Fertility, Pregnancy & Women’s Health Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
Ready to Grow Your Family?
If you’re planning for the future…
Been trying for a while…
Or deep in it…
Fertile Earth is here for you.
Highly personalized care to promote and restore health and well-being at a foundational level, supporting you through every step.
- Preconception Cycle Optimization
- Holistic Fertility Treatment
- ART & IVF Collaborative Care
In Office services
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Fertility Acupuncture is way more than just acupuncture. It’s a comprehensive system of therapies and strategies all aimed at getting you closer to your family.
Whether you’re just starting to try, have a specific diagnosis, or are setting your hopes on one last try, Fertile Earth meets you where you are and guides you toward your next best steps.
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Having a happy cycle doesn’t have to be about making babies.
All women deserve to have a cycle that shows up on time, only when expected, doesn’t over stay its welcome, and doesn’t ruin your sheets with its unpredictable behavior.
If your period brings you nothing but pain and misery and you want something more than birth control, symptom suppression, and invasive surgeries, Fertile Earth is for you.
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A positive pregnancy test is a time to celebrate… what comes next isn’t always a blissful glow.
Early pregnancy hormone increases can lead to fatigue, nausea, and emotional roller-coasting… all while you’re trying to maintain discretion and your regular daily life.
Fertile Earth is your resource for navigating these ups and downs, from your BFP to your EDD, providing the care you need to manage symptoms and complications as they arise, or - even better, reducing the chances of them in the first place.
Fertile Earth is also part of strong resource network and can help you find the right OB, midwife, doula, or complementary practitioner to be an additional part of your prenatal team.
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The practices of Traditional East Asian Medicine focus on restoring and maintaining system-wide balance to your body.
By addressing root causes and promoting proper physiology, TEAM therapies are able to improve digestion, promote better sleep, increase circulation, support resilience to stress, foster emotional balance - so you you can live the life you want to!
Fertility Club Program
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Fertility Club is my signature Online Fertility Program designed to systematically take you through a Four Stage Process to unravel and repair the complexities of infertility - from cycle irregularities to multi-system conditions like PCOS and endometriosis. All through the convenience of your phone and internet connection.
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In addition to the Fertility Club Program Content, Guests and Members have direct access to me to ask questions and receive personalized support via a private, confidential, and highly supportive group chat.
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Fertility Club is not for everyone. It requires the right mindset, a strong drive for personal development, and the willingness to take personal responsibility for your path forward.
To ensure that Fertility Club is what you want and that you’re a good fit for the highly cultivated group culture we’re creating, Fertility Club offers a free guest period, by application only.
What to Expect from Fertile Earth
Before Your First Appointment
Once you’ve scheduled your first appointment, you’ll receive an invitation to fill out your intake forms through the Jane App.
It’s critical that you complete these forms prior to your first appointment and as thoughtfully as possible so that I can review them in preparation for your appointment.
The information you provide is the basis for your treatment plan and allows me to offer a compressive and thorough assessment.
Your First Appointment
Your first appointment is my opportunity to get to know your unique fertility struggles and understand your goals for treatment and your opportunity to understand how acupuncture and Eastern Medicine can bring you closer to the family you desire.
During this appointment we’ll spend quite a bit of time reviewing your healthy history and your journey so far. We’ll explore what an optimized cycle looks like, how your cycle may be deviating from this ideal, and how that is potentially impacting your fertility.
You’ll have the opportunity to ask me any questions you have and to be fully heard.
We’ll go over treatment plan, package, and program options based on your particular goals and needs.
You will also receive your first acupuncture treatment tailored to where you are in your current cycle and to promote a deep sense of relaxation.
Following Your Appointment
After your first appointment you’ll receive a detailed email from me reviewing what we discussed during your appointment (so don’t worry about remembering everything that was said!).
It will also include an overview of First Steps for both you and your partner to implement.
Fertility treatment involves so much more than your weekly appointments, and I strive to be a resource for you, both in the clinic and in your everyday life.
Ongoing Care
A typical fertility treatment plan involves weekly acupuncture appointments, herbal medicine, lifestyle modifications, and stage-based self care practices.
Fertility care is a long game and there is no way to rush the process when we are working with a hormone cycle that operates on its own rhythm. Three months or cycles is the typical minimum expectancy before significant changes are observed due to the nature of follicular development.
While my practice focuses on treating and supporting women, your partner should also be prepared to have a semen analysis and make appropriate life-style changes - at the very least.
This is not an easy path. It isn’t fair and it doesn’t make sense.
But I am with you and I know that Fertile Earth Grow Families.
Located Within
CAP Wellness Center
535 Encinitas Blvd., Suite 115
Encinitas, CA 92024
Hours
Monday: 1-6pm
Wednesday: 1:30–6pm
Phone
(760) 634-9715
Fertile Earth Grows Families
With over 20 years of experience in the holistic health industry and over a decade as a licensed acupuncturist specializing in Fertility and Women’s Health, Laura Schultz will help you optimize your fertility and grow your family.
Areas of Expertise:
Natural Conception and Early Pregnancy Support, from cycle irregularities to complex, chronic inflammatory conditions, you have options beyond suppressing symptoms and bypassing root causes.
Collaborative Care through the ups and downs on ART & IVF, from priming to the TWW, to increase your chances of success, help you navigate the terrain, and support you every step of the way.
Continuous Care: A BFP is amazing! Ongoing support through early pregnancy, each trimester, labor prep, postpartum, and beyond is priceless. And I’m here for all of it.
Commonly Treated Conditions:
Cycle Irregularities: short or long cycles, delayed ovulation, luteal phase defect, spotting, light periods, heavy periods, pms/pmdd
Complex, chronic diagnoses: endometriosis,adenomyosis, PCOS, fibroids, polyps, amenorrhea
Chronic inflammatory conditions: endometriosis, adenomyosis, endometritis, recurrent implantation failure
Hormonal Imbalances: low AMH, high FSH, low progesterone, estrogen dominance
General Infertility: unexplained infertility, miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss, diminished ovarian reserve, poor egg quality
How Acupuncture Improves Fertility:
Modulates the HPO axis which influences the hormonal signaling and release of FSH, LH, estrogen, and progesterone.
Increases production of endorphins and other neurotransmitters to regulate hypothalamic signaling and downstream hormone production.
Enhances blood flow to the uterus and ovaries to improves endometrial thickness and ovarian function.
Modulates the HPA axis which can lower cortisol and reduce the effects of chronic stress.
Helps regulate the menstrual cycle and improve ovulatory function.
Improves uterine receptivity and implantation conditions by improving microcirculation and tissue oxygenation.
Provides analgesia and pain relief of pelvic or menstrual pain which can improve libido and treatment tolerance.
Acts as an adjunct to IVF, increasing success rates, reducing side effects, and aiding emotional resilience.
The Expertise you need with the Compassion you deserve.
Serving North County San Diego - (Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Vista, Solana Beach, Del Mar, San Marcos, & Escondido) for over a decade, Fertile Earth is dedicated to helping you grow your family in the way that’s right for you.
That means supporting you through every step of the way with solutions that best fit your unique situation, not one-size-fits-all protocols or rushing you through a pipeline of escalating interventions.
