Pulling Down the Moon

11/02/2026

🌸 World Fertility Day | You Don't Have to Navigate This Journey Alone 🌸

The fertility journey is deeply personal and no two paths look exactly alike. Whether you're just beginning to explore your fertility, trying to conceive naturally, navigating fertility treatments, , taking a pause, or exploring what comes next — you deserve support along the way.

At Pulling Down the Moon, we believe fertility care is about more than reproductive health. It's about supporting the whole person mind, body, and spirit — through an integrative approach that nurtures your well-being throughout every season of your journey.

Our services are designed to complement your fertility care and help you feel more supported, balanced, and connected to your body.

🌿 ACUPUNCTURE | Support from the inside out

Acupuncture offers an opportunity to calm the nervous system, encourage relaxation, and support the body's stress response. It may also support reproductive health by promoting circulation and creating a more balanced environment for ovarian and reproductive function.

💆‍♀️ FERTILITY ENHANCING MASSAGE | Nurturing circulation and connection

Our specialized Fertility Enhancing Massage (FEM) focuses on relaxation, body awareness, and circulation. Supporting healthy blood flow to the pelvic region helps nourish reproductive tissues and support uterine and ovarian health. It can also provide a much-needed opportunity to release tension and reconnect with your body.

🥑 FERTILITY NUTRITION | Nourish, restore, and replenish

Nutrition plays an important role in overall reproductive and metabolic health. Through individualized nutrition guidance, we focus on nourishing the body, supporting a healthy inflammatory response, promoting gut health, and providing the nutrients needed to support hormonal and reproductive wellness.

🧘‍♀️ YOGA FOR FERTILITY | Move, breathe, and find your community

Fertility yoga brings together gentle movement, breathwork, mindfulness, and connection. It can help reduce stress and anxiety, encourage a positive mind-body connection, and provide a welcoming community of people who understand the fertility journey. It's also a beautiful way to maintain gentle, supportive movement while prioritizing self-care.

💗 BECAUSE COMMUNITY IS PART OF CARE.

Fertility journeys can sometimes feel isolating. Having a compassionate team, supportive practitioners, and a community where you feel seen, heard, and understood can make a meaningful difference.

This World Fertility Day, we celebrate every journey, every story, and every individual navigating the path to parenthood — however that path may look.

At Pulling Down the Moon, we are honored to be part of your support system. 🌷

10/30/2026

We're back with another round of acupuncture myth-busting in honor of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Day!

Today's myth? Acupuncture is just for stress relief.

While acupuncture can be a wonderful tool for managing stress, there's a lot more to the story. Stress doesn't just affect how we feel emotionally. It can show up in the body as headaches, muscle tension, digestive issues, sleep disturbances, and more.

Acupuncture can help address many of these symptoms, while also supporting the body's ability to regulate its response to stress. So while relaxation is certainly a benefit, it's just one part of what acupuncture has to offer!

10/26/2026

We’re keeping the Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Day celebration going with another round of myth-busting!

Today, we’re tackling one of the biggest misconceptions about acupuncture: that it hurts. We get it—needles aren’t exactly everyone’s favorite thing! But acupuncture needles are incredibly thin, and most people are surprised by how comfortable and relaxing a treatment can be. In fact, some patients even fall asleep!

Watch as Christine explains why acupuncture is a lot less intimidating than you might think.

10/24/2026

Happy Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Day! We’re celebrating by busting some common acupuncture myths over the next few days.
First Up, Patrick tackles the idea that acupuncture should work it’s magic in just one or two sessions. While some people notice improvements right away, acupuncture is a therapy, and lasting changes often take time. Each treatment builds on the last, helping your body respond and adapt along the way. After all, good things are worth a little patience! Message us for more info about acupuncture!

10/14/2026

We have something special to share with you!

On Sunday, October 18th - World Menopause Day - at Wildman BT in Chicago, we're proud to be sponsoring Menopalooza 2026, and we would love for you to join us!

Imagine bringing together some of the leading voices in women's health for an entire day of education, inspiration, and honest conversations about the things women want and need to know.

Hormones. Perimenopause. Menopause. Sexual health. Metabolic health. Longevity. Bone health. Relationships. Money. And how we can feel our very best in midlife and beyond.

That's Menopalooza!

A day filled with nationally recognized experts, meaningful conversations, hundreds of women, a curated Midlife Marketplace, laughter, connection — and a whole lot of fun!

We're delighted to be part of it and hope you'll join us for this extraordinary gathering of women!

Sunday, October 18 | World Menopause Day
Wildman BT | Chicago
VIP + General Admission
Livestream + Replay Available from Anywhere

Come join us at Menopalooza with Midlife Upgrade!

MENOPALOOZA 2026 — Get your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/menopalooza-2026-hosted-by-midlife-upgrade-tickets-1999249864162

We hope to see you there!

10/02/2026

During Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we are making space for all the ways loss can be experienced along the fertility journey. 💙

For some, that loss may be a miscarriage or the loss of a baby. For others, it may be a cancelled cycle, a failed treatment or transfer, a negative pregnancy test, or the loss of hopes and expectations they carried for their path to parenthood.

We understand that grief doesn't always look the same and there is no single way to experience or move through it.

In this video, our patient Erin shares her personal story of loss with her daughter Hope and the journey that eventually led her to her rainbow baby Archer. Her story is a beautiful reminder that joy and grief can exist alongside one another and that welcoming a rainbow baby does not erase the love or loss that came before.

This month, we honor every patient and family whose fertility journey has included loss, in whatever form that loss has taken. Your experience and feelings matter. Please know that you don't have to navigate this journey alone. Our community is here and our friends at have many resources along with the holistic care we provide for you at our centers.

Join us this weekend with the Chicago Chapter at the Remember Us Still walk for community, support, and to make a difference!

09/21/2026

✨ Sometimes, you just have to trust your gut.

When you’re TTC, finding the right care team can make all the difference.

Tanya switched doctors. Tanya tried acupuncture. And along the way, she learned an important lesson: when it comes to fertility, finding practitioners who specialize in fertility care matters.

At Pulling Down the Moon, we believe fertility care should support the whole you. 💙

Our Chicago and Northshore centers bring together fertility-focused holistic care and support - including acupuncture for fertility, Fertility Enhancing Massage, functional nutrition counseling, Yoga for Fertility, and more - to complement your fertility treatment and help you feel more supported throughout your journey.

Because you deserve more than a one-size-fits-all approach.

You deserve providers who understand fertility, a community that gets it, and support that meets you where you are.

And if you’re not in Chicagoland, you can still bring that support with you through our app - with expert resources and online support right at your fingertips.

Trust your gut. Find fertility-focused support. Take back a little more control of your TTC journey. ❤️

📍 Chicago & Highland Park | In-person fertility support
📱 Fully Fertile App | Support wherever you are

09/16/2026

We were thrilled to share the benefits of holistic healthcare at the Pause and Prosper Wellness event to support care through perimenopause and menopause.

Massage Director Meredith Nathan shared the benefits of massage and Acupuncturist Kelsi Karch explained the benefit of acupuncture. Participants were even able to try ear seeds themselves for the interactive part of the event. 💆‍♀️

Community and education have always been an essential piece of the care we provide for women’s holistic healthcare at all stages - we are here for you!

Want to learn more about how we can help your care? Want to have us at your corporate event? Call us at: 312-321-0004 seven days a week to learn more.

09/04/2026