One Miscarriage, No Children, Doctor of Oriental Medicine Helping Women with Hopi Wilder - S7 E28

I was happily going through life devoted to my career as a healer and massage therapist. I then went back to school in my mid-thirties to get my Masters in Oriental Medicine. Suddenly I started feeling the clock ticking, even though I was extremely busy and did not have a partner at the time. I had always been hesitant to bring a child into this world, but did not want to miss out. Five years later, I did end up getting married and carried a baby into the end of the first trimester before I had a miscarriage. I was 42 years old. It was then that I learned for the first time that miscarriages, especially in the first trimester, are extremely common. I connected with many women who suffer this trauma silently. Never-the-less, I was devasted. I started studying everything I could about infertility and how to fix it. That is when I discovered the work of Weston Price, a dentist in the 1930s. His ancestral, nutrient dense diet was an integral part of cultivating a new, more wholistic approach to how I view fertility and women’s health. I ended up leaving my first marriage a year after my miscarriage. I remarried and my second husband and I tried for a while. I was fully into peri-menopause by my mid forties and I knew my body did not want to have a child. We participated in two adoption trainings, including Foster Care. In the end we chose a different path and we both really enjoy being the “fun aunt and uncle” to our nieces and nephews. It takes a village. I consider every illness or seeming mishap as an opportunity to study, learn and then serve my patients from a heart centered perspective. I really enjoy teaching about how to prepare your body for pregnancy as a process similar to building the soil in the garden. Natural fertility treatments are slower, yet much better for a woman’s body and for the baby’s health. Seeing the babies I helped bring into the world at a super market or farmer’s market is a really joyful reward. I am a Doctor of Oriental Medicine practicing acupuncture and herbal medicine in Reno, Nevada. I practiced massage for 15 years and acupuncture for the last fourteen years. I specialize in relieving chronic pain, optimizing hormones and digestion and women’s health. I enjoy doing patient education and teach classes on qi gong, acupressure and nutrition. FIND HER HERE: https://www.wilderhealthacu.com Instagram: @wilder.health Facebook business Page: Wilder Health Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine