Timing is Everything: When to Start Acupuncture for Boosting Fertility

Timing is Everything: When to Start Acupuncture for Boosting Fertility

When it comes to acupuncture for fertility, the answer to the question, "When should I start acupuncture if I want help conceiving?" is now.

It takes about three months for an egg to reach maturity and be ready for fertilization. This means the eggs that are ready this cycle started developing three months ago. If you’re looking to conceive in the next few months, it's important to start preparing your body now.

This recommendation applies whether you’re pursuing natural conception, undergoing ART, or embarking on an IVF cycle. To optimize the benefits of any therapy aimed at improving your chances of conception, we suggest beginning your treatments at least three months before you intend to conceive. The best outcomes are achieved when support is provided well in advance, giving your body the time to select the optimal egg.

How Acupuncture Can Help:

1. Balancing Hormone Levels:

Acupuncture helps regulate both male and female hormone levels, ensuring the body produces the necessary reproductive hormones needed for conception.

2. Regulating Menstrual Cycles: 

By enhancing communication between the brain and ovaries, acupuncture can help regulate your menstrual cycle, promoting ovulation and normal hormone production.

3. Improving Blood Flow: 

It enhances blood flow to the uterus and ovaries, increasing the likelihood of implantation.

4. Reducing Stress And Promoting Relaxation: 

Acupuncture helps reduce stress and anxiety, fostering relaxation, which is crucial for couples trying to conceive. High stress levels trigger the production of cortisol and adrenaline, negatively impacting reproductive hormones. Chronic stress can disrupt your menstrual cycle and impair normal ovulation.

“How much acupuncture do I need?”

Since our treatments are customized to meet your unique needs, there is no one-size-fits-all answer. Several key factors influence the number of acupuncture sessions you might require to enhance your fertility and increase your chances of conceiving sooner. Whether you are trying to conceive naturally or through ART, your treatments will be tailored to your specific situation, aimed at regulating hormones, providing nutrient-dense, richly oxygenated blood flow to your reproductive organs, minimizing stress responses, and calming your nervous system to support conception. Clinically, more frequent visits tend to have a greater impact.

A great guideline is to have treatments weekly for 12 weeks, then re-evaluate if necessary. If you are dealing with known issues affecting conception, we will assess and define a treatment schedule to positively impact your outcome.

Dr. Lee Hullender Rubin’s groundbreaking work found a significant increase in conception and live birth rates among those receiving at least 9-12 acupuncture sessions before undergoing IVF. The benefit of acupuncture comes from its cumulative effect. Just like medications, where one dose is not enough to achieve full benefit, acupuncture requires more than a single session. It is a gradual process that regulates the body to function at its highest level.

We’d love to be a part of your journey. Book an appointment to get your questions answered and start on the path to conception!