MYF 91 | Using Acupuncture to Regulate Your Cycle & Boost Fertility with Heidi Brockmyre M.S. L.Ac.
Welcome to Episode 91!
In episode 91, I interview acupuncturist and fertility expert, Heidi Brockmyre, about using acupuncture and Chinese medicine to get your cycle back on track and boost fertility. Acupuncture is an amazing healing therapy that is being recommended more and more for fertility support, even by Western medicine. It's effective and it can help you increase your odds of pregnancy, whether you're trying naturally or using conventional fertility treatments. Heidi and I talk about:
What the Chinese medicine approach to fertility looks like and how it’s different from standard fertility care
How acupuncture can support each phase of the menstrual cycle
Specific cycle issues or reproductive health conditions that acupuncture can help treat
When the best time is to begin receiving acupuncture for fertility
How you can learn more from Heidi through her online resources and programs
Free Quiz: Are You Healthy Enough to Get Pregnant?
Free mini-course: How to Choose the Best Prenatal Supplements
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Links to Heidi Brockmyre
Website: heidibrockmyre.com
Heidi’s program, Fertility Activation Method: Fertility Activation Method
FREE Fertility Activation Checklist: Fertility Activation Checklist
FREE Online Masterclass: Master Class
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Show Notes:
3:00 Heidi shares how her work in Chinese medicine and acupuncture supports fertility
6:30 Why Chinese medicine is effective in supporting the menstrual cycle and fertility
7:45 How holistic methods can also be supportive to conventional medicine
9:20 The diagnostic process of Chinese medicine compared to conventional medicine
11:25 Viewing the path to fertility through the conventional lens
13:50 How holistic medicine can help support a pregnancy when faced with low AMH
16:25 AMH as an indication of how active your ovaries are and what the diagnosis means
19:50 Reframing our mindset on the impact and effect of age on fertility
23:10 Self advocacy and Heidi’s advice on navigating conversations with medical professionals
26:40 The importance of trusting your intuition
31:30 Heidi shares success she’s seen with endometriosis and other inflammatory conditions
34:40 Why healing the digestive system is key to lowering inflammation
36:00 The shortcomings of how conventional medicine addresses endometriosis
37:40 The Chinese medicine perspective on late ovulation
42:00 How warming energy affects fertility in Chinese medicine and how to read the signs
44:30 The life long health benefits of Chinese medicine
46:20 How Chinese medicine and acupuncture address emotional issues that can contribute to poor health and interfere with fertility
50:20 Heidi shares about her program, Fertility Activation Method
53:30 Final pearls of advice and takeaways from Heidi