After Miscarriage
The Right Recovery From a Devastating Miscarriage Can Be the Key to Your Future Success.
You tried to get pregnant. You achieved your goal.
And now you are dealing with the shattering experience of a miscarriage.
Emotional and Physical Challenges
So it is physically and hormonally very challenging to keep a positive attitude.
If you have experienced two or more successive miscarriages you may also have been told that you may be infertile.
While miscarriage is not uncommon (occurring in up to 25% of recognized pregnancies),
• Less than 5% of women will experience two miscarriages in a row, and
• Less than 1% three or more successive miscarriages.
The Reasons for Multiple Miscarriages
According to Western Medicine
So it is physically and hormonally very challenging to keep a positive attitude.
If you have experienced two or more successive miscarriages you may also have been told that you may be infertile.
While miscarriage is not uncommon (occurring in up to 25% of recognized pregnancies),
• Less than 5% of women will experience two miscarriages in a row, and
• Less than 1% three or more successive miscarriages.
According to Eastern Medicine – Miscarriage is an Energy Issue
The greatest gift (and the greatest secret) of Chinese Medicine is its study of the body’s energy and the internal energetic interactions between different organ systems.
If there is nothing genetic or physical preventing you from keeping your pregnancy, then the wisdom of Chinese herbalism can play a very important role in helping you to conceive and carry a baby to full term.
Even if you have been diagnosed with autoimmune issues, you may be able to help your body to make unexpected adjustments. When your immune system is overacting and turns on you, your body responds with a strong inflammatory response. This response may fight your ability and your desire to have a baby.
If you do our Radiant Wonder Fertility Cleanse, the special diet you are on will be adjusted to your energy patterns. This is definitely an issue where food therapy will play a big role in your program.
Treating your body with the same gentle support you want to give your child may very well help your immune system to relax its hyperactive response. Soothing and quieting your body’s inflammatory response may increase your odds for a successful pregnancy.
Weak Digestion or a Lack of Warmth
Low progesterone production is a clear indication that your body has inadequate energy.
This may be directly related one of two (or both) specific patterns in Chinese Medicine.
• weak digestive function or
• a lack of internal warmth which could be
– from eating too many cold foods,
– and/or from a constitutional tendency to chill easily.
When digestive function improves and the exact right warming herbs and foods are introduced it will enhance your ability to carry your baby until your placenta takes over with its own progesterone production.
It’s very likely your Herbalist may chose an herbal formula from this group
For stronger digestive function*
• Digest Ease #1
• Calm Digestion
• Fertility Boost
For more internal warmth**
• Restore Balance Plus
• Super Fertility #5
*Spleen Chi Deficiency ** Cold Uterus / Kidney Yang Deficiency
Neither of these are diseases. They are imbalances which can be rebalanced.
Too Little or Too Much
For each woman the pattern is a little different. Instead of the most common patterns above you might need more blood* or have a need to clear the tendency to overheat in the upper body**
These are normally the patterns associated with miscarriage. Each is related to either
• too little (feeling cold, low libido, hypo function of any kind) or
• too much (hot flashes, irritability, mood swings) energy.
*Blood Deficiency **Excess Heat in the Upper Jiao
Neither of these are diseases. They are imbalances which can be rebalanced.
June’s Success Story
With all the miscarriages I had had it was almost impossible to believe I would ever get pregnant.
It was really hard on our marriage, too.
I was so nervous in the beginning, and you have been there for me all the way through. Thank you. I will never forget your gentle wisdom.
I didn’t know if the herbs and the exercises would work, of course. I remember telling my husband after I started, “I don’t know if I’ll get pregnant or not, but I have to tell you I have never felt better in my life!”
Within a few more weeks I was pregnant.
Three Steps to Success
Step One: How to Recover From Your Miscarriage
The first couple of weeks after the miscarriage is not the time to be taking too many herbal formulas
The first goal is to start replenishing your blood and giving your body a few weeks to find its own balance.
You can take
• Organic Spirulina to replenish your blood (3 capsules twice a day), and
• Comfort Zone to start rebalancing
You should avoid other supplements for right now. There is a special stew that you can make for yourself to start bringing back your strength and your balance.
What You Need to Avoid
What You Can do That Will Help
• Put a heating pad or hot water bottle onto your belly every day for 15-20 min
• Breathe – we suggest the Alternate Breathing Technique
After the 2 weeks is up it is time to start the deep nutrition of Radiant Wonder herbal formulas again.
You have lost blood.
You have lost energy.
You want to recover both and actually end up stronger than you were before the pregnancy.
This is the time to have a consultation, even if you had one in the beginning.
Your body is in a different space now and may have different needs.
How you approach recovery is so important.
We’re here to help you through it.
That is our goal – to help you get there.
This is definitely an infertility issue where your knowledge of how to help yourself can help you more than anything else.
Step Two: Getting pregnant Again – Helping to Balance Your Cycle and Return to Your Natural Rhythm.
Some people think “These are the formulas that helped me to get pregnant, so I will just stay on them.” However, you may need different formulas to help you during this stage. Talk to your Herbalist for advice on the best way to proceed.
Another Success Story
I didn’t want to wait for the 3 months Amanda suggested to stay on a program and rebalance. I just knew I was running out of time. But I was so afraid of another miscarriage.
So I figured I would do what she suggested. In my heart I knew I would get pregnant again, so I went with that feeling and just decided I was going to prepare for my baby, instead of just being so determined to push forward.
It was the best decision of my life. Hard to make – but the best.
I am holding little Paul in my arms.
Step Three: Not just getting pregnant, but staying pregnant.
Then you become pregnant. Your doctor advises you to go out and live your life. To you this means “Oh – I can keep doing what I’ve been doing.”
However, the first trimester of a pregnant life is a different life.
You Need Support
Your doctor may have given you the support of progesterone suppositories. We advise the use of one of Radiant Wonder’s herbal formulas called Calm the Baby to support your first trimester.
This may also be an important time to engage an acupuncturist. Becoming pregnant again is a transition time, and how you make that transition may affect you holding a pregnancy to full term.
This is a time to temporarily compromise the life you know in order to sustain the life you have worked so hard to attract.
Your Herbalist is There for You
We can help you make this transition. For each woman it is a little different. Just one small adjustment can make all the difference.
A gentle, centered life that includes restful sleep and less intense exercise and travel allows you to shift into that special place where you and your baby create a space to fall in love with each other.
We will help you have a healthy baby in a healthy body.
You’re Not Alone
You aren’t out there on all alone anymore. We have helped so many women overcome this challenge and we want you to be one of them. Every time you call you will learn something valuable.
