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Acupuncture can help balance your hormones.

Advanced Maternal Age

In today’s society it has become quite common for a woman to consider having a baby at the age of 35 or older.   As a woman ages, her ovaries age more rapidly than the rest of her body, and difficulties in becoming pregnant begin to increase.  The ovaries naturally atrophy, and their hormone response diminishes.  Although this is the natural process of getting older, environmental stressors and dietary factors contribute to the function of this system, as well.  This is good news, because just as your body responds negatively to poor diet, drugs, toxins, and stress hormones, it will respond positively to a healthy diet, lifestyle changes, and assistance from acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

It takes more than three menstrual cycles (approx: 100-120 days) from the time of follicular growth to the release of the egg, ovulation.  Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine have been proven to nourish the ovaries and the uterus, improve the function of the ovaries, regulate hormones, and restore the reproductive system.

By combining Acupuncture with Chinese herbal medicine, a fertility diet, lifestyle counseling, and stress management, women with advanced maternal age experience remarkable results.  FSH levels decrease, egg quality improves, and menstrual cycles regulate.   Not only will you notice an overall sense of health and well-being, you will increase your chances of becoming pregnant and carrying your baby to term.