Diet and / or Egg Quality:
You are probably going to have to change how you eat. Egg quality is key in fertility along with sperm quality, both you and your partner can eat together ! There are two schools of thought currently on how to eat for fertility. I am more of the middle of the road kind of woman, so I do not believe in completely restricting everything, BUT if you are really struggling to conceive, you may need to consider more drastic lifestyle changes, and these include your partner. Sperm quality AND egg quality are where it's at. You have two main dietary Choices, Keto & the Mediterranean diet. After we do your initial intake, we can customize your diet to your body type. The key concept is to get enough Protein & Healthy fats. Click the link below to our blog on Diet for Fertility. I recommend these two books to give you a start. It starts with the Egg And The Egg Quality Diet It takes 90 days for an egg to develop, Ideally when you start treatment with us, we could work on your health for at least 90 days, along with your partners health. The healthier your eggs, if you have a daughter, the healthier HER eggs will be. Isn't that mind blowing? Here is a pdf with some recipes, that look super yummy to me! |
Supplements & Herbs:
Many women are resistant to chinese herbs. They are honestly a key part of Chinese Medicine. Acupuncture is considered the Qi aspect of this medicine and Herbs are the more substantial/ physical part. It's ideal if you can do a BBT chart. That can help us find where the imbalance is. A woman's period is amazing in that it can reveal your inner health/ workings. In Chinese Medicine the cycle is divided into four parts. Different lifestyle habits/ dietary changes/change in herbs and supplements for each phase are ideal in regulating your cycle / hormones. Week 1 : Your menses, we need to move and engender/ nourish your blood. Week 2: Follicular Phase: We need to nourish your Yin and blood. Week 3ish/ Ovulation: We need to course your liver, this is going into the yang part of the cycle, we need to warm you up, energize you. If you are trying to conceive, we need healthy levels of progesterone to help maintain the pregnancy. Week 4: The luteal phase/ Yang phase, as described above. |
Arvada Location:
Located on the ground floor in the Delvecchio Chiropractic Office 7595 66th Ave. Arvada, CO 80005 |
Boulder Location:
Located in the Corca Center 4440 Arapahoe Ave Suite 215 Boulder, CO 80303 |