Thank you Lorne Brown for turning me onto this story written by Darren Hardy. It is the perfect analogy for people choosing Chinese medicine and acupuncture route to fulfill their dreams of having a family...
Clinic Blog of Spence
Helping people along their infertility journey...
I love getting emails like the following one, as they remind me, on the tougher days, why I come to work. It is not always pregnancy or a child that is a measure of success, it can also be the difference one makes in anothers life, regardless of outcome...
Non-symptomatic Herpes virus causes male infertility
OK, I just posted a research abstract that showed men that do not experience herpes symptoms may still have it in their semen, and that it negatively affects motility and morphology, thus causing infertility and poor IVF results. The herpes was interestingly more present in the semen in the winter months (study was done in Russia). With this information, it makes sense that all mens sperm that has lowered parameters should get their semen checked for herpes simplex virus,...and really give it the boy scout try to conceive in summer months!
FSH: men & women are the same
It is interesting, the more we understand about reproduction, the more we see that men and women are very similar creatures (biologically speaking of course). Here, in particular, I use FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) as an example.
