| Charting and monitoring, abstinence from alcohol and | | | | Using the holistic approach in TCM, Randine Lewis has |
| coffee, Clomid and Gonadotrophin, IUI and IVF. Have | | | | witness many women who have been told by |
| you tried them all? Are you still looking for THE | | | | western doctors that pregnancy is not a possibility |
| infertility option? | | | | go on to naturally conceive and deliver healthy babies. |
| According to Randine Lewis, a leading author in | | | | TCM works on the principle that an imbalance within |
| natural fertility treatment, very few women are | | | | the body and mind is what hinders a couple from |
| infertile. Yet, millions of women every year spend | | | | conceiving Typical of natural fertility treatment, |
| billion of dollars on infertility solutions and a plethora | | | | Randine Lewis' books emphasizes preparing the body |
| of infertility option in hope of conceiving and | | | | for conception and takes a holistic approach in |
| delivering a healthy baby. | | | | treating the mind, body and soul. By integrating both |
| In the west, the first infertility option for couples | | | | eastern and western fertility treatment, Randine |
| with problems getting pregnant is to seek medical | | | | Leiws' natural fertility treatment had helped women |
| help in the form of drugs and surgery. IUI and IVF | | | | reverse their infertility. |
| treatment follows thereafter. In the east however, | | | | Randine Lewis' treatment reflects the principles of |
| such clinical treatment as an infertility option is | | | | TCM. Her therapies include herbal consumption, |
| considered only as a last resort and rarely employed. | | | | acupuncture, diet, supplements and exercise regime |
| Natural fertility treatment is the mainstream infertility | | | | such as qi gong and yoga, meditation, cognitive |
| option in the east. It works on a natural holistic | | | | restructuring, emotional support and internal serf |
| principle and the aim is to prepare the body for | | | | inquiry to improve and nourish the reproductive |
| conception. | | | | system. |
| Research has shown that the most successful of | | | | Regardless of techniques found in Randine Lewis' |
| natural fertility treatment had been recorded with | | | | books or other authors, infertile couples who |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The use of | | | | employed TCM technique as an infertility option |
| acupuncture and herbs to improve the blood and | | | | showed tremendous success. |
| energy flow throughout the body is only the tip of | | | | A major benefit of TCM is the avoidance of |
| the iceberg in this natural fertility treatment. | | | | undesirable side effects prevalent in conventional |
| Still in its infancy stage in the west, TCM is rapidly | | | | clinical treatment. Instead, women using TCM often |
| gaining recognition. Books such as those by Randine | | | | reported an improvement in overall wellbeing. |
| Lewis, a leading author in the field of natural fertility | | | | The combination of high success rates and positive |
| treatment are now available to the public and they | | | | reaction to treatment makes natural fertility |
| offer women another infertility option otherwise | | | | treatment such as those presented by Randine Lewis |
| unheard of. | | | | an increasingly popular infertility option. |