Getting pregnant naturally after multiple failed IVF cycles, is most people’s dream. But for many people it sadly doesn’t happen like that. The most common reason people struggle to get pregnant naturally or with IVF, is because the real root cause of their fertility health imbalance is not being addressed. Once you find your root cause, and you rebalance it naturally, your chances of getting pregnant naturally or with IVF increase significantly.
 
Before coming to see me LXY had 3 failed IVF cycles, Progesterone issues, Luteal phase deficiency, irregular cycles, and the removal of one of her fallopian tubes - before she got pregnant naturally on our herbal medication program at aged 39.
 
Ms. LXY, 39 years old had been trying to conceive (TTC) for 4 years. She had done 3 stimulation IVF cycles and transfer 6 times and none of them successful.
 
Western Medicine + General Diagnosis Before Treatment:
3 IVF stimulation cycles collected 10 to 13 each time, 6 transfers of blastocysts – none implanted. 
One fallopian tube removed due to a hydrosalpinx.
Low luteal phase Progesterone level, Luteal Phase deficiency.
Erratic BBT chart temperatures.
Irregular ovulation.
Irregular cycles of 22-33 days (this is called: “sometimes early, sometimes late” in Chinese medicine and shows a particular type of imbalance).
Never pregnant before.
 
Western Medicine Diagnosis of Husband:
No known health issues and no concerns with sperm health.
 
Western Medicine Suggested Treatment:
IVF as many times as they can afford to do.
If not successful, then egg donation in the future.
 
What They Tried Before our Chinese medicine help:
Over the entire duration of TTC before coming to us, she worked on diet, supplements, lifestyle changes, mindset, and emotional support. She felt that her physical health was good as she couldn’t find anything else that might be wrong.
 
She felt well in herself but was stressed about not getting pregnant and her husband was starting to think they maybe continue their live childless. The stress from both their parents and relative is mounting and they starting to avoid going to family gathering just to avoid having to face those questions “When are you going to have baby?”
This is when they decided to come see us for Traditional Chinese Medicine, since they have their best in IVF treatment and still have not get them anywhere. 
 
From the FREE consultation we found out that she only have one fallopian tube, irregular cycles, irregular ovulation, erratic BBT temps and low progesterone levels – we needed to find the root of her health balance – for a natural or future IVF pregnancy to become possible.
 
1. Reviewed their medical test results to see what was presenting itself physically and medically.
We found some issues with her blood quality and circulation, and a lack of Progesterone too. The blood quality issue was reflected in the irregular ovulation and cycle length, and in the Progesterone deficiency. The blood circulation issue was also reflected in her hormone balance, as the Progesterone deficiency created a type of relative estrogen excess.
 
This lack of blood quality and circulation could also cause a potential lack of support and nourishment of her eggs, which would likely decrease her egg quality.
 
2. Assessed their health with a Traditional Chinese Medicine point of view, to find the underlying health balance for each of them.
Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis is about assessing your body from a natural perspective that is different to the western medical approach. This is to look for any underlying patterns of imbalance in your body – to find the root cause of why pregnancy isn’t happening.
 
Her husband had some Qi (energy) deficiency issues that were affecting his fertility as well.
For Ms. LXY we confirmed the root cause of her health issues:
 
Qi deficiency – a lack of strong energy and metabolism
Dampness – retention of fluids in the body
Yang deficiency – a lack of warmth
Blood deficiency – poor quality of blood
Blood stagnation – poor circulation of blood
These patterns presented as a combined complex presentation, which is common with fertility issues.
 
Let’s look at each one in a little more depth.
 
Qi Deficiency and Dampness:
Qi (energy) deficiency presented itself with too little energy for her body to function at the level at which it should. Interestingly she never felt tired but was instead very active every day. A lack of energy meant that her body was unable to properly break down food, absorb nutrients and create new energy in an ongoing cycle. The lack of energy was also causing a build-up of fluids in her body (Dampness), as Qi is needed to properly detoxify and keep the circulation of fluids regulated.
 
Low energy = poor circulation.
 
Poor circulation = accumulation of fluids.
 
Accumulation of fluids = obstruction of normal processes and pathways of the body, including the fallopian tubes where the eggs travel to the uterus.
 
A lack of Qi is known as a ‘hypo’ situation in western medicine – a situation of underactivity of the body where your body becomes less able to fulfil its normal functions. When this happens, getting pregnant takes second place over your general health and well-being, as there is not enough energy for everything to work at its optimum level.
 
When fluid builds up in the fallopian tubes they can obstruct the movement of eggs, alter hormone levels, and affect the other areas of the reproductive system such as the uterus and ovaries – obstructing ovulation and implantation.
 
Dampness is fluid and waste accumulation that collects in the body over time, and it is always problematic to good health.
 
Blood Deficiency and Blood Stagnation:
As her Qi was weak it interfered with her ability to make healthy red blood cells, and her blood quality decreased. Once her blood quality reduced it was unable to circulate properly, which also contributed to the accumulation of fluids (Dampness) in the fallopian tube.
 
Circulation of the blood is directly linked to blood quality in Chinese medicine. Her poor blood quality created poor blood circulation that presented with a clotted menstrual flow that was dark in colour.
 
These 2 simple symptoms showed us that circulation in the reproductive area was poor, and that this would impact the circulation of all fluids including those around the fallopian tubes.
 
Poor blood flow is a common presentation in fallopian tube issues, particularly with accumulation of fluids.
 
When treating this it’s important to know that you can’t only increase blood flow, as the blood flow issue is mostly due to poor blood quality. Blood quality must therefore be improved at the same time as increasing circulation. If you only increase blood circulation, you will further weaken the blood and the situation gets worse.
 
Another aspect of poor blood quality, and circulation, is the negative impact on egg health. If the blood is weak, it can’t carry the right level of nutrients, and so the eggs are not properly or fully nourished. Over time this weakens the eggs and reduces their quality. The same is true for sperm health.
 
Yang Deficiency and Low Progesterone:
Ms LXY body also showed signs of coldness, which indicated a Yang deficiency (lack of warmth). The strength of our Yang is directly related to our ability to produce the warming hormone, Progesterone.
 
Low Progesterone levels usually present from a deep and long-term lack of Qi and Blood, which weakens the Kidney adrenal glands and ovaries – causing a reduction of progesterone after you ovulate.
 
Once we had the western medicine diagnosis, and the Chinese medicine root cause understood, we had our complete diagnosis.
 
We were then able to use this as a basis for deciding on how to effectively treat her and restore her fertility health.
 
So next was to continue trying to get pregnant naturally, whilst working on her health with traditional Chinese Medicine – to prepare for a natural pregnancy within 4 months.
 
 
Treatment: Herbal Medicine prescriptions were personally created for each stage of her menstrual cycle. This was to strengthen her Qi and Blood quality and increase blood circulation, whilst also working to strengthen her Yang and reduce her Dampness.
Lifestyle and diet were altered to support the herbal medicine treatment with a particular focus on foods for strengthening her Qi and clearing Dampness. We cleaned up her diet and removed all processed and flour-based foods along with alcohol, sugar, caffeine, and dairy. We increased her green vegetable and root vegetable intake too – making sure to get the balance of these right so that we didn’t aggravate the Dampness. Gradually we rebuilt her Qi reserves and blood quality and worked to increase circulation whilst removing the dampness and waste.
Lifestyle: We worked through key areas of activity versus rest and rejuvenation, that could support her Qi and strengthen it. This was interesting as she didn’t feel tired, and so some extra focus was put on getting to bed earlier and not overworking.
 
Back-up plan was decided that if they reached this stage, they would immediately progress to an IVF cycle with her eggs, while continuing the traditional Chinese medicine.
 
The idea was that after having spent 9-months optimising her health and preparing for pregnancy, she would have a much better foundation for a possible IVF cycle.
 
Having an IVF preparation time would help with egg quality, future embryo development, and optimising implantation of a healthy IVF embryo.
 
Good news…
After 9 months on the program, on the 7th December, we got a WhatsApp message telling us she was pregnant naturally!
We continued to support her with Herbal Medicine, Diet and Lifestyle support throughout the entire pregnancy – to reduce miscarriage and give her the best foundation for the pregnancy.
She gave birth to a healthy baby at 39 years old.
 
 
Some personal words from Ms. LXY:
“One week later my period still hadn’t arrived – I was pregnant naturally!!
What a shock and surprise we had. Just weeks before starting IVF we had finally done it!
I continued Golden Gate Fertility Centre support through the pregnancy until week 39.
Dr Khoo and Dr Isaiah was always in the background to answer questions, offer guidance, and help if I needed anything throughout the whole pregnancy.
39 weeks later my beautiful baby S. was born!
Needless to say, my husband has changed his mind about traditional Chinese medicine treatment!
We are forever grateful to Golden Gate Fertility Centre for all the support and love during this journey. Thank you.”
 
Ms LXY.
 

(Translated by Google) Married for five years, after coming to the Golden Gate Fertility Centre, I successfully conceived a baby in the second/three months
Originally, I was very resistant to ''seeing a doctor for treatment''. Dr. Isaiah is the first and only doctor that our couple believes in wholeheartedly.
Thank you Dr. Isaiah for your constant encouragement and full of confidence from the very beginning
There is no doubt about the professionalism of doctors, but it also requires our active and comprehensive cooperation
At the beginning, I was half-believing and skeptical, but the first interview made me believe and cooperate wholeheartedly.
Western medicine finds out the problem and uses traditional Chinese medicine for conditioning
With the cooperation of taking medicine on time, lifestyle and eating habits
The wishes and goals of our couple over the past few years have been fulfilled faster than I expected
Thank you is too thin a word, but we can't find other words to express our gratitude to Dr. Isaiah🙇‍♀️
Thank you Golden Gate Fertility Centre, thank you Dr. Isaiah!

(Original)
已婚五年，来到Golden Gate Fertility Centre后，在第二/三个月就成功怀上了宝宝
原本就对“看医生调理”很抗拒，Dr. Isaiah是我们夫妇第一个也是唯一一个全心相信的医生
谢谢Dr. Isaiah，一开始就给予不断的鼓励和满满信心
医生的专业毋庸置疑，但也需要我们的积极和全面配合
一开始是带着半信半疑的心情，但第一次面诊就让我全心相信和配合了
西医方式找出问题所在点，以中药进行调理
按时吃药、生活方式和饮食习惯多方面配合下
比我预期的还要快就完成了我们夫妇这几年的愿望和目标
谢谢这个词太单薄，但我们已找不到其他词语来表达对Dr. Isaiah的感谢🙇‍♀️
谢谢Golden Gate Fertility Centre，谢谢Dr. Isaiah！

Subfertility is a stressful condition that affected many couples, emotionally and well being. There is no much choices after failure in IVF treatment, especially for women who have poor egg quality or diminished ovarian reserve, usually the recommendation to them are using donor eggs. One major factor contributing to diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) and reduce egg quality is aging, delayed marriage and delay to have family.
 
In the last decades, clinical studies and numerous research done in university hospital have shown that Chinese herbal medicine can regulate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)and ovarian sex hormones to induce  ovulation and promote blood flow to ovaries to improve ovarian reserve. Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) is unique as it applied formula with multiple herbs that are capable of improving endocrine and reproductive disorders.
 
According to research and observation done by The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Suzhou Wuzhong People’s Hospital, and University of Technology Sydney, NSW, after just 12 weeks of treatment with TCM, the evidence is clear that it improves menstrual cycle, and improves hormones levels suggesting that the quality of oocyte and function of corpus luteum improved significantly.
 
TCM target underlying causes of subfertility simultaneously, such as poor oocyte (egg) quality, endocrine functions, uterine environment and uterine lining. TCM is base on balance of Yin and Yang, Qi and Blood circulation perspective. In tandem with modern medical science, ovarian function is restored through improving blood circulation to reproductive organs, regulating hormone secretion,  reducing systemic inflammation and anti-tumour effect.
 
In Golden Gate Fertility Centre, we have over 40 years of combine clinical experience in fertility treatment and over 3000 couples have successfully become parents under our treatment. For more information please do not hesitate to WhatsApp 0123658478

Sperm quality is dropping for the past 20 years. The latest standard for normal sperm quality by WHO is lower than previous before. There is a lot of factors can affect and reduce sperm quality, ranging from lifestyle, diseases to medication.

 

50% of the infertile couple are complicated by male infertility factors as well. This is a very big problem. Without solving male factor and only concentrating on female factors only is a waste of effort, time and money. Imaging that the women is healthy to get pregnant after treatment but only later that we found out the men suffer from poor sperm quality and not yet been treated, now, we have to treat the men. So there is a waste of time and delay.

 

This is where Traditional Chinese Medicine and its healing methods can help increase the chance of conceiving a child. In most cases, both parties are recommended to receive treatment to improve their body constitution.

 

Various possible causes for not conceiving a child include:
 

Kidney Deficiencies (Hormonal Imbalances):

In TCM, the kidneys refer to the ‘congenital constitution’ inherited from parents since birth, which is vital for growth, energy production and reproduction. It is similar to what is known today as genetic and hormonal factors. Energy from the kidney peaks around the reproductive ages of 25-30, however, it gradually depletes as an individual grows older due to various environmental and lifestyle factors.

 

Emotional Stress:

The function of the liver in TCM is to regulate emotions and ensure smooth flow of blood and energy in the body. When under a high level of stress, these functions are disrupted and blood circulation is affected.

 

Phlegm Stagnation:

Frequent consumption of raw, cold and spicy food adversely affects the digestive system. This often results in the production of ‘phlegm’ and ‘dampness’ in the body. The accumulation of these secretions in the body negatively impacts fertility.

 

Blood Stasis:

Irregular menstrual cycles and uterine cysts may be possible causes for infertility. This is often caused by blood stasis in the ovaries and womb.

 

Acupuncture and herbal medication are frequently used in accordance to the individual's condition. TCM helps patient as a whole, to:

1. Improve blood circulation
2. Reduce stress level
3. Improve sleeping quality
4. Improve hormone balance
5. Regulate menstrual cycle
6. Regulate ovulation
7. Improve egg quality
8. Strengthen uterus
9. Improve endometrium lining and implantation ability
10. Improve IUI/IVF success
11. Improve sperm quality

 

At Golden Gate Fertility Centre, we have 30 year's clinic experience in treating male and female fertility issue. Many couples successfully conceived with our help after failed multiple IVF treatment cycle. Our medication able to improve sperm quality in all aspect of parameter such as motility, morphology, quantity, concentration, and vitality. All these are back up and proven by our clinical data and other independent lab's analysis and result. For more information please do not hesitate to contact us. You can also visit our clinic for FREE CONSULTATION. 

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Since 1995, Golden Gate Fertility Centre has been supporting couples with fertility problems (difficulty in achieving pregnancy naturally, failed IVF/IUI treatments). Our physicians use herbal medications and acupuncture to helps women and men that face such debilitating disease to achieve pregnancy.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) uses a holistic approach to treat diseases, same for subfertility. Our body consist of complex ecosystems that depend on each, any disruption to one system will cause problem in another system, and this disruption will need to be reverse to normal (or to near normal). These systems need to work together seamlessly to create the optimum condition for pregnancy and lead to delivery of healthy baby.

About 1 in 7 couple have fertility issue, and it is a difficulty news to accept especially when couples have desire to build a complete family together. Infertility can be cause by many different things, most of the time there can be combination of causes, rarely a single cause. Common causes of infertility in women includes PCOS, endometriosis, fibroid, pelvic inflammatory disease, scaring from surgery, thyroid problems, premature ovarian failure, diminishing ovarian reserve. About 1 in 4 couples facing infertility unable to find the cause of it even after extensive time and money spent on all investigation, and they end up with disappointment and resentment.

TCM theory do not rebuke the causes listed above, instead, have different and complementary view on top of the causes listed above, especially for those couple where causes of infertility cannot be identified. Energy (Qi), blood (Xie), Ying and Yang are the essence of TCM theory, they are important factors and need to be in perfect harmony with each other for body to function healthily. Liver, Kidney and Spleen are closely related to fertility functions and fertility hormones. It is crucial to find out the exact problem, then with herbal medicine, we can address the root cause of the problems. The herbs can restore the functions of Qi, Xie, Ying and Yang to previously normal (or near-normal) state, naturally, a women ability to conceive will be restore. Talk to our TCM physician to find out more.  

There are also several factors that can affect fertility, these include:
 
Age – fertility declines with age. Do not delay in seeking medical advice when you can’t achieve pregnancy after 1 years trying to get pregnant, time don’t wait for you.

Weight – overweight or BMI over 30 will reduces fertility. In women, being overweight or severely underweight can affect ovulation.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – several STIs, including chlamydia, can cause structural damage to the fertility organs such as fallopian tubes. It can negatively affect fertility potential.

Smoking – smoking (including passive smoking) can reduce chance of conceiving and can reduce semen quality.

Alcohol – the safest approach is not to drink alcohol at all to keep risks to your baby to a minimum. Drinking too much alcohol can also affect the quality of sperm.

Environmental factors – exposure to certain pesticides, solvents and metals has been shown to affect fertility, particularly in men.

Stress – Stress is one of a major risk factor we often underestimate. It can reduce the potential to conceive. This is especially true when most women have a busy schedule and is further worsen by the stress of trying to get pregnant. Excessive worrying and excessive exercise can cause hormone imbalance in severe cases it can even affect ovulation and sperm production. It can affect your relationship with your partner and cause a loss of sex drive. A but of Qi Gong, yoga or meditation may help.

Since 1995, we have help more than 2000 couples of all types of condition to achieve pregnancies and delivered healthy babies. The combination of herbal medicine with acupuncture increases your chances of conceiving, but conceiving is only the beginning, keeping your body healthy while your baby is in your womb is important to prevent miscarriage or preterm birth. Do not hesitate to come for our FREE consultation, we will try our best to help you.

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Can TCM (Traditional Chinese medicine) help PCOS?

 

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder affecting the ability to achieve pregnancy in affected women, affecting nearly 10 percent of women overall. “poly” means many and “cyst” means sacs that contain fluid and “syndrome” means a group of associated symptoms. Patients usually only find out about PCOS during a clinic visit for their irregular menses, prolong delay menstruation or failing to get pregnant after actively trying for it.
Women with PCOS may or may not have symptoms and may not have all the symptoms at the same time. It is also important to know that women who are overweight or obese are more likely to have PCOS, while it can happen with women with normal BMI. Following are the symptoms of PCOS

     - Infrequent or absent menses. Some women have abnormal uterine bleeding due to prolong absent of ovulation.
     - Excessive growth of dark or coarse hair in a male-like pattern – face, back and chest. This is known as hirsutism.

When investigated by doctors, women with PCOS may have pearl string appearance seen in ovary due to the present of multiple cysts on an ultrasound scan. From blood investigation they may also have too much male hormone, testosterone. The LH hormone may also be raised.
The diagnosis of PCOS is based on the fulfilment of 2 out of the 3 Rotterdam criteria. PCOS is also frequently associated with metabolic diseases such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and heart disease. Other medical problem may be seen include Sleep apnea and fatty liver disease.
In the theory of TCM, PCOS is often due to kidney deficiency, excess water, blood stagnation, and Yang deficiency.
For those who are trying to get pregnant, TCM will help to improve the ovarian activity, uterus blood flow and support ovulation for fertilisation. This is done by:

1. Improve kidney function - which influence the reproductive system.

2. Remove excess dampness in the body.

3. Improving blood and Qi circulation to ensure optimal nutrients and oxygen is being transported to both ovaries and subsequently eggs(follicles) and removing excess dampness.

PCOS women who are overweight or obese, there tends to have more dampness present. Combine healthy diet and lifestyle, TCM can improve the PCOS condition and helps body return to normal endocrine function.
Stress is another contributing factor to irregular menses, and acupuncture will helps relax the body and mind and improve the nervous system. Acupuncture has been gaining popularity worldwide especially in the treatment of fertility. Many fertility specialists in the Europe are using acupuncture to improve the IVF treatment success rate. Acupuncture can unblock meridian in the body to improve circulation of qi, energy, and blood flow to the reproductive systems, which boosting fertility in the process. Consistency is the key in any treatment, weekly acupuncture sessions is reported to better improve fertility function than occasional on-and-off treatment.
If you suspect or have been diagnosed with PCOS, it is important to talk to your doctor to understand what western medicine options you have, while also talk to our physicians to discuss your treatment options.
 

Clinical studies of Traditional Chinese medicine have shown that acupuncture is helpful in treating infertility, especially for infertility caused by ovulation and hormone disturbance. It is supported by research that acupuncture can help improve chances of pregnancy in couples who are undergoing IVF. Increasing number of hospital/IVF centres have begun to use acupuncture therapy to complement IVF treatment. Acupuncture is based on the theory of ''Qi'' (energy), by using small needles to stimulate points according to the meridian, thereby achieve therapeutic effect. In China, uses of Chinese herbal medicine along with acupuncture therapy to treat infertility has a long history.

Acupuncture helps fertilized eggs (embryo or blastocyst) implantation.
In 2002, German researchers found that acupuncture significantly increased the chances of conception in 160 women who had IVF treatment. Forty-two percent of women who received acupuncture with IVF treatment were successfully pregnant, compared with 26 percent of women who only have IVF as treatment. Since then, more studies have shown that acupuncture is beneficial for women undergoing IVF treatment. Another German study noted that women who received IVF or embryo transfer with acupuncture in the second half of the menstrual cycle (i.e., the luteal period) had higher rates of pregnancy, both in conception and in continuation of pregnancy. Danish study showed that acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer increases the rate of conception. Contrary to previous believe, acupuncture help improve blood flow to uterus, relaxes the smooth muscle of uterus thus increasing the chances of implantation.  

Acupuncture can improve sperm count and activity in men.
Acupuncture also helpful for male infertility. Regular acupuncture treatments have been shown to increase sperm count in men with fertility problems, improving their sperm vitality, sperm motility, but the effect is not always as significant when use alone, thus it is advice to combine with oral medication to maximize the effect. To increase the probability of pregnancy in a natural way, the more active sperm the better the chances. For couples considering assisted fertility treatment, a study published in 2005 showed that acupuncture does improve sperm quality. Sperm analysis before and after acupuncture treatment in men with unknown causes of infertility was done and found that acupuncture treatment was associated with reduced sperm structural defects and an increase in normal sperm counts. The first step in treating any infertility problem is to find a physician expert in this field. If you have decided to try acupuncture, be sure to go qualified TCM practitioner. At Golden Gate fertility centre, we have 25 years of experience in fertility treatment, working many IVF centres to acupuncture and herbal medicine treatment for their patient. Please do not hesitate to come if for your FREE consultation.

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Reference:
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