There are free applications that can be downloaded onto your phone to help track your menstrual cycle – iPeriod; Period Tracker; Period Planner. OR… in an effort to get the balance between offline and online activities and getting women into their creative space using their hands to design and create rather than swipe and press buttons, get both your hands on one of Danielle’s Menstrual Monthly Planners.  A total MUST HAVE in the self care department! In a nutshell, Day 1 begins on the first day of your period. Ovulation normally occurs around Day 14. If you are on a regular cycle, your period should start again after Day 28.

Wait for your next period and then perform the technique a day or so after your period ends.

The treatment is a wonderful way to balance and connect in with your uterus throughout your IVF journey. Treatments can be performed during FSH medication and whilst blood tests are being done to check hormone levels right up until follicles are to be measured.  Treatments can then be performed again once eggs have been removed right up until eggs are implanted. The treatment will help improve circulation to the pelvic area as well as helping to correct a displaced uterus.

“I came in earlier this year for a treatment with you (late April) just before I had an embryo transfer (my 7th attempt!). I just wanted to let you know that it was successful an I am now 6 month pregnant!  I am so grateful for this little miracle and wanted to say thank you. If I ever try again I will definitely be coming back to see you!“

Untold numbers of caesarean births could be prevented with this simple, safe, easy to learn massage technique. Practitioners use this to prevent the need for a C-Section. By strengthening and toning the uterus, ligaments and other pelvic organs, the massage helps to place and maintain the uterus in her optimal position for giving birth. For women who have had a C-section, this technique is beneficial for breaking up scar tissue in the same way it works for women who have had hysterectomies. Treatments can be performed 12 weeks after C-section delivery.

Almost every woman, even those who have had hysterectomies can benefit greatly from the Arvigo Techniques through improved circulation, lymphatic drainage and a decrease in the formation of scar tissue.

Direct application over the uterus is not performed:

• During menstrual bleeding
• Within the first 6 weeks following a normal vaginal delivery or the first 3 months after a c-section
• For a woman using an IUD for birth control
• If cancer is present or suspected anywhere in the pelvis, or undergoing chemotherapy for this condition
• During the first trimester of pregnancy

Women who have had hysterectomies benefit greatly from these techniques as it improves circulation in and around the area of the scar. When circulation is improved, scar tissue will be prevented from forming in the pelvis after surgery. Ligaments and other remaining organs are benefited from improving circulatory flow to the pelvis.