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How to increase IVF pregnancy rates

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Support, Podcast / By Dr. Spence Pentland

A comprehensive review of all the most effective and evidence-based tips to help people increase IVF pregnancy rates.

You can also view the slideshow presentation on The Conception Channel on Youtube here.

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🥳Happy Birthday Junko!! Love your Yinstill Family!🥳⁠
We wish you the most amazing trip around the sun, filled with an abundance of LOVE, LAUGHTER, PEACE, HEALTH and FAMILY! 💙

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How can acupuncture and Chinese medicine help treat Endometriosis?⁠
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1. Acupuncture and TCM can be very effective at addressing symptoms associated with endometriosis. ⁠
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2. Our primary goal is to reduce pain with secondary goals being to improve fertility, balance hormone levels and reduce inflammation surrounding the ovaries and uterus. In some cases symptoms are worse around ovulation and increase until menstruation, warranting more treatments.⁠
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3. Chinese herbal medicine can help to reduce heavy bleeding and regulate menstrual flow.⁠
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4. Depending on the situation, acupuncture and Chinese medicine can help to resolve Blood Stasis, clear Heat or nourish the Spleen thereby reducing bleeding and minimizing pain.⁠

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Just a little reminder to our lovely patients! 🌿⁠
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Help us reduce our laundry and use of⁠
freshwater resources, please bring⁠
shorts or wear pants to your treatments⁠
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You can also change at the clinic. 🌿⁠
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Thank you! 🌿⁠
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Change begins with each of us! 🌿

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☝️ Moxa or Moxibustion is a kind of external heat therapy treatment based on the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Moxa is the herb mugwort, or commonly known in China as Aie-ya. Therapeutically, moxa is used to treat and prevent disease by burning moxa on specific areas and acupuncture points on the body which enhances the healing action of that specific acupuncture point. It can be burned without a flame with the thermal stimulation affecting both shallow and deep tissues of the skin. ⁠
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🌱 This study showed that moxa combined with acupuncture significantly improved blood flow to the uterine wall which in turn had positive effects and improved the quality of the uterine wall. This allowed for more successful implantation and successful pregnancy as the uterine environment was more receptive. The application of moxa should be a consideration for patients due to the positive effects that are now being studied in greater detail with results that TCM. ⁠
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📚 To learn more about moxibustion, click the link in our bio! ⁠

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🌱 XIAO YAO SAN - Chinese herbal tincture⁠
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🌱 I speak to you as a hormonal Cisgender female. I suffer at times of the month with my emotion, creating havoc around me. For about 7 - 10 days I sleep poorly, I eat poorly, I get mad easily, I get sad (the whole time) and I wake up days later 5 pounds heavier, with a wake of messy all around me I have to clean up. I am usually ashamed. ⁠
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🌱 I have sought western medical help and taken medication to help me through it but the side effects are too much for me.⁠
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🌱 It was not until I started dating a handsome TCM Doctor (Dr Pentland) that this little elixir came into my life and things started to change.⁠
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🌱 Xiao Yao San is a formula that was created 2,000 years ago for just this. 'Traditional Chinese herbal medicine in liquid tincture form for easy absorption. Extremely effective for PMS, digestion, hormonal balance, stress and anxiety reduction. Common formulation used for female fertility cultivation. '⁠
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🌱 That cycle I did not even realize I was hormonal, because I was not hit with an emotional bulldozer, I got my period and was totally sideswiped. No sad, no mad, not eating too much, just living my life and having a good time. I had thought something was really wrong me, and to have a little tincture bottle turn things around was incredible.⁠
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🌱 Every woman should be on this formula, it works and best of all it does not have side effects⁠
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-Chantal 💙

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💖We send our gratitude, appreciation, love and respect to all amazing women out there.🤩⁠
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💖Being a woman itself is a superpower.⁠
Happy International Women's Day! 😍⁠
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“She believed she could, so she did.” 💁🏻‍♀️💁🏽‍♀️💁🏿‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️⁠

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👉 Maisie Hill, a women’s health expert and birth doula writes: ‘Your period and your cycle are a reflection of your overall health and can be affected by little and large life events...While you may be aware that the events that have happened in your current cycle can have an influence on your upcoming period, it’s important to look back even further, to what has transpired in previous cycles. Here’s why: housed in your ovaries are dormant follicles, each of which contains an immature egg, and it takes them over a year to develop from their dormant state and reach the ovulatory phase. Around 190 days before ovulation takes place, they develop a blood supply and begin to respond to their environment, so we need to think beyond what’s happened to us in the cycle we’re in, the one before that, and go back even further to what transpired in the last six months.’ ⁠
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✋🏼Can we take a pause and appreciate how amazing the human body is?⁠
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📚 This snippet taken from Hill’s book ‘Period Power,’ informs us why our treatment plans at Yinstill usually extend beyond one cycle. We (and you) need to get to know your cycle and create a healthy environment that is blood and nutrient-rich while lowering environmental, emotional, and physical stresses to help support fertility. ⁠
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📞 To learn more about how Yinstill can help support you through your fertility journey, contact us using the link in our bio!

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🐒Happy World Wildlife Day!🦍⁠
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🐘"The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans." - Jim Fowler 🐅⁠
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💛March is Endometriosis Awareness Month! 💛⁠
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💛What is Endometriosis?⁠
Endometriosis is a hormonal and immune system disease in which cells similar to the lining of the uterus grow outside the uterine cavity. The uterine cavity is lined with endometrial cells, which are under the influence of female hormones. Endometrial cells in areas outside the uterus are also influenced by hormonal changes and respond in a way that is similar to the cells found inside the uterus.⁠
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💛What are the common symptoms of Endometriosis?⁠
Common symptoms of endometriosis are pain and infertility. The pain often is worse with the menstrual cycle and is the most common cause of secondary dysmenorrhea. In other cases, the pain is felt only with menstruation, while others experience pain throughout their cycle.⁠
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💛How to manage and treat Endometriosis Naturally?⁠
There is still much one can do to manage pain and create a healthier environment for the reproductive organs:⁠
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🌱Visceral manipulation - A properly trained massage therapist may be able to aid in the softening or healing of pelvic adhesions caused by Endometriosis.⁠
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🌱Indole 3 Carbinol, Magnesium, & N-Acetylcysteine - These as well as other supplements may help the body better manage this condition via hormone regulation, nourishing deficiencies, reducing pain, and limiting or reducing the growth of Endometriosis.⁠
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🌱Acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine - Extremely effective for the management of menstrual pain associated with Endometriosis.⁠
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🌱Brussels sprouts - Liver health is required to properly convert and eliminate proliferative estrogen, which can be high in women with Endometriosis. Including cruciferous vegetables in your diet such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, collards, cauliflower, kale and turnips will aid the liver with this important task.⁠
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🌱Avoid toxins - Many toxins in our environment are known to disrupt hormonal balance and are major contributors to conditions such as Endometriosis.⁠
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💛Save and Share "Awareness is the first step in healing" 💛⁠

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🌱 Healing after Loss 🌱⁠
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If you have experienced pregnancy loss, you may experience guilt, anger, shock, sadness, numbness, and a sense of failure. The emotional toll of loss often takes longer than the physical so it is key to listen to your needs during this time and take care of yourself. ⁠
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Here are some things that may help: ⁠
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🌱 Give yourself space to heal, body and mind⁠
🌱 Use your support network⁠
🌱 Allow yourself to process the grief ⁠
🌱 Set clear boundaries (it is okay to say no to that baby shower invite!) ⁠
🌱 Find a way to commemorate your baby ⁠
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And remember, no one grieves the same way, so be authentic with yourself and with what you need through this time. ⁠
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🌱 From a Chinese medicine perspective, weight gain (and difficulty losing weight), ovarian cysts, and other common symptoms of PCOS often present as Spleen Qi deficiency with Phlegm-Damp accumulation in the Lower Jiao (lower abdomen). In this case, our focus is to tonify and nourish the Spleen energy (digestive function) and drain or resolve Dampness (Phlegm) in the body, thereby restoring menstrual regularity as we work to improve metabolism and focus on weight loss as a way to regain control over hormone levels.⁠
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How can acupuncture and Chinese medicine help?⁠
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🌱 Electro-Acupuncture – once a week for 15-20 weeks helps restore regular ovulation in many women (balance hormones).⁠
🌱 A study in the journal Acta Diabetologia showed that acupuncture decreased insulin resistance in women with PCOS.⁠
🌱 Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can support weight loss.⁠
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👉 Here at Yinstill, we understand that not all people experience PCOS the same. That is why our practitioners create personalized treatment plans for each of our clients. To book your initial consultation, use the link in the bio to connect with us! ⁠
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💭 Weekly Contemplation⁠💭

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💙Family comes in all shapes and sizes.⁠
It doesn’t see color, race, gender and is not limited to biological relationships.⁠
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💙Family is created through love. They are the people in our lives who commit to care, accept and support us unconditionally.⁠
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💙Happy Family Day everyone.

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🤗Today is Random acts of kindness Day, not that this should not be celebrating everyday, but today is focused on getting everyone more into the pay it forward mentality! 🤗⁠
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”🌳🌿

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💘HAPPY VALENTINES DAY from Yinstill💘⁠
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❤️Valentines is not just about relationships between husbands and wives or girlfriend and boyfriend.⁠
It’s for everyone. A day for us to remember that we are all loved, valued, and cared for.⁠
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💙Love is for all everyday! 💙

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ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR FERTILITY SUPPLEMENTS! Abundance⁠
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👨🏻‍🍼 Abundance is designed to optimize male fertility by providing strong antioxidant support to the sperm in order to improve all parameters of a semen analysis including motility, morphology, and count. Key ingredients have been selected to make a long-term impact in male health, fertility, and libido. ⁠👨🏽‍🦱⁠
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🧑🏻‍⚕️ Other ingredients in this formula were included to support the nutrient status of healthy sperm. Nutrients like zinc, magnesium, selenium, and vitamin C are important factors of sperm production and successful fertilization and were therefore included in this formula to address and optimize all aspects of male factor infertility. ⁠
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To purchase or for more information, pls take a look in our linktree in BIO.⁠🛒

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👉 To book your first appointment or to get more information, click the link in our bio above! ⁠

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🍊 🧡 Vitamin C is a powerful immune-boosting vitamin. It is an antioxidant (meaning it can neutralize free radicals and prevent cell damage) and it has anti-inflammatory properties. It is an essential vitamin, meaning it cannot be produced by the human body. It can be consumed from food sources such as citrus fruits, bell peppers, strawberries and green vegetables, it can be taken as an oral supplement or it can be injected intravenously. If there is any kind of digestion or absorption issues or if a higher dose of Vitamin C is required, then intravenous administration is recommended. IV vitamin C (ascorbic acid) goes directly into the bloodstream (skipping intestinal absorption), so its levels rise very quickly in the blood, in high amounts.⁠ 🍊🧡⁠
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🍸 Individualized IV cocktails are carefully formulated by one of our naturopathic doctors after an initial assessment. Treatments last about 1 hour and 4-6 weekly treatments are usually recommended initially. To book an appointment with one of our Naturopaths, follow the link in our bio! ⁠🍸️⁠
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📚 Interested in learning more about Vitamin C IV Therapy? Click on the link in our bio for a blog by Yinstill’s Dr. Marni Ross!

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📚 Dr. Pentland discussed the mechanisms of meditation and how to begin a practice when you have thought that it was too hard, it didn’t work for you, or you don’t have time. Like exercising any other muscle, the brain can be ‘trained’ in a multitude of ways such as: ⁠
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> Reflection + Self Study⁠
> Visualization⁠
> Body Scan Relaxation⁠
> Qigong⁠
> Yoga⁠
> Acupuncture (our specialty!)⁠
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☝️ Another tip when beginning a meditation practice? Remember to be patient and non-judgmental with yourself. It is not easy to shut off your thoughts so acknowledge if any thought is brought up for you during this time and let it go. Through time, it will become easier. ⁠
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🧘🏻 To learn about how meditation works and for more meditation practice ideas see Dr. Pentland’s full article:⁠
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https://yinstill.com/meditation-for-fertility-optimization/⁠

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👉 The Liver is one of our largest internal organs and one of the most underestimated organs. It does so much for us, from detoxifying to purifying blood to regulating our metabolism.⁠
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🥱 A liver that is tired, congested and overworked can produce a number of symptoms that are often thought to be caused by a hormone imbalance. Common symptoms of a sluggish liver are:⁠
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> weight gain⁠
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> anger or irritability⁠
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> periods of general depression, headaches or body aches without an identifiable cause⁠
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> inability to properly balance hormones in the absence of other contributing fertility health issues⁠
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> poor digestion, nausea after meals (especially after eating fatty/oily foods) and constipation⁠
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> skin issues⁠
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> fatigue without having overexerted oneself⁠
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📚 If you identified with any of the symptoms above and you’d like to detox and nourish your Liver, learn more about how you can support your livers health by following the link in the bio! ⁠

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