Combining Wisdom. Empowering Women
The Wisdom of Three Doctors
We know how hard it can be to get good advice when it comes to Women’s health and fertility. We are here to give you wisdom, facts, and expert advice from our years collaborating as fertility specialists from both Eastern and Western medical backgrounds.
We are three doctors…one “Eastern” Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese medicine and two “Western” MD Reproductive Endocrinologists. We’ve been collaborating on patient care for almost a decade and have gained deep respect for each other’s medicine, while also learning where each approach excels and how they work together for faster results and happier patients.
Our passion is empowering and educating women on all things reproductive. We are honest and direct, but keep it approachable, like talking to your best friend. In our clinics in NYC, we’ve helped thousands of women conceive through our collaborative approach, which studies show not only improves fertility outcomes, but also improves patient health and quality of life along the way.
We are on a mission to share our knowledge in an accessible way, so women can understand their bodies and optimize their health, fertility, and pregnancies.
Recent Posts
Paternal Age and Fertility
Fertility is a two-way street. While we have let the guys off the hook when it comes to age in the past, we now know that paternal age does matter. It can most definitely play a role in infertility and abnormal pregnancies. Sperm, like their egg counterparts, seem also to be on the hunt for the fountain of youth. This is important to remember when looking for the cause of infertility.
Check Your Gas Tank Meter…It Might Be Time to Refuel: The Thyroid and TTC
Thyroid hormone plays a role in regular ovulation, pregnancy implantation, and miscarriage. Additionally, babies don’t start to produce their own thyroid hormone until about 13 weeks of age (in utero). Therefore, for the first trimester of pregnancy, babies rely exclusively on their mothers. If you are borderline low making thyroid hormone, they will be super low. And given that thyroid hormone is essential for brain development, this is not an area you want to be lacking in!
Cervical Mucus: A Marker for Ovulation, A Must for Pregnancy?
Egg white versus watery, creamy versus sticky. Are we baking a cake or making a baby? While in many ways, it’s sort of a little bit of both, tracking your cervical mucus is not a prerequisite for detecting ovulation or having a baby.
Ovarian Reserve and Antral Follicle Count: Chips in the Cookie
A big part of the fertility assessment is ovarian reserve. You probably hear your fertility doctor throw this term around like it’s candy (or cookies!): “Your ovarian reserve looks good!” “Your ovarian reserve is not so good.” You may be nodding and thinking, “What in the world are they talking about?”
Optimizing Fertility with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Couples trying to conceive have many options when it comes to improving their odds each month. Not even the most advanced science or technology can guarantee a pregnancy, but thankfully, many treatment options exist for couples who are struggling to conceive…
Inflammation Could Be Affecting Your Fertility. Here's What Can Help.
Inflammation is a normal immune process in our body, but when chronic and exacerbated by factors such as an unbalanced lifestyle and diet, it can cause more trouble than good. In women’s health and fertility, chronic inflammation is associated with endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), hidden infections causing endometritis, fibroids and polyps.
How to Analyze a Semen Analysis
Here’s the quick lowdown on what we are looking at with the sperm sample…
Who Loves Pie Charts? We Do!!!
Our quick guide to causes of female, male, and overall infertility in easy to read pie charts…
Worried Stress Might be Affecting your Fertility? Acupuncture Can Help!
Around 6.7 million couples are struggling to conceive in the US each year. When a couple is finally ready to have a baby and can’t get pregnant quickly, it typically leads to a lot of stress and anxiety. This anxiety doesn’t cause people to have fertility problems. After all, most couples start out the process quite relaxed or excited. As time goes on however, stress and anxiety around fertility certainly compounds an already difficult process…
To Drink or Not to Drink…Is the Bubbly Blocking Your Ability to Conceive?
Alcohol has been lauded and lambasted when it comes to health issues. The tide can turn so fast on spirits that it’s difficult to know whether that glass of red wine is going to make you live forever or take a few years off your life.
The Art and Science of IVF
As first-year medical students sitting in the back of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine lecture hall, we had no idea what to expect from the Art and Science of Medicine course. We all thought of ourselves as scientists (I mean, this was medical school!). Art was far from most of our minds.
Empowering Women Nationwide
Sheeva, Jaime and Mary regularly lecture about their integrative approach to supporting women and couples at events all over the country. To book a lecture or webinar, contact us at emwfertility@gmail.com