Getting a low AMH result is one of those moments that can completely derail you. You go in for a routine fertility workup, the number comes back, and suddenly you're Googling at 11pm trying to understand what it means for your chances of having a baby. I want to try to give you a more useful framework for thinking about this than what you'll find on most fertility forums . The way low AMH gets talked about online, and sometimes in RE offices, is often more frightening than it

People come to me mid-IVF cycle all the time and ask some version of the same question: Does this actually work, or is it just something people do to feel like they're doing something? Acupuncture during IVF is not magic. It doesn't override a poor stimulation response or turn a chromosomally abnormal embryo into a healthy one. What it does do, and what the research has been increasingly clear on, is improve the biological environment in which IVF is happening. Better circula

The honest answer depends on where you're starting from. Here's a realistic breakdown by situation: natural conception, IVF, PCOS, low AMH. From a fertility acupuncturist in Pasadena.

I had the immense pleasure to feature in my old patient's podcast to talk a little bit about the benefits of fertility acupuncture for IVF patients. Give it a listen!

Vulvodynia is one of those conditions that takes years to get diagnosed, if it gets diagnosed at all. Most of my patients who come in with this have already seen multiple doctors. They've been told the pain is in their head, handed a prescription for a topical cream that didn't do much, maybe referred to a pelvic floor physical therapist. Some of them have stopped having sex. Some of them can't sit through a full workday without being in pain. Some of them are just quietly ma

One of the most common situations I see in the clinic is a woman who just came off the pill after years, sometimes a decade or more, and is waiting for her body to figure out what to do next. Sometimes the period comes back within a month. Sometimes it doesn't come back at all. And very often, it comes back the timing is unpredictable, the flow is different, there's more pain, or new symptoms have shown up that weren't there before. If this is you, know that this is not unusu

Thin uterine lining is one of those things that comes up on a monitoring ultrasound and sends people straight to Google at midnight. Your RE says the number, you don't fully understand what it means, and suddenly you're trying to figure out if your transfer is going to be cancelled and what you can possibly do about it in two weeks. I see this a lot. Let me try to actually explain what's going on, what the options are, and where acupuncture and Chinese herbs fit in — because

Got an unexplained infertility diagnosis? It means the standard tests did not find anything. Here is what Chinese medicine looks for instead, and what treatment actually does about it.

Endometriosis is one of the conditions for which I feel Chinese medicine has the most to offer, partly because of how badly it gets managed in the conventional system. Unfortunately, many patients never even find out about the other tools that are accessible to them. The average time from first symptom to diagnosis is seven to ten years. Seven to ten years of being told your pain is normal, being put on the pill to manage symptoms, being dismissed, being sent home with ibupro

Perimenopause is finally being talked about, and women are having a moment culturally. About darn time! After decades of being under treated, minimized, and handed a prescription for antidepressants when what was actually needed was a hormone conversation, women are finally getting better information about what perimenopause actually is and what can be done about it. The problem is that a lot of the information still stops at hormone replacement therapy (HRT). While HRT is a

Low count, poor motility, abnormal morphology, high DNA fragmentation — here's what each parameter actually means and how acupuncture and Chinese medicine improve them.

PCOS looks different in every woman , and it needs to be treated differently too. Here's how acupuncture and Chinese medicine address PCOS subtypes, insulin resistance, ovulation, and fertility.

For many, fertility challenges remain unexplained even after extensive testing. One area receiving increasing attention in both research...

This Fertility Meditation Map is designed as a daily 5–10 minute ritual moving through the Chinese Medicine template of five key systems. This tool combines a short mantra, a visualization, and breath work to create both physical and creative fertility.

When families struggle to conceive, they often search for solutions. What to eat? How to exercise? What supplements to take? Which IVF...

The recent fires in our corner of Los Angeles have left deep emotional wounds across the community. Many of our patients have experienced...

Did you know acupuncture is as efficient as drugs at restoring ovulation?

What is ovarian reserve? When born with ovaries, we are also born with a vault, a reserve of follicles or eggs. This is the reserve that...

Bok Choy Also known as: Chinese cabbage, qīng cài (blue-green vegetable" in Mandarin). Flavor: Very mellow, with its own unique mild,...

Some of us feel bloated at ovulation, most women start to feel bloated about a week before their period starts, and it may last a few...