Conceiving with Love

Supportive, practical advice for couples who are trying to conceive.

Denise Wiesner’s integrative East-meets-West approach, developed over twenty years of practice, has helped thousands of couples relax, reconnect, and conceive. The stress of trying to get pregnant can wreak havoc with a couple’s intimate relationship—right at a time when that connection is most important—and the frustration and shame couples may feel can have a harmful effect and reduce their chances of conceiving. Wiesner gives couples the tools they need to repair their sexual relationship, rebuild their self-confidence, and reclaim their intimacy and desire. She includes advice from leading experts in Western reproductive medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine; offers sensual practices from yoga, qigong, and Tantra; and answers questions couples have about sex, intimacy, and both naturally occurring and medically assisted fertility.“Conceiving with Love is a much-needed antidote to the desperation so many women feel when facing a diagnosis of infertility. This is the book I’d recommend to everyone who wants to increase her fertility.”—Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times best-selling author of Goddesses Never Age, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
 
“Written by a seasoned practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Conceiving with Love combines the wisdom of Eastern medicine with the latest advances in conventional fertility treatment. It’s a great resource and I’ll definitely recommend it to my patients who are struggling to get pregnant.”—Jill Blakeway, DACM, LAc, co-author of Making Babies

“Conceiving with Love is a great support book for couples seeking strength and looking to maintain intimacy while dealing with fertility issues.”—Irwin Goldstein, MD, Director of Sexual Medicine, Alvarado Hospital, San DiegoDENISE WIESNER LAc., DIPL. AC., founder of the Natural Healing & Acupuncture Clinic in West Los Angeles, is an internationally recognized traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, specializing in the Whole Systems Chinese medicine approach to women’s health, sexuality, and fertility. Since 1994, Denise has treated and helped women manage challenges from menstrual disorders through menopause and from infertility to pregnancy. Using a combination of acupuncture, diet and lifestyle counseling, nutritional supplements, and Chinese herbs, Denise has helped thousands of couples navigate the tricky, and often stressful, journey toward fertility, without losing their loving connection. She has a BA in exercise kinesiology (UCLA), an MA in traditional Chinese medicine (Emperor's College), and is a certified sex coach. She is board-certified by the State of California and the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM), and a charter member of the Fertile Soul: Clinical Excellence in Fertility program. Denise teaches professional seminars to medical doctors, ob-gyns, and nurse midwives on the application of Chinese medicine in obstetrics and gynecology and has published articles on acupuncture and infertility. In addition to a thriving private practice, Denise lectures at conferences, works closely with reproductive endocrinologists, and is a professor in the doctoral program in Chinese Medicine, Fertility, and Women’s Health at Yo San University. In her spare time, she relishes practicing yoga, playing guitar, dancing, and hanging out with her two sons, Noah and Ethan.