Couples looking to have children should adopt a healthy lifestyle (maintaining ideal weight, maintaining healthy eating patterns, performing physical exercise regularly, avoiding smoking and drinking alcohol, avoiding pollutions and substances that contain dioxins or free radicals). “Couples who have undergone natural pregnancy program but still have not got pregnant, may opt to perform intrauterine insemination or invitro fertilization instead. During the program, they can also submit to acupuncture to help with the pregnancy,” he added.
Improvement of Blood MicroCirculation
At the same event, dr. Athia Asparini, Sp.Ak, acupuncture specialist, explained how acupuncture is an alternative medical procedure that is proven to help greatly with pregnancy programs: “WHO has integrated acupuncture with conventional medicine, developed under the term ‘medical acupuncture’. More people undergo acupuncture to help with their pregnancy, and it has been proven effective. There are modern acupuncture techniques available other than manual pricking using physical needles: electrostimulation of the acupuncture points (electropuncture), or low level laser therapy on these points (laserpuncture). Acupuncture contributes not just to the success of natural pregnancy programs, but also to the success of intrauterine insemination or invitro fertilization programs.”
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Acupuncture benefits in pregnancy programs include the improvement of blood microcirculation, as well as the strength and flexibility of the reproductive organs’ blood vessels and nerves. “Acupuncture basically works to balance the flow of the body’s hormones, to reduce stress and anxiety, which are proven to greatly affect the reproductive system, and to improve the immune system. In men , acupuncture helps to improve the quality of their sperm – whether in terms of numbers, shape, or movement. In women, acupuncture helps to regulate the menstrual cycle, optimizing the womb’s follicles and walls during fertile periods, which will help improve the success rate of implants,” dr. Athia stated. (est)