Fertility and Pre-Conception Care
Fertility Care
You may be just starting to try for pregnancy, or perhaps it has been several months and you are beginning to wonder why you are not getting pregnant. Pregnancy can be an elusive thing- have you ever stopped to think about all that needs to happen for a new human to begin it’s life? The number of steps is astounding, and it is no surprise that many of us have difficulty getting pregnant in this complex world of ours. You are not alone, and there is so much we can do to improve your fertility!
Whether you are open to reproductive technologies, or want to do this 100% naturally, Naturopathic Medicine has a lot to offer you and your future child in creating not only a healthy conception and pregnancy, but also insuring that the building blocks that create that new life are of the highest quality possible so that your baby can enjoy a healthy childhood into adulthood.
Working with you on your fertility is one of Dr. Achuff’s greatest pleasures in practice. Treatment plans are uniquely created with an understanding of who you are, where the challenges to conception and pregnancy lie, and how you are visioning your future family. Our work together can be a stand-alone approach, or we can work in coordination with the fertility clinic, your acupuncturist, and any other people you have trusted with your healthcare needs.
Pre-Conception Care
Pre-Conception care is the best investment you can make toward an easy conception, a solid and healthy pregnancy, and a robust child. In an ideal world, people begin this process 6 months in advance of trying to conceive (TTC). This is an incredible time for you to get clear on so many aspects of your life, and to create a vision for where you (and your partner) are going as you plan your family.
Naturopathic Pregnancy Planning Includes
- Individualized assessment of you and your partner’s health
- Lifestyle and stress management solutions
- Arvigo Techniques of Mayan Abdominal Therapy™ (incredible for enhancing fertility)
- Optimizing nutrition (essential for proper hormone functioning, healthy sperm and eggs, and much more!)
- Resetting your system after the use of hormonal contraceptives
- Regulation of your menstrual cycles and hormone balancing
- Laboratory assessment of blood markers, hormones, and other functions that may affect fertility
- Supporting your body’s elimination of toxic substances and environmental pollutants
- Cycle and Basal Body Temperature tracking support
- Balancing of any underlying health concerns
Did You Know
- Naturopathic Pre-Conception and Fertility Support is an investment in not only your pregnancy and post-partum period, but also the life-long health for your child
- Naturopathic Care can be adjunctive with the reproductive endocrinologists/ fertility clinics
- The egg and sperm both have a 3 month “development” period as they get ready to meet one another- to have higher quality “building blocks” for your pregnancy, please allow 3 months of us working together before TTC or doing an egg harvest/ sperm collection. (I will explain this in more detail at your first appointment)
- Fertility challenges can happen for many reasons, including:
- nutritional deficiencies
- genetic and epigenetic factors (ie SNP’s)
- heavy toxic load in your system or your partner’s system
- high stress levels in you or your partner
- food intolerances or allergies
- hormone dysregulation
- gut dysbiosis
- scar tissue in the pelvis, uterus, or fallopian tubes (there are -non-surgical solutions for these!)
- and numerous other factors…
- The fertility clinic will not help you tease apart these factors; they will help you get a baby. But if these factors have not been addressed, you are not setting up your child for lifelong health