How to Prevent Miscarriage with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs?

Makari Wellness: Acupuncture and Herbs to Prevent Miscarriage and Have a Happy and Healthy Family

Mike Woodworth from Makari Wellness gives his best to help patients with health conditions that prevent them from living to the fullest. Mike provides the treatment combining acupuncture, herbs, and other TCM methods to prevent miscarriage, improve fertility, and make the patients leave his office with smiles on their faces.

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Most Common Signs of Miscarriage

Miscarriage symptoms may vary depending on the stage of your pregnancy. In most cases, it happens even before you know you’re pregnant. If you notice any of the following symptoms, make sure you call your doctor or practitioner right away:

• Heavy spotting
• Vaginal bleeding
• Discharge of tissue or fluid from the vagina
• Severe abdominal pain and cramping
• Fever
• Contractions
• Mild to severe back pain.

Note that even if you experience spotting or mild bleeding during the first trimester, you can still have a successful pregnancy. Still, it doesn’t mean you should ignore any of these signs, even if they seem meaningless.

What Causes Miscarriage?

Certain things can increase the risk of miscarriage, and these are usually the factors you cannot control. If you’re experiencing difficulties during pregnancy, it’s better to consult your doctor or practitioner, who will do the necessary checks and recommend particular treatments to prevent spontaneous abortion.

The following are the most common causes of miscarriage that affect the fetus’ development, preventing the normal course of pregnancy:

Problems with Genetics and Chromosomes

A developing fetus contains two sets of chromosomes – one from the mother and another from the father. Certain chromosome abnormalities may lead to miscarriage, and they often include:

• Intrauterine fetal demise: This happens when the embryo starts to form but stops developing before you notice any signs of loss.
• Molar pregnancy: When both sets of chromosomes come from the father, there won’t be any fetal development.
• Partial molar pregnancy: This happens when the mother’s chromosomes remain, but there are still two sets of chromosomes contributed by the father.

Problems due to a damaged egg or sperm cell or the placenta can also result in unexpected pregnancy loss.

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Underlying Diseases and Lifestyle

Underlying health conditions and lousy lifestyle habits may prevent the fetus’ development. For example:

Can Stress Cause a Miscarriage?

Excessive stress is bad for your health, but there is no evidence that it can cause miscarriage. Still, implementing some stress management techniques won’t harm, so it’s recommended to talk to your practitioner about potential solutions.

How to Distinguish Between a Period and a Miscarriage?

Miscarriage symptoms may be similar to those associated with periods, especially since they often involve bleeding and cramping. Still, you should consider specific facts when distinguishing between the signs of a period and a miscarriage. These factors are:

• Particular symptoms: Severe abdominal and back pain followed by passing fluids and large clots often indicate a miscarriage.
• Time: A miscarriage that occurs early in the pregnancy (after 8 weeks, for example) may be similar to a period, and you will recognize it for more severe symptoms.
• Symptoms duration: Miscarriage symptoms may worsen and last longer than a period.

How to Prevent Miscarriage?

Although not all miscarriages can be prevented, you can take steps toward a healthy pregnancy. Even if you had a miscarriage in the past, it doesn’t mean that you can’t have a baby in the future.

There are many ways of decreasing the risk of miscarriage. Some of them are:

• Regular prenatal care throughout the pregnancy
• No alcohol or drugs during pregnancy
• Healthy weight before and during pregnancy
• Staying away from people who are sick to avoid infections
• Caffeine limitation
• Prenatal vitamin intake
• A healthy, well-balanced diet rich in nutrients, vitamins, and minerals.

Alongside self-care prevention measures, particular treatments and therapies can increase your chances of maintaining a healthy and successful pregnancy. Acupuncture and herbs can be very useful in miscarriage prevention, especially when it is not provoked by chromosomal abnormalities. These ancient treatment methods are entirely safe, drug-free, and suitable for solving most fertility-related problems.

Can Acupuncture Prevent Miscarriage?

Chinese medicine has been practiced for centuries, and the reason for its “survival” is that it offers a variety of health benefits that Western medicine cannot always provide. Acupuncture and herbal formulas are the most popular TCM treatments widely used for addressing different conditions, including those closely related to fertility, menstrual cycle, and the reproductive system health.

Acupuncture involves the insertion of delicate, small, and stainless steel needles into specific points (acupoints) of the body. Practitioners worldwide believe that the stimulation of these points can restore the lost balance, encourage blood and energy flow, and strengthen the immune system, increasing its resistance to viruses, bacteria, and external factors.

Acupuncture is primarily used for addressing pain, headaches, and migraines, but it has proven to help treat more complex conditions associated with the nervous and the reproductive system.

Acupuncture works by resolving the root of your problem, which is why it brings more long-lasting results than pharmaceuticals, which tend to address the symptoms only. It can successfully treat the most common miscarriage causes, and its benefits involve the following:

• Increase in thickness and endometrial lining quality
• Hormone regulation
• Resolving PCOS-related symptoms
• Reducing uterine contractions, especially during early pregnancy
• Encouraging uterine blood flow to prevent blood clots
• Strengthening the immune system
• Significant stress reduction.

According to recent studies, acupuncture is an excellent supportive treatment for threatened or recurrent miscarriage thanks to its beneficial effects on cortisol and prolactin levels, especially during IVF.

To help you understand the effects of acupuncture on miscarriage prevention, let’s see the most common types of miscarriage and their symptoms:

• Acupuncture for threatened miscarriage: Threatened miscarriage is often caused by heavy bleeding during pregnancy. Acupuncture can help to stop the bleeding.
• Acupuncture for recurrent miscarriage: Acupuncture, herbs, supplements, and an adequate diet can help you overcome hormone imbalances, which often lead to recurrent miscarriage.

Even though stress is not directly associated with miscarriage, it may affect other aspects of your health that play a vital role in maintaining a healthy pregnancy. Therefore, stress management is one step toward creating a pleasant environment for your baby and preventing the fetus loss.

Acupuncture is a well-known technique for stress reduction and achieving absolute peace of mind. Regular sessions may decrease stress and anxiety while increasing progesterone levels, which are vital during pregnancy.

A licensed acupuncturist will recommend the exact number of sessions based on your general health and whether you’re pregnant or planning to conceive soon.

• If you are pregnant, you may expect to receive acupuncture weekly during the first trimester to encourage blood flow to the uterus, reduce stress, and increase progesterone levels before the full development of the placenta.
• If you are trying to conceive, it is recommended to begin treatments at least 3 months before conception to prevent recurrent miscarriage. By starting acupuncture on time, you may notice improvements in hormone balance, egg quality, and other vital aspects of your health.

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Acupuncture After Miscarriage

Acupuncture is also suitable during and after miscarriage. Note that you cannot always prevent miscarriage, no matter how hard you’re trying to keep everything under control. Luckily, regular acupuncture treatments can help you overcome both emotional and physical difficulties resulting from unintentional abortus.

Acupuncture helps cleanse the uterus and rebuild a uterine lining, but it is not its only goal. Eastern medicine doesn’t separate the mind from the body, meaning that it also supports the mother’s emotional and spiritual health. It is often used with herbs and supplements to provide a more potent healing effect.

Herbs to Prevent Miscarriage

Chinese herbs have been used as a complementary treatment for addressing a wide variety of physical and emotional conditions. A certified Chinese herbalist will create an individualized herbal formula for you, addressing not only your symptoms but the root of your condition.

Herbal medicine has provided excellent outcomes in treating post-miscarriage conditions while playing a significant role in its prevention. Many different formulas can be used depending on your general health and particular problems that have led to miscarriage or might lead to it in the future. Besides, the right formula intake may decrease the risk of repeated miscarriage.

Here is the list of the most commonly used herbs to prevent miscarriage:

• Vitex agnus castus (Chaste tree): This herb is excellent for boosting progesterone levels.
• Rehmannia glutinosa: Rehmannia helps to reduce inflammation that might be causing miscarriages and fertility issues.
• Viburnum opulus (Cramp bark): This herb helps to reduce uterine spasm.
• Viburnum prunifolium (Black haw): The use of this plant can ease uterine pain and spasm, and it’s excellent for treating threatened miscarriage.

There are other herbal formulas your practitioner may recommend, and they will depend on your needs. Although herbs are generally safe, you shouldn’t take them before consulting your practitioner, especially if you’re already taking medicines – some herbs may interfere with the pills you’re taking, reducing the overall healing effect.

Chinese herbs are often used alongside acupuncture and other TCM treatments to deliver better and more visible results, including more long-lasting improvements. Herbs can improve your chances to conceive and maintain a healthy pregnancy.

Miscarriage FAQs

Certain things about miscarriage still remain unclear, and we want to explain them as much as possible. Let’s take a look at the most frequently asked questions about miscarriage and the answers that might help you better understand this event:

What Happens During a Miscarriage?

A miscarriage may look like a heavy period because its symptoms include heavy bleeding, blood clots, spotting, cramping, pain in the belly, pelvis, or back.

What Does a Miscarriage Look Like?

Not all women will experience the same miscarriage symptoms, but this event is often followed by severe abdominal pain and bleeding heavier than during periods.

How Long Does a Miscarriage Last?

If a miscarriage occurs during the first trimester, a woman may experience bleeding and cramping for a few hours, but other women may feel the symptoms for up to a week.