After over a decade in women's health I can safely say that on the path to healing perfectionism is the biggest obstacle. It blocks everything; fertility, sexuality, creating healthy attachments with your kids, your connection with your friends and the divine. Here at Mama Lounge San Francisco it is also one of the most commonly [...]
Do you feel like giving up and stopping treatment to get pregnant? Are you discouraged and wondering if you will be able to get pregnant and have a baby? Hang onto your hope… even if it feels like you are hanging on a cliff by your fingernails. We at Mama Lounge, know this is your dream to be [...]
Dear Friends at Mama Lounge, I want to share a brief testimonial, aka. my acupuncture love story. I wanted the opportunity to put into words why I’m willing to rearrange my schedule every few weeks to lie on a table to be poked with needles, and I hope it can help other women out there, like [...]
Anne Chiaramonte is a focused and experienced acupuncturist who has been practicing for over 12 years. We receive plenty of calls from women who have PCOS and are currently trying to get pregnant; the feedback we receive from these women who are being treated by Anne is great appreciation for her wholehearted concentration on solving [...]
When trying to get pregnant, one of the very first things we are told is to track our ovulation. We become obsessed with ovulation. We learn all the different ways we can track it. We buy expensive equipment to help us track it. We call our husband/partner home from work to help us catch it- whatever [...]
Let’s get to the core of the matter. In recent decades the importance of maintaining our core muscles has been established as the foundation to most exercise programs. We know that a strong core is crucial for our physical health and it supports the rest of our body as well. That's why it often surprises our [...]
Fertility and environmental toxins As fertility, pregnancy and women's health specialists, the topic of environmental toxins is always on our radar here at Mama Lounge in San Francisco. Specifically important to be aware of are endocrine disrupters, or chemicals that interfere with our hormonal systems. They can be found in thousands of everyday products [...]
When treating fertility issues at Mama Lounge, we take a whole body approach. Many of our clients are unaware of the intimate connection between gut health and fertility. It is very important for proper diagnosis and treatment to discover what you might be eating that is affecting your ability to conceive. Gluten consumption is often one of [...]
Treating fertility and pregnancy with acupuncture involves more than just needle placement. Food as medicine is a large part of the work we do here at Mama Lounge SF. For our patients preparing for conception and during pregnancy we often recommend our special homemade pregnancy tea infusion. This tea is a uterine tonic that has been [...]
Here at Mama Lounge we see many fertility patients, most of them female, and when asked we find most of their partners are NOT taking a prenatal vitamin. Not surprisingly, the latest research is encouraging men to do just that. Supplementation, ideally the 4 months prior to conception, improves semen quality, decreases toxicity, and overall boosts [...]
