Coping With Infertility In 2024

If you are or think you may be facing infertility issues, you should know that you are not alone and that there are many options out there to consider for just about every case. As we move into 2024 and start a new year, it is a great time to stop, reflect, and plan for your future year of battling infertility issues. Exploring acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine as an option to treat infertility and general emotional and physical well-being is a great place to start. We hope you will think of us at Eagle Acupuncture as your experts in this field. Here’s to 2024 being the year of your dreams coming true, finally!

Find Ways To Cope With Infertility Through Distractions

Having fertility issues and dealing with them can be so stressful. Treatments are often expensive, take a long time and can even be painful:  as anyone who has gone through the trials and tribulations of IVF can tell you. But, there are ways to help you deal with the stress of these issues so you can focus on the brighter side of life instead of always focusing on conceiving and fertility. Some couples deal with infertility by signing up for a race together, joining a book club, volunteering at a local non-profit, or even just taking long, relaxing walks together can help. 

Seeking Treatment For Your Fertility Issues, Specifically Through Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

One way to both help you feel psychologically and physically better while going through something as tough as fertility issues is to try acupuncture therapy. This will help your mood and physical well-being feel better with every treatment.  Acupuncture is in itself an excellent way to treat fertility related issues and even to increase fertility itself. Our herbal medicine gets to the root cause of your infertility looking at patterns in your body that affect fertility. These patterns offer insight into disease and disharmony that have been treated in billions of people over thousands of years. One of the reasons our medicine is so effective, and only 5% of our patients actually ever need to be referred out for IVF, is because our herbal medicine is complex, patient specific, individualized medicine and balanced far beyond a single herb therapies. The key is being a master herbalist in the most complex, sophisticated,  and balanced herbal medicine known to mankind. Acupuncturists, naturopaths, chiropractors, pelvic health therapists and herbalists seek out our expertise when needing help with infertility. Even Reproductive Endocrinologist, who perform IVF daily, refer their patients and even their wives to our very own “Babymaker”, Kristen Burris, L.Ac. who has been helping couples get and stay pregnant for over 24 years now. Give us a call to schedule your first appointment today and let us know that you are looking to get fertility related acupuncture care. We can help.

Acupuncture Is A Proven Treatment For Infertility

There are so many different treatment options when it comes to infertility including everything from Clomid, IUIs, and IVF. These options are often expensive, many patients choose to travel out of state adding the expense and is also physically and mentally difficult, and unfortunately don’t always offer a very high success rate. One treatment that is often overlooked is acupuncture. At Eagle Acupuncture we have a 71-91% success rate within the first year of treatment and a 39-58% success rate with each subsequent year of treatment thereafter. Some months 100% of our infertility patients great pregnant. The ranges in percentages vary based off of age, complexity of case, solo female factor or combination of female factor with male factor and a history of miscarriage. Only 5% of our patients are ever referred out for IVF. That in an of itself is a miracle considering 100% of patients who have tried for 6-12 months and are going the traditional route are referred out to IVF.  Kristen Burris L.Ac., is a fertility expert and would love to help you achieve your family goals. She is able to treat the most challenging fertility and miscarriage cases including (but not limited to):

  • Habitual Miscarriage

  • PCOS

  • POR- Poor Ovarian Reserve

  • Poor Egg Quality

  • Failed IVF

  • Failed IUI

  • Low AMH

  • High FSH

  • Auto-Immune Conditions

  • Endometriosis

  • Thin Uterine Lining

  • Blood Clotting Disorder

  • Hashimoto’s 

  • Thyroid Disorders

  • Anovulation

  • Recurring Infections

  • Painful Intercourse 

  • Advanced Maternal Age

  • Age Related Infertility 

  • Unexplained Female Infertility

  • Male Factor including but not limited to: Poor Sperm Count, Low Motility, Poor Morphology, Unexplained Male Infertility: When Semen Analysis is good but your partner is still not pregnant

For The Road

We hope you enjoyed learning about infertility treatment options. If you would like to know more about this or any of our excellent services, we are happy to help. Just contact us and we can go over your options and help you find the best path for your health and fertility goals. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation for acupuncture, herbal medicine, functional medicine, supplements or lifestyle modifications, please reach out to us HERE. We offer telemedicine for those who are not within driving distance from our office.

Colin Eggleston