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Life After Endometriosis Surgery: How to Build Your Post-Op Care Team
Written by Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM So You’ve Had Endo Surgery — Now What? If you’ve just had excision surgery for endometriosis, you’re probably feeling a lot of things. Relief, exhaustion, hope for the first time in a while, uncertainty about what comes next. Getting to this point likely took years of symptoms, […]
The Hidden Link Between Silent Endometriosis and Unexplained Infertility
Written by: Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM With National Infertility Awareness Week around the corner (April 19-25, 2026), this year’s theme, “MoreThan”, reminds us that infertility doesn’t look one way, and neither does the disease that may be driving it. There’s a version of endometriosis that doesn’t announce itself. No debilitating cramps. No obvious […]
NIAW 2026: Does Fertility Acupuncture Actually Work?
By Dr. Erin Sandoval-Lowe, LAc, DACM, FABORM Acupuncture and Fertility: What I Actually Tell My Patients National Infertility Awareness Week is fast approaching. This feels like the right time to answer the question I hear more than almost any other in my practice: “Does acupuncture actually work for fertility?”. Here’s the honest answer. What’s actually […]
Endometriosis Awareness Month: From A Provider Who's Also Been a Patient
By Merritt Jones, DAIM, LAc, FABORM, MS March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Every year it brings into focus something I witness in my clinic week after week: people who have been living with significant, life-altering pain for years, sometimes decades, without ever receiving a clear explanation for it. People who have been told they are […]
"Can You Conceive with Endometriosis? An Integrative Guide"
Written by Dr. Merritt Jones, DAIM, LAc, FABORM, MS, CNC | Founder & Clinic Director | Natural Harmony Reproductive Health, March 1st, 2026 March is Endometriosis Awareness Month — a time to amplify the voices of the millions of people living with this condition, and to talk openly about something that is still too often dismissed […]
Demystifying Chinese Medicine: What Your Acupuncturist Is Really Talking About
By Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM If you’ve ever sat across from an acupuncturist and nodded politely while thinking “I have no idea what she just said,” you’re not alone. Terms like Kidney essence, Liver Qi stagnation, and Blood stasis can sound abstract, even mystical, especially if you’re coming from a world of FSH […]
How Many Acupuncture Sessions Do You Need for Fertility? A Realistic Guide
Written by Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM | Clinic Director & Founder | Natural Harmony Reproductive Health This is one of the questions I hear most often from new patients, and I appreciate it because it is a practical, honest question that deserves a practical, honest answer. The truth is that there is no […]
Acupuncture for IVF: What to Do Before, During, and After Your Transfer
Author: Dr. Brigitte Sacco, LAc, DACM, MS – Reproductive Acupuncturist | Natural Harmony Reproductive Health If you are preparing for an IVF cycle, you have probably already done a lot of research. You know what your protocol looks like, when your monitoring appointments are, and roughly what to expect on retrieval and transfer day. What […]
Fertility Acupuncture and Fertility Coaching: How They Work Together
Fertility care works best when the body and the person living inside it are supported together. At our clinic, fertility acupuncture and fertility coaching are not separate or competing approaches. Coaching is woven into every fertility acupuncture session because effective reproductive care requires more than physical treatment alone. It requires guidance, context, and ongoing support […]
How to Prepare Your Body for Pregnancy After the Holidays: A Holistic Fertility Reset
The weeks after the holidays can feel like a strange in between space. Routines are disrupted, stress may linger, sleep can feel off, and many people notice changes in digestion, energy, or cycle timing. If you are trying to conceive, this can bring up concern or pressure to “fix everything” quickly. A fertility reset after […]