Hackensack Family Acupuncture & Wellness

Hackensack Family Acupuncture & Wellness We are a holistic, acupuncture and wellness clinic specializing in the treatment of infertility/women

05/17/2026

I used to buy into the whole idea that you need 90 days to make significant changes to egg quality… but I live in the real world and I’m a real practitioner.. And real patients show up in my practice with 2weeks or less until their retrieval is planned.. I desperately wanted to help these women, so I found a way. .
And it’s worked over and over and over again.
HOW? I use my in depth knowledge of herbal medicine. As a licensed and NCCAOM Board Certified herbalist, I know the power of thoughtful herbal decoctions.
Is it conventional?
Nope 👎🏾
Does it work extremely well?
Yup 👍🏾
Can it help if you’ve failed egg retrievals in the past? Yes 🙌🏾
Can it help if you’re well into your 40’s with Peri-menopause on your heels?
Yess🙌🏾 👍🏾

05/09/2026

How do you beat the odds like this?

This patient has multiple co-morbidities + is over 40.

She had:
1 egg retrieved
1 egg fertilized
1 PGT normal embryo
1 FET

She is now pregnant.

She has been so consistent with fertility acupuncture for several months through all the different stages of IVF.

She also took herbal medicine at different stages of her care with us, when it was appropriate.

We are so happy for her 🤗🤗
If you are in a similar position, with the odds stacked against you for any reason, just know that beating the odds is a regular thing around here.

We help women conceive with or without IVF.

Comment DEETS, and I’ll send you more info on how we can work together.

newjerseyacupuncture hackensacknj paramusnj

05/08/2026

💗If your period pain is so bad you need to plan your life around it, I refuse to call that “normal.” I don’t care how many women experience it. Common does not equal normal. Period “pain” should be barely noticeable, think 2/10 ON cycle day 1

💗“Unexplained infertility” usually just means nobody actually investigated deeply enough. So it’s NOT actually unexplained, it’s unexplored. NO ONE TOOK THE TIME/EFFORT TO EXPLORE.

💗Recurrent miscarriage is not something I will ever brush off as “bad luck.” Your body is trying to tell a story through those losses, and women deserve practitioners willing to actually listen. The Chinese Medicine read on miscarriages is essentially “failure of containment”. And there are other signs of this in your body.. some include easy bruising/bleeding, urinary incontinence, diarrhea, sweating for seemingly no reason—-all failures of containment.

💗If you’re trying to conceive and surviving on caffeine, protein bars, anxiety, and 5 hours of sleep… that matters. You cannot separate fertility from the state of the nervous system and the overall state of health in the body. How are you sleeping ? Moving bowels? Digesting ? Are there random skin/hair issues? — They are not UN- related.

💗A regular cycle does NOT automatically mean a healthy cycle. Women are told “everything looks good” while having clotting, spotting, low luteal temps, migraines, PMS, short luteal phases, super heavy or super light periods and overall exhaustion.

💗Don’t get me started on Clomid and Letrozole 😭 They slowly burn you from the inside. YUP! I said it. Want to speed up Meno? 👌🏾 —That’s all I’ll say on that 🩹 (that’s a bandaid😛).

I could literally fill a book with more, but I won’t bore you 🤣

clom

03/09/2026

Chronically early ovulation is probably the most overlooked fertility metric.

Almost no one talks about this.

Most fertility advice focuses on whether you ovulate.

But WHEN you ovulate matters just as much.

A healthy follicular phase (the first half of your cycle) usually lasts 12–16 days. That time allows a group of follicles to develop, compete, and mature before one becomes dominant and releases the egg.

When ovulation happens too early — day 8, 9, or 10th.

The follicle may release an egg that simply was not mature enough to effectively complete the process of fertilization AND implantation.

I see this pattern in clinic all the time.

So what is happening here? Why are you ovulating early in the cycle?

The most common reason, I find, is heat. That’s the Chinese Medicine way to say inflammation; low level inflammation throughout the body.

What should you do about it?

Well of course, get acupuncture and find a skilled herbalist.

But if that’s not possible, here are some easy ways to lower inflammation:
1️⃣ Cut alcohol (during follicular phase especially)
2️⃣ Add infrared sauna a few times a week. This helps the body release heat, which will lower inflammation.
3️⃣ Start an anti-inflammatory diet
4️⃣ Get acupuncture
5️⃣ Take Prescribed herbal medicine to lower inflammation and improve egg quality
6️⃣ improve your sleep
7️⃣ Increase your protein intake, to help stabilize blood sugar.

From a Chinese medicine perspective, early ovulation is frequently a sign that blood and yin are not sufficient to nourish the follicle during the follicular phase, so the body rushes the process.

The good news is that this pattern can often improve when the first half of the cycle is properly supported.

In clinic, I often see ovulation move from day 9 or 10 → to day 12, 13, or 14 after a few months of treatment.

And that shift can make a major difference in fertility outcomes.

So if you’ve been told everything is “normal” because you ovulate…

…but you consistently ovulate very early every cycle…

that may be a piece of the puzzle that hasn’t been addressed yet.

Comment DEETS if you want more information about working together.

03/04/2026

1️⃣Ovulation timing is often misunderstood

Most women think ovulation happens on day 14, but in reality it depends on when your body decides to ovulate that month.

If you’re guessing instead of tracking ovulation signs (BBT, cervical fluid, OPKs), you might be missing your most fertile days completely.

2️⃣Egg quality is built months before ovulation

The egg released this month actually began developing about 90 days ago.

That means the things you’re doing today—sleep, stress, inflammation, nutrition, blood flow—are shaping the eggs you’ll ovulate three months from now.

This is why fertility acupuncture and herbs are usually done in 90-day windows.

3️⃣The luteal phase matters more than people think

Getting pregnant isn’t just about ovulating.

After ovulation, progesterone must stay strong long enough for implantation.

If your luteal phase is under ~11–12 days, or if spotting starts early, implantation can become difficult.

Many women don’t even realize this is happening because no one has shown them how to read their cycle.

4️⃣Blood flow to the uterus and ovaries is rarely discussed

This is one of the biggest things acupuncture works on.

Poor circulation to the reproductive organs can affect:

• follicle development
• egg quality
• uterine lining thickness
• implantation

Improving pelvic blood flow is one reason many women use acupuncture alongside IVF or natural conception.

5️⃣Stress doesn’t just affect your mind — it affects hormone signaling and even impla

Your brain is constantly deciding whether the body feels safe enough to reproduce.

Chronic stress can disrupt the brain-o***y communication loop that controls ovulation and hormones.

This is why regulating the nervous system often becomes part of fertility care.

Bonus: STOP using just an app to track ovulation. It’s most likely not accurate. Use basal body temp with your app or with your ovulation predictor kit. The combo will be much more accurate.

Not sure how to read BBT charts?
Stay turned .. I’ve got a freebie coming soon 🤩🤩🤩

03/02/2026

If you believe your body is capable…
this is for you.

If you don’t want to override your ovaries—
but instead optimize them…
this is for you.

If you tried IVF and thought,
“This just isn’t for me..”
but you still want a baby —

this is for you.

Low AMH doesn’t mean you’re done.
It means you need a more nuanced strategy and probably a more natural approach.

I work with women who are ready to support their body with all natural strategies..
not fight it.

03/01/2026

This isn’t the end of your story.

It’s a turning point.

Sometimes a failed cycle isn’t a stop sign.
It’s a pause that says:

“Build the foundation.”

Egg quality can improve.
Blood flow can improve.
Inflammation can calm.
Hormones can regulate.

The body is not static.
It responds.

If you’re ready to move forward differently this time…

Comment DEETS for more information about our process 👉🏾

Ready to use natural medicine to work with your fertility?Comments DEETS and I’ll send you all the juicy details 🤩
02/24/2026

Ready to use natural medicine to work with your fertility?
Comments DEETS and I’ll send you all the juicy details 🤩

02/10/2026

If Chinese herbs were “unsafe” during egg retrieval…
I wouldn’t have helped so many women have their own babies after previously failed cycles.

I give customized Chinese herbal medicine alongside IVF meds, to optimize results.

On purpose.

Because egg retrieval isn’t just about how much hormone you take.
It’s about how the o***y responds to the signal.

To the flow.
The Inflammation.
The Stress chemistry.

Herbs don’t cancel IVF.
They support the body receiving IVF.

When you’ve been told “Donor eggs are your only option” but you are not ready to hear that yet—consider herbal medicine. Consider Acupuncture as well.

01/29/2026

If you have fibroids, please don’t stop eating meat.
And I say this with so much understanding, not judgment.

From a Chinese medicine perspective, most women with fibroids are losing blood every single month—often heavily. Blood loss = iron loss. And iron from animal sources is far more bioavailable than iron from plants.

I completely get why so many women with fibroids go vegetarian or vegan:
• inflammation
• hormone concerns
• digestive discomfort
• being told “meat is bad for fibroids”

But removing meat isn’t the solution.
👉 Fixing digestion is.

In Chinese medicine, fibroids don’t form because you eat meat. They form when food (of any kind) isn’t being fully digested and transformed. That stagnation turns into phlegm, dampness, and eventually masses. Even surgery won’t stop them. Without healing the root, they will soon return.

When digestion is strong:
• food is fully broken down
• nutrients are absorbed
• blood is rebuilt properly
• fibroids stop forming

So instead of cutting out one of the most blood-building foods available, the real work is healing the digestive system so your body can actually use what you eat.

This is where herbs, acupuncture, and personalized treatment matter.

Your body doesn’t need restriction.
It needs support. 💗

Address

71 Summit Avenue
Hackensack, NJ
07601

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 7am - 1pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

+12015611240

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Hackensack Family Acupuncture & Wellness posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category