You can get a Basal Body Thermometer (BBT) at most drug stores or online and a BBT chart to record your temperatures is also easily found online. Start charting your temperature on the first day of your period which is considered the first day of your cycle. Take your temperature
OPKs are very easy to work with and most come with clear instructions on how to use them. Generally speaking you will test your urine by using the OPK indicator stick in the early afternoon starting around day 9 of your menstrual cycle. Drinking a little less water in the
Many times couples come to my office under the impression that they may have infertility problems. They may have been trying to conceive for six months or more with no results. Very often the solution is wonderfully simple: they have been trying at the wrong time! They don’t need clomid
How do you know when is the right time of the month to try to conceive? At what time of the month are you at your most fertile? Most of us don’t realize that the right time for conception is just four or five days a month in the days
Let’s talk about acupuncture and IVF. First the million dollar question: DOES ACUPUNCTURE INCREASE IVF SUCESS RATES? The million dollar answer is YES. You do not have to take my word for it; multiple studies published in peer reviewed top medical journals around the world agree with me. The British
The other day a beautiful 40 year old yoga teacher come into my office seeking acupuncture to help her get pregnant. We sat down and started talking about options and strategies and she revealed that she was planning on doing IVF or in vitro fertilization and had heard acupuncture could
My patients ask me about stress all the time. Can stress be causing their migraines? Keeping them from getting pregnant? Making them sick in some way? We all have stress in our lives… jobs, kids, family, parents, illness. There are very few times in life where things are just rolling
Many doctors will tell you that your eggs are only as good as your worst FSH level. We would disagree. FSH can spike due to stress, a death in the family, as a result of fertility treatments and many other things. Very often when the stressors are reduced FSH comes
I am an avid kiteboarder, snowboarder and have practiced yoga for over 20 years. Needless to say I have plenty of experience treating and suffering from sports injuries. Last spring I tore my ACL (ripping a really nice wave ripped my acl, go figure) and was told I needed full