertilization, and intra-uterine fertilization) are necessary to promote a more fertile environment for some cases, but also includes how TCM can often regulate the system that may be the cause of infertility naturally.
Natural Fertility Info is another great site that discusses acupuncture and other forms of natural ways to to conceive. They have links to videos on using castor oil packs, dietary and herbal recommendations, and other great information (they even have a fertility smoothie recipe!). I also They have a lot of good tips on promoting male fertility.
The Fertility Acupuncturist has a more TCM-based approach to fertility, and has several posts about omega 3 fatty acids and fertility, as well as information about charting fertility and using the basal body temperature to track cycles.
I found this video on the Lorne Brown's clinic blog for the Acubalance Wellness Center in Vancouver, British Columbia. It's a very informative video that discusses fertility assistance, and the doctor on the show, Dr. Dao, gives some interesting information in regards to health before becoming pregnant. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfVY4Z7cA0M&eurl=http://www.acubalance.ca/content/tao-fertility-today-show[/youtube]
The Acubalance site and blog have a lot of great information in regards to fertility, and and I recommend exploring the rest of www.acubalance.ca.
The book recommended in the video is called the Dao of Fertility. You can read more about Dr. Dao and his book at his site: www.taoofwellness.com. He has a practice in California, and is business partner is the author of the book Secrets of Self-Healing. Enjoy!