Treatment Options

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a treatment modality in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Thin hair-like needles are inserted on multiple acupuncture points to promote Qi (energy) and blood flow to all the organs. Acupuncture encourages natural healing and homeostasis, resulting in overall wellness.

Our Vision

Our vision is to combine traditional Eastern medicine with Western fertility knowledge to maximize the chances of successful pregnancy. We aim to support women’s health, covering preconception care, miscarriage prevention, and postpartum recovery, as well as addressing men’s fertility health, all aimed at optimizing fertility outcomes.

Our Mission

Our mission is to empower those who want to grow their families by improving their fertility health through guided fertility coaching, personalized acupuncture treatment, and the use of natural remedies.

Our Services

Fertility Acupuncture

  • Preconception Care
  • IUI and IVF Support
  • Male Fertility Support

Pregnancy Support

  • Miscarriage Prevention
  • Pregnancy Support
  • Labor Preparation

Postpartum Care

  • Postpartum Healing
  • Maternal Health
  • Uterine/Ovary Rejuvenation

Women's Health

  • Hormone Imbalance
  • Mental Health
  • Pre-menopausal Management

Fertility Cupping

Supplementary Service

Cupping Massage

Supplementary Service

All services include herbs, supplements, and diet and nutrition counseling.

What is fertility acupuncture?

Fertility acupuncture is an integrative medicine that helps improve your reproductive health. It is well-known for improving the blood flow to reproductive organs, regulating hormone imbalances, enhancing egg and sperm quality, and relieving stress and anxiety during your fertility journey. By taking a holistic approach, fertility acupuncture not only supports your reproductive system but also helps balance your entire body.

Our fertility-specialized acupuncturists offer personalized treatments to each patient, aiming to enhance your overall well-being. Our goal is to prepare your body the produce the highest quality eggs and sperm while ensuring that your whole-body system fully supports reproduction, free from the distractions of other bodily processes.

Pregnancy is a natural process, and if you have difficulty conceiving, let us help you. We are here to listen, care, and provide you with high-quality treatment by addressing the root causes of your fertility challenges and presenting the best treatment plan for you. Let’s work as a team to improve your chances of success.

Benefits of IVF and Acupuncture

Improves the Quality of Eggs and Sperm

Acupuncture optimizes egg and sperm quality by continuously nourishing the blood and delivering essential nutrients to the reproductive organs.

Supports Natural Conception

Acupuncture addresses fertility issues at their root, often leading to natural conception by resetting overall health.

Aids All Stages of IUI & IVF Cycles

Personalized acupuncture plans optimize IUI and IVF cycles outcomes by addressing individual needs at every step.

Increases Pregnancy and Live Birth Rates

Patients utilizing acupuncture treatments and fertility coaching experience a success rate nearly twice as high as those without it.

Reduces Risk of Miscarriage

Acupuncture rebalances the mother’s body, reducing the risk of miscarriage by providing optimal support to the fetus.

When is the best time to start fertility acupuncture?

When you start dreaming about having a baby and growing your family, that’s the best time to start fertility acupuncture. At RFC, we highly encourage our patients to do 3 months of preconception care, which is the recommended duration to prepare your body for successful conception.

During preconception care, we are focused on optimizing your condition to be the best suited for pregnancy – it’s just like studying before an important exam or preparing before a game. When doing preconception care, the goal is not only to get a positive pregnancy test but to achieve a healthy pregnancy by minimizing the chances of miscarriage and complications.

Our team of fertility coaches and acupuncturists is here to provide personalized coaching services that cover nutrition, supplements, and the promotion of a fertility-friendly lifestyle, all while incorporating fertility acupuncture to help you achieve your dreams of family.

If you are already in an IUI or IVF cycle...

We encourage you to schedule an initial consultation at your earliest convenience, as it allows us enough time to facilitate improvements before you take your next step. Our main focus will be on enhancing the quality of your eggs or sperm, creating a supportive uterine environment, and providing assistance with insemination or embryo transfer. We’re here to help you optimize implantation and provide targeted treatments at each step of your fertility journey with genuine care and support.

How does acupuncture support male infertility?

Fertility coaching can help you adjust to a fertility-friendly lifestyle and provide guidance with supplements and natural herbs to boost male fertility. There are various factors that can decrease sperm count, mobility, and morphology such as exposure to excessive heat, stress, smoking, poor nutrition, certain medications, overweight, fatigue, and more. 

Acupuncture aids the root of the problem and helps improve your chances of success. Acupuncture promotes hormone balance, opens blockages, enhances energy, reduces stress and anxiety, and assists chronic illness.

We recommend that patients consider scheduling a consultation for acupuncture if they have been diagnosed with a condition or are currently taking medication to manage:

  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Retrograde Ejaculation
  • Varicocele
  • Anxiety
  • Depression 
  • Diabetes
  • Hypertension
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Obesity Digestive Disorder 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Yes, acupuncture is safe during pregnancy! It provides patients relief from pregnancy-related symptoms and that’s why many patients choose to continue acupuncture from preconception to throughout their first trimester and return in the second or third trimesters if they need additional support.

There have been many studies and research that have proved that acupuncture is a safe and effective method to support pregnant women with morning sickness, lower back pain, emotional discomfort, and even labor pain.

We recommend that patients consider acupuncture for labor preparation toward the end of their third trimester, as it can help prepare their bodies for a smoother and less complicated labor experience.

Postpartum is considered the ‘4th trimester,’ but it is often overlooked and forgotten about.  During the 12 weeks after having a baby, a new mother should prioritize postpartum recovery to restore her health. It is a critical time in that it can impact their next fertility journey as well as their long-term health and well-being. Acupuncture combined with herb remedies can help restore and rejuvenate new mothers after they have given birth.

Acupuncture helps postpartum women in at least 3 ways:

  1. Milk Supply
    New moms may experience low milk supply or insufficient milk supply. This can make it challenging for mothers to feed their babies the proper amount of nutrition, which can lead to frustration and stress. Acupuncture is a safe and natural way to help boost milk production. 
  2. Uterus and Reproductive Organs Nourishment
    After childbirth, acupuncture can help nourish the uterus and other reproductive organs. Childbirth is a natural and major event. Your body needs time and nourishment to restore its balance. Acupuncture plays a significant role in your postpartum recovery, offering valuable support, especially as you transition back to your regular menstrual cycle, preventing any future menstrual cycle irregularities.
  3. Relax and Rejuvenate
    New motherhood brings joy, excitement, and bliss. However, it is often a time when new mothers tend to neglect their own self-care. Through a holistic approach that addresses both the mind and body, acupuncture treatments promote a sense of calmness, helping to ground your spirit during the challenges of new motherhood. Acupuncture revitalizes your energy, allowing a quicker healing process and leaving you feeling more energetic and vibrant as you care for your baby.

Our acupuncturists not only focus on acupuncture but also nutrition.  We create customized treatment plans for each of our patients which include nutritional guidelines. A quality diet helps ease the postpartum stage and is beneficial to you and your newborn.

Acupuncture can help with various conditions related to women’s health. At RFC, we are fertility-focused acupuncturists who specialize in balancing female hormones, addressing symptoms such as irregular periods, heavy bleeding, clotting, Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), and conditions like cysts, fibroids, endometriosis, and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) that can be associated with hormonal imbalances.

In addition to addressing female hormone imbalance, we also help patients with:

  • Thyroid Disorders: Our acupuncturists can help address the symptoms of thyroid disorders such as Hyper and Hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, and Parathyroid Disease. Acupuncture combined with herbal remedies effectively adjusts hormone imbalances and restores thyroid functions. 
  • Anxiety and depression: Acupuncture brings mental tranquility and a peaceful mind. We also prescribe natural herbs and supplements to support your mental health effectively.      
  • Insomnia: Acupuncture increases melatonin secretion and improves your sleeping quality. It helps slow down your busy mind by inducing relaxation.
  • Migraines and Neck / Shoulder pain: Acupuncture assists in releasing muscle tension on the neck and shoulders as it adjusts energy flow to ease the intensity and frequency of migraines.
  • Digestive disorders: Acupuncture effectively improves symptoms like acid reflux, heartburn, gastritis, nausea, bloating, belching, SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth), and IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome).
  • Lower back pain: Acupuncture is an excellent way to relieve lower back pain. Since lower back pain is closely related to reproductive energy in Eastern Medicine, we can help boost your reproductive energy while also treating your lower back pain.

Meet Our Acupuncture Specialists

Iris Lee

L.Ac, MSAOM, Dipl. OM

Lead Fertility Coach & Acupuncturist

Meet Iris
Meet Iris

Iris was born and raised in South Korea, where acupuncture and herbal remedies are mainstream medicines. Iris was naturally exposed to natural medicine at an early age. As she got older, acupuncture helped Iris tremendously with her health, piquing her interest in natural medicine and grew over time. When Iris finished getting her bachelor's degree, she decided to dive into acupuncture and herbs. She immediately fell in love with medicine and obtained her Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2012. Iris was top of her class and graduated with honors. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

Iris became a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in California one year after graduating in 2013. She has had various clinical experiences ranging from pain management, digestive disorders, headache, sleep disorders, hormonal imbalance, skin disorders, autoimmune disease, and anxiety. Her passion for women’s health and fertility grew even stronger after she overcame her infertility naturally with acupuncture and herbs. As a former infertility warrior, Iris's passion and dedication for wanting to help other couples have a baby made her determined to go one step further to become specialized in fertility health.

Iris believes that fertility can be successfully achieved by finding and treating the root causes. She also believes that our reproductive functions work closely together with other body systems and that true healing happens when our bodies and minds are in good health. Therefore, Iris focuses on restoring reproductive functions by balancing the whole body system. By offering fertility coaching and educational seminars in addition to acupuncture and herbs, Iris has helped her patients reach their optimal health conditions before conceiving.

Iris enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her family, especially with her two boys when she is free from work. She also enjoys reading good books, playing the piano and tennis, gardening, and cooking new healthy recipes.

Meredith Morisoli

L.Ac, MSAOM, Dipl. OM

Fertility Coach & Acupuncturist

Meet Meredith
Meet Meredith

Meredith Morisoli believes that true healing comes from understanding the root of concern, not just the symptoms. Her treatment approach is balancing the body and mind together. Meredith is a California-licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist. She is also a Diplomat of the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).

Meredith takes pride in her treatments and improving the health of her patients. She is serious about getting positive results using a natural approach through Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as a strong foundation in Western medicine. Her treatments are not a one-size-fits-all approach. Each patient is treated uniquely with an individualized treatment plan. Meredith not only treats the signs and symptoms but also the underlying cause of the problem in order to achieve long-lasting results.

Meredith is a graduate of the prestigious South Baylo University located in Anaheim, California. She earned a Master of Science degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine while graduating with honors for outstanding academic achievement. During her clinical rotations at South Baylo University, Meredith was awarded the Clinic Award for her outstanding patient care and for the treatments she provided to her patients.

She has received extensive training in women's health and oriental reproductive medicine. Helping couples grow their families is a passion and something she holds dear to her heart. Partnering alongside reproductive endocrinologists, Meredith combines acupuncture with IVF and IUI cycles in order to increase pregnancy outcomes. Meredith is there every step of the way to support her patients during their journey, including preparing the body for pregnancy, during their reproductive assisted cycles, pregnancy, and postpartum wellness.

Meredith is a mother of two little ones and loves connecting with other mamas. She also enjoys spending time with her family riding bikes, going to the beach, and trying out new recipes when not treating patients.

Jane Zhou

L.Ac, DAOM

Fertility Coach & Acupuncturist

Meet Jane
Meet Jane

Dr. Jane Zhou holds a master's and a doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from South Baylo University and is a licensed acupuncturist in California.

While growing up in China, Dr. Zhou was fascinated by the healing power of Eastern medicine after seeing her grandmother treat people’s ailments with raw herbs, cupping, and moxibustion. As time passed, she became increasingly drawn to Eastern medicine because of its emphasis on holistic healing and wellness. Since pursuing her career in acupuncture, it has brought great joy to help patients restore their health using acupuncture, herbal medicine, and other modalities that the wisdom of Eastern Medicine provides.

Dr. Zhou holds extensive clinical experience in stress and pain management. Her clinical training taught her that imbalance underlies anxiety, musculoskeletal pain, and other health conditions. Therefore, restoring the body and mind balance has been crucial for her effectively treating patients. Her experiences have further prepared her to pursue her passion for women's health and fertility. During her doctoral study, Dr. Zhou deepened her knowledge of how acupuncture and herbal medicine can improve reproductive health and restore fertility. Together with the RFC acupuncture team, she is dedicated to helping fertility patients to achieve their dream of starting a family.

In her free time, Dr. Zhou enjoys spending time with friends and family. She also likes to hike in nature and relax through meditation and light exercise.

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