Introduction: Taking Advantage of IVF Acupuncture in Portland In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is a process of fertilizing eggs with sperm outside the body to improve chances of conception. It involves stimulating a woman’s ovaries to produce from 2-15 eggs at a time. Hence allowing the sperm to fertilize the eggs in a lab, either […]
Acupuncture is a type of health care that falls under the system of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which originated 3000 years ago. In simplest terms, acupuncture involves the insertion of very fine needles into specific sites in the body to affect health. These points lie within specific areas that serve to improve circulation, regulate nervous system […]
It’s common to become concerned about the state of our fertility when we start planning to have a baby. If you’re making the transition from preventing pregnancy to starting a family, you may be wondering about the following questions about fertility. Let us help answer them. Top 5 Questions About Fertility 1. Can I increase […]
Improve IVF Success with Acupuncture Part 1: Preparing for IVF Have you made the difficult decision to do IVF after trying everything else to get pregnant? While it’s true that IVF is no one’s first choice, fortunately there are ways to help your fertility cycles go more smoothly and be more successful using acupuncture and […]
I am happy to share with you this great podcast, Grow Cook Heal, by my colleague and friend, Jill Blakeway. Jill is an acupuncturist in New York City and runs a fantastic clinic called the YinOva Center. You might recognize her — she’s been all over the media after publishing her excellent books, Making Babies, […]
It is the start of another lovely week here in Portland. It is October, yet we are strangely having 70-degree weather here. Still, it is a welcome reprieve from the intense heat wave we experienced over summer. Despite my origins in the deep south, I do not like the extreme heat! Glad we are finally […]
by Lee Hullender Rubin, DAOM, LAc In the last 15 years, I have had the good fortune of helping thousands of women and men build their families. I provided acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as either a stand-alone natural fertility treatment or integrated into an assisted reproductive cycle. I typically observed good outcomes, but […]
by Lee Hullender Rubin, DAOM, LAc In my new IVF acupuncture research study, Impact of Traditional Chinese Medicine on In Vitro Fertilization Outcomes, I looked at IVF birth outcomes in women who received an embryo transfer with fresh donor or non-donor embryos from 2005 to 2010. In the last post, I talked a little bit […]
I love my work. Sometimes however, I can’t fit everything I want to share with someone in our visit. To help support patients in their daily living and help them achieve their family building or wellness goals, I’m always looking for resources. Since my last post, a couple of new books were released that I […]
How Does Acupuncture Help Infertility? I love sharing patient resources, and I’m very happy to present one produced by my UK acupuncture colleague, Irina Szmelskyj. In this video, you can see we share the same views on how acupuncture helps infertility. In essence, Irina distilled the down the key points of my blog series on […]
