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

Becoming Parents Parenting Entrepreneurs, and Birthwork

• 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