Optimize your Fertility Program.

This fertility program blends traditional Chinese medicine with Western science. It has been helping couples and single women -- many previously diagnosed as infertile -- conceive naturally, improve the effectiveness of Western assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs), minimize the difficulties of pregnancy and childbirth, improve male fertility issues and carry, and deliver healthy babies.

This program provides treatment, tools, and guidelines for the three stages of pregnancy care: preconception, prenatal, and postpartum.

Treatments for women and men consist of acupuncture and/or acupressure, supplements and herbal remedies; homeopathic remedies. It has been proven that food intake and lifestyle greatly affect fertility. We will also recommend eating/drinking guidelines as well as lifestyle modifications which may include stress reduction,  breathing exercises and so on…

Acupuncture treatments also improve pregnancy and childbirth. Women undergoing ARTs experience fewer side effects. Expectant mothers have greater vitality, brighter outlooks, less nausea -- and full-term pregnancies. Labor lasts four to six hours instead of days. Mothers bounce back without depression or fatigue and with better long-term reproductive health. Babies are calmer. Male issues are improved.

• Allow your body three to six months to prepare for a pregnancy. During this time plan on coming in for acupuncture and acupressure once a week. If you're undergoing an IVF cycle, Dr. Olga Cappuccio, ND may suggest coming in more frequently.
• When you visit the clinic for your first treatment, bring the results of any Western medical hormone-level tests (FSH/LH) taken within three months. For your male partner, please bring any information related to sperm count or motility.
• It is important that Dr. Olga Cappuccio, ND diagnose your male partner. Even if his sperm count is normal and no Western diagnosis has been given, Chinese medicine may detect stress, imbalances, or other unforeseen variables with an impact on fertility.
• Dr.Olga Cappuccio, ND may prescribe herbs/supplements and ask you to follow a fertility diet. There may be different herbs for the first and second halves of your cycle. Dr.Olga Cappuccio, ND may prescribe additional herbs for your unique condition.
• Once you have conceived, it is important to continue coming for treatments to increase your chances of securing your pregnancy.  
• Dr.Olga Cappuccio, ND recommends acupuncture twice a week during the first trimester and once a week during the last six to eight weeks of pregnancy. You should continue herbs throughout your pregnancy.
• Post-partum care is an integral part of Dr.Olga Cappuccio, ND treatment plan. The sooner after delivery that you are able to come for treatment, the more benefits you will receive. Dr.Olga Cappuccio, ND suggests treatments once a week for three months following delivery to strengthen your reproductive organs speed your recovery, correct high blood pressure, help ensure future healthy pregnancies and keep women free from postpartum depression.