Edie Uchida

Jun 2023

we thank our blessings every day that our paths crossed with dr. uchida's. she is literally an angel residing earthside. i had very irregular menstrual cycles (sometimes going three months without one) and whenever i did have a period, they were often quite heavy lasting more than seven days... my longest being thirty days. on top of that, when we actually started tracking our ovulation window, we realized my luteal phase (the fourteen days after ovulation) was short and/or i would start spotting seven/ eight days in, which is not ideal for the success of a fertilized egg implanting into my uterine lining if it's already beginning to shed. not ever officially "diagnosed," but it was stated that i could possibly have endometreosis, adenomyosis, and pcos.so we began working with dr. uchida in january 2021 and i began a journey of NOURISHING my body three times a day with a specific diet that would support our fertility journey. it was HARD for me... eating wasn't something i did well... i tended to fast a lot and usually only ate once a day, sometimes two. she gently explained to me that my ovaries were one of the last things in my body to be nourished because i didn't need them to survive... eating three times a day, ESPECIALLY protein, would help to ensure they were getting the nutrients needed. she also started me on various herbs and pills that would help to nourish my body as well. as the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months, she adjusted my treatments, herbs, and pills accordingly; carefully observing how my body and menstrual cycle were responding. she was able to help me get my periods fairly regular... maybe about every six weeks instead of three months... and they were all a week long with only a couple of days being heavy instead of all of them! they also stopped being extremely clotty and much more flowy.and at the end of january 2022 we found out we were pregnant! we were beyond excited and dreamed of the family we were going to have... however, in march of 2022, God decided to keep our baby and our hearts broke into a million pieces. dr. uchida was such a HUGE support system during this tragic time for us... she didn't just physically help our body to recover from this loss, she was mentally and emotionally there for us, too. she MOTHERED us as if we were her own daughter... allowing us to cry and feel all our feels while wiping away our tears and hugging us. she was a safe space in an already difficult place to be.we continued our treatments and i finally began to practice qigong (as recommended by dr. uchida back in january 2021, but i never committed to). i mostly did it to give myself something new to focus on and to hopefully keep myself from going down a road of depression. i soon discovered that i loved the practice and it REALLY helped to transmute my energy into a positive, life giving force that not only kept my spirits up, but supported my fertility journey physically by clearing out all the negative/ blocked/ stagnant energy that happened to be stuck in certain areas of my body. it was refreshing and i liked that i could actually FEEL my qi moving within me after a class. i highly recommend it if you're the slightest bit interested in it.in august of 2022, we found out we were once again pregnant. but because of our previous experience and how an experience like that changes you, this time around we were cautiously excited and hopeful... i held my breath at each ultrasound and prayed for only good news. the weeks slowly turned into months and dr. uchida supported us through it all. when we had nausea for ten weeks, she made sure to ease it as much as she could with specific acupuncture points and encouraged us to continue eating as much as we could, even if it wasn't on the diet, because it was important to continue trying to nourish body while it worked incredibly hard to create and sustain new life. in april of 2023, we welcomed our beautiful baby into this world. .i fully believe that because of the treatment i was receiving and the herbs

Feb 2023

Update: I now have 3 healthy babies, all naturally conceived, born in September 2016, November 2019, and March 2021. I didn't see Edie for my last one but I did see her for the first 2. Looking back, I am so glad I was willing to try Eastern medicine when Western medicine failed me. If you're like me, and are sick of taking pills and doing tests, only to end up with negative pregnancy tests, overstimulated ovaries, and ER visits, try Chinese medicine. I remember it wasn't fun drinking my Chinese herbs everyday (something I liked to call my "dirt water" because that's how it tasted and looked), and it wasn't fun spending so much money on weekly acupuncture, but I would do it all again in a heartbeat. I wholeheartedly believe that it was because of my journey that I started with Edie who helped me to balance my hormones and get to the root of the problem of my infertility, that I have now had 3 natural and healthy pregnancies. No more band aid solutions of taking Clomid or Letrozole! For the first time in my life I have regular cycles. That in itself is a victory in women's health.

Oct 2022

Oh Edie Edie Edie. What is there NOT to say? She is simply THE BEST. I almost didn't want to write this bc I want to keep her a secret!! She is already busy and there's a waiting list to see her...but she is a MIRACLE WORKER. I'll be honest- you'll work hard mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually and...money wise to get your body back in balance. She is not for the faint of heart. She'll prescribe an intense diet, acupuncture twice a week (which I originally was so terrified of, but now LOVE), lots of pills and Chinese herbs. I mean LOTS. But when you want something bad enough, you do it. Eventually you'll get into a routine and it won't seem as hard. Dr. Edie's staff is also amazing. Here's a little background- I was originally seeing an RE but after a year of 6 IUIs, a surgery and nothing to show for it, I was frustrated and wanted answers. He wanted me to go straight into IVF. Looking for an alternative before shooting my body up with synthetic drugs and hormones, I called Dr. Edie's office and got on the waiting list. I found it through Yelp, miraculously. Like I said, when you want something bad enough, you get answers. Going in to see Edie the first time, I was a nervous wreck. I was straightforward and honest about my situation and at the end of the first session, I had the smallest "baby needles" she calls it, in me. She got me on a bunch of herbs, pills- I also researched and talked to friends who had fertility issues but were successful in getting pregnant. She also put me on the anti Candida diet, which, I won't lie, sucks. At first! But it changed my eating habits and I now follow it as much as I can- low to no sugar, no dairy, no eggs, lots of protein- grass fed beef, no antibiotic chicken, wild fish. You will start shopping at Whole Foods, exclusively. You just don't want junk in your body!The other thing about Dr. Edie, she works in collaboration with another RE, Celia Dominguez. I was adamant about not changing REs, but she eventually convinced me to change and I'm so glad I did. I didn't have many answers with my first RE, nor was he willing to do tests to give me more answers....just wanted me to do IVF. I did not want to go through all of that just to have an failed IVF cycle. I wanted to know what was wrong with my body and heal it! Then if I had to do ivf, then I had to do IVF. Having Edie work with Dominguez is double the ammo at tackling whatever needs fixing/balancing. You get eastern and western medicine put together to help you get pregnant and carry the healthy pregnancy to term. Fast forward to switching to Dominguez. I went in for my first consult/ultrasound and to my surprise, they found a baby in me! I had no idea!!!! 6 weeks pregnant and I got to hear the heartbeat and everything! It was the most insane thing, and I began crying with my legs wide open on the table! I got pregnant with Edie 2.5 months after seeing her. I had PCOS and Endometriosis and inconsistent periods. I swear if you work with Edie, you will get pregnant. She is someone I look forward to seeing twice a week and really treasure her as a friend. I will never forget what she has done for me and continues to do for me throughout my pregnancy. She will change your life.