Fertility & Reproductive Acupuncture
Wherever you are on this road, you don't have to walk it alone
At Flow Acupuncture & Herbal Apothecary in Salt Lake City, our women's health and pregnancy experts are here to support your unique journey every step of the way. Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine offer a holistic approach to reproductive health, with gentle, personalized care for your fertility and reproductive wellness.
Whether you're trying to get your hormones back on track and feel like yourself again, going through fertility challenges, or navigating changes during or after pregnancy, our goal is to help your body do what it's designed to do with less friction along the way.
Explore how we support the reproductive years and beyond and why the Flow Acupuncture experience truly is different.
Hormonal Regulation & Menstrual Health
In TCM your menstrual cycle is one of the clearest reflections of our overall health. Irregular cycles, painful periods, or PMS aren't just "normal" things to push through. They're signals that the body's internal rhythms are out of sync. Acupuncture restores these natural rhythms by regulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis, improving blood flow to the reproductive organs, reducing inflammation and calming the nervous system, leading to smoother cycles with fewer symptoms around your period.
Main Symptoms & Conditions Treated
Painful periods
Irregular or absent periods
Heavy or prolonged bleeding
Irregular bleeding between periods
PMS and PMDD
PCOS/PMOS
Endometriosis
Endometritis
Frequent UTIs
Perimenopause symptoms (hot flashes, sleep disruption, mood changes)
Hormonal acne
Hormonal Headaches
Stress-related cycle disruption
How Often to Come
Most patients start with weekly sessions for 8–12 weeks (roughly 2–3 menstrual cycles), since hormonal patterns shift gradually and take time to correct. Many patients begin to see changes to their symptoms within the first cycle of treatment. After initial progress it is typical to move to biweekly or monthly visits to keep symptoms managed long term.
Fertility & IVF, FET & IUI Support
Our fertility acupuncture focuses on optimizing the internal conditions for conception by improving blood flow to the uterus and ovaries, supporting egg quality, regulating ovulation, balancing hormones, and lowering the stress response that can interfere with reproductive function. When paired with IVF or IUI, acupuncture is also timed and customized to your treatments to provide additional support through stimulation, retrieval, transfer, and the two-week wait.
Main Symptoms & Conditions Treated
Unexplained infertility
Diminished ovarian reserve / egg quality concerns
Ovulatory disorders (including PCOS)
Recurrent implantation failure or pregnancy loss
Male-factor fertility support (sperm quality/motility)
Pre and Post transfer support (before/after embryo transfer)
Stress and anxiety related to the fertility journey
How Often to Come
Pre-cycle preparation: weekly for 3 months prior to IVF/IUI when possible, to improve egg quality and hormonal balance ahead of treatment.
During an active IVF/IUI cycle: typically 1–2 sessions per week, with specific visits timed around stimulation monitoring, retrieval, and transfer (including same day transfer treatments, when possible).
Visit our IVF page for more information on timing of treatments during specific cycles
Two-week wait: weekly support sessions to manage stress and support implantation.
Pregnancy & Postpartum Support
Pregnancy brings changes and new demands on the body as well as rapid hormonal and emotional shifts. Acupuncture offers a safe, drug free way to manage discomfort at every stage and ensure the optimal health and comfort of the mother, which also helps support the best possible health of the baby. We use acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal teas when appropriate, and dietary and lifestyle recommendations to effectively treat a whole range of pregnancy issues, including:
Nausea & morning sickness
Hyperemesis gravidarum
Food aversion & low appetite
Fatigue
Low back & hip pain pain
Pubic symphysis pain
SI joint pain
Pelvic pain
Rib cage pain
Headaches and migraines
Elevated blood pressure
Swelling and edema
Constipation
Reflux
Insomnia
Stress & anxiety
Perinatal depression
Feelings of heat and excessive sweating
Breech baby (see below)
Labor preparation
Your Pregnancy Treatment Plan
In Chinese Medicine, regular nourishment of the "Zi Gong," or "baby palace" with a robust supply of qi and blood helps ensure a healthy, resilient baby. Specific dietary, herbal, and acupuncture recommendations are given to nourish and support your healthy baby palace throughout pregnancy. Every pregnancy is different, and we tailor your treatments to meet your specific health needs, because the health and well-being of your entire body matters when nourishing and nurturing a healthy pregnancy.
How Often to Come
First trimester: acupuncture can begin as early as pregnancy occurs, and weekly treatments are recommended to help support early hormone levels and nourish the body’s reserves of qi and blood in early development.
Second and third trimester: as needed depending on symptoms, at least 1-2 times per month through week 36.
Week 36 onward: weekly treatments to maintain comfort and prepare the body for a healthy labor and delivery.
Postpartum: usually 2-4 treatments in the weeks following birth to promote healing and recovery.
Breech Baby Treatment
Chinese Medicine has used a safe, time-tested tool to support pregnancy and childbirth for thousands of years: moxibustion. This gentle form of heat therapy is applied at precise acupuncture points to encourage the fetus to naturally reposition into the ideal head-down position for childbirth. Many local OBGYNs and midwives refer patients to Flow Acupuncture for this service, with impressive results.
Breech treatment ideally begins around weeks 34 or 35 of pregnancy and typically requires 3–5 treatments for full repositioning. Mallory will walk you through the entire process, which is generally considered a gentle, safe, and effective way to correct breech presentation.
More than needles: our full toolkit
Acupuncture is our foundation. But a fertility journey deserves more than one tool which is why our Salt Lake City Acupuncture Cinic & Herbal Apothecary bring several modalities together under one roof.
Acupuncture
Moxibustion
Cupping and gua sha for pain and tension
Nutritional and lifestyle guidance
Mind body practices for stress and nervous system regulation
Personalized Herbal Medicine
Our Apothecary offers a wide range of hand crafted herbal formulas tailored to your specific pattern, adjusting it as your cycle and circumstances change. Not a supplement off a shelf. Medicine formulated for you, working quietly between visits, which is often exactly where the real progress happens.
Together, these approaches let us support you from multiple angles, with a plan built around your body, your cycle, and your timeline.
We work alongside your care team
Our practitioners bring specialized training in reproductive health, working alongside your OB/GYN or fertility clinic. We understand IVF and IUI medications and protocols, know how to time treatments around your medical care, and communicate clearly about what's happening in your cycle so you always understand the “why" behind your treatment plan.
What your first visit looks like
A real conversation. We'll take time and dive deep into your menstrual history, your fertility timeline, any diagnoses, medications, past pregnancies, sleep, stress, digestion, and daily life. Bring your cycle tracking apps, your labs or guidance from your fertility specialist if you have them.
A thorough assessment. We assess your patterns from both Western Medicine and the lense of traditional Chinese medicine, and take time to explain those patterns in terms that make sense to you.
Your first treatment. Gentle acupuncture in a quiet, calm room. Most people are surprised by how comfortable it is; many drift off entirely.
Your plan. Honest expectations, a personalized care plan including herbal formulas when appropriate, dietary and lifestyle recommendations that are sustainable for you, and further referrals or labs if needed.
"Mallory has been a part of my health, healing, fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum period for 9 years and running. I trust her, period. She is gentle, kind, smart, intuitive, and exceptionally skilled at her calling of Acupuncturist and Healer. Mallory has been with me through loss, IVF preparation, embryo transfers, and the ups and downs of life and Motherhood. Acupuncture is one of the most effective healing tools I use because of Mallory’s skillset. I will forever be a client. ♥️ Gratitude, thank you Mallory!
-LR, Salt Lake City, Utah
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