Diminishing ovarian reserve (DOR) is a phenomenon that affects a woman’s ability to get pregnant – both naturally and with advanced fertility techniques (ART). As women age, ovarian reserve and egg quality decline. It’s normal and natural, but this process of ovarian aging is a cause for concern among many women nearing the end of […]
Diet Matters! Really!
A positive cohort study in the BMJ shows how diet could delay, or contribute, to early onset of menopause. We love this study because it confirms what we believe, practice and preach – the right diet can directly impact your health and the reproductive system! While the study follows women at the end, and beyond […]
From Crickets to Collaboration
During Collaborative Care’s early years, collaboration was quite a challenge. I would reach out to doctors of my patients, translating Chinese medical protocol to biomedical terminology as best I could. The reality is that they are very different medicines. And in many cases there would be crickets. But I persisted because of my conviction that communication between caregivers […]
Collaborative Care is grateful!
A new year means time for reflection and we are so very grateful! For your trust…Many women try such a variety of treatments on their fertility journey that it can become difficult to trust a new provider and a new process. Yet they share their stories with us and accept Chinese medicine as a viable […]
New UK Study: Acupuncture ‘doubles the chances of getting pregnant through IVF’
More encouraging news for women and couples struggling with infertility! A study published in the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology links the benefits of acupuncture when combined with IVF treatment cycles. Pregnancy more than doubled in the acupuncture group vs the control group that did not receive acupuncture. While the results of this study […]
How your cell phone may be affecting your fertility: New study links artificial light and infertility
Does this scene sound familiar to anyone else? You climb into bed, pick up your phone to do one quick thing – say write a reminder on your calendar for the next day — and find yourself scrolling Facebook, composing an email or cleaning out your phone’s photo library an hour later. Or maybe you like to watch Netflix or read an […]
Why male infertility is often ignored: Part 2
In one of our previous posts, Why is male infertility so often ignored?, we explored some of the cultural and societal reasons that male infertility is often ignored, as well as some of the repercussions. In this post, we discuss another very real reason male infertility is so often ignored: improper testing. At Collaborative Care, we often […]
Help for women with secondary infertility
Many women are surprised to find out that they have trouble conceiving a second child after they easily conceived their first — a condition known as “secondary infertility.” A CDC report based on the The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) estimate that more than 3 million women of childbearing age in the U.S. who have one […]
Natural pregnancy after endometriosis achieved by over 40% of women in study
More studies are showing that many women do, in fact, achieve natural pregnancy with a history of endometriosis, despite the common association between endometriosis and infertility. There is a misconception that endometriosis makes natural pregnancy unlikely, particularly after laproscopic surgery to remove the endometriosis. For example, this RESOLVE blog post goes so far as to say, “Very few […]
Collaborative Care accepting new acupuncture patients for fertility treatment
We at Collaborative Care are currently accepting new acupuncture patients for fertility treatment at our Southport strip and downtown locations. Whether you are just starting to try to conceive in your 30s or 40s, or you have undergone multiple failed IVF/FET rounds, or are somewhere in between, we are eager to talk with you about […]
