As a leading acupuncture and integrative medicine practice, we are dedicated to supporting women in their later reproductive years. Perimenopause, the years leading up to the final period, and menopause, defined after 12 consecutive months without a period, are challenging times of significant change in a woman’s life, often fraught with challenges and uncertainty. Unfortunately, […]

If you are following a whole food diet with the intention to optimize fertility, you understand the importance of protein. Protein makes an appearance in all of your meals and most of your snacks because you know that it not only provides the building blocks to materials like hormones and follicles but also stabilizes blood […]

In Part One, we discussed the importance of the last few weeks of pregnancy in preparing for the postpartum phase. In Part 2, we talk about those crucial first few weeks after baby is born. Think of this as the second phase of nesting.  After the flurry of preparing for baby’s arrival, sink deep into the nest you’ve built. […]

Becoming a mother marks a time of profound transformation in a woman’s life. There’s the euphoria and excitement of a new baby. But labor and birth can be rigorous, and Mom will continue to experience hormonal changes for up to a year after giving birth. While the baby requires around-the-clock attention, the mother, too, needs […]

Every day I work with women who struggle to conceive, and I give a lot of thought to the subject of preserving fertility.