Preconception Care · Functional Medicine · TCM
Before the Baby,There Is You.
A whole-body, whole-partnership approach to preparing for one of the most profound experiences of your life. What you bring into conception shapes the world your child enters.
Dr. Ashley Alden · DACM · L.Ac.
Four lenses · one preparation
Functional MedicineEastern MedicineSomatic TherapyPre-Conception Healing & Integration
Balance
The Invitation
The health and vitality you bring into conception is the very first gift you give your child.
Conscious Pregnancy starts here: with the understanding that what you bring into conception shapes the world your child enters. A body prepared. A relationship strengthened. A home made ready.
Prepping the Palace
Both partners. One window. The most important preparation you will ever make.
In TCM, the palace is prepared before the new life takes up residence. The 90-day preconception window is that preparation. What you bring into conception, physically, emotionally, energetically, becomes the very first environment your child knows.
The Work
Four lenses on one preparation.
Each practice stands on its own. Together, they meet you at every layer, cellular, energetic, emotional, in the window before you conceive.
Functional Medicine
Comprehensive functional lab work: hormones at pregnancy-specific reference ranges, micronutrient status, toxin burden, immune function, gut health, and genetic markers.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
+ Acupuncture
TCM has mapped the body's energetic landscape for thousands of years. We use this wisdom to identify where energy is blocked, depleted, or out of balance.
Somatic Healing Therapy
The body holds memory. Stress, trauma, and unprocessed emotion live in the tissues, and they can shape the environment your baby develops in.
Pre-Conception Healing & Integration
For those ready to go deeper, this work offers a pathway to profound clearing of patterns, beliefs, and emotional or ancestral material before you conceive.
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Comprehensive Lab Work
Advanced panels that go beyond standard bloodwork: methylation, full thyroid, toxin burden, and reproductive hormones for both partners.
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Nutritional Biochemistry
A personalized nutrition plan built around your labs and physiology, not a one-size protocol. From preconception through postpartum.
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Medical-Grade Supplementation
Evidence-backed protocols, third-party tested, specific to your biology. You will understand why every piece is in your plan.
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Functional Lifestyle Strategies
Sleep, toxic load reduction, movement, and circadian rhythm — the daily rhythms that make everything else in your care plan more effective.
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Community Resources
Your full care ecosystem, built with intention: midwives, doulas, lactation, pelvic floor PT, and pediatric referrals aligned with your values.
Process
How It Works
Getting started doesn't have to be complicated. Our process is simple, supportive, and designed to move at a pace that feels right for you, from the first conversation to the changes you'll see over time.
Discovery Call
We start with a conversation: where you are, what you want to optimize, and whether this program is the right fit. No pressure, no commitment. Just an honest look at what is possible.
Functional Assessment
Comprehensive lab work at pregnancy-specific reference ranges. Hormones, micronutrients, gut health, immune function, genetic markers, toxin burden. We map your unique biology before building your protocol.
Personalized Protocol
Your preconception plan is built around your labs, your history, and your goals. Acupuncture, somatic work, nutritional guidance, and integration support are woven together as a single program.
Ongoing Support
Regular check-ins, protocol adjustments, and continued TCM care through the full preconception window and into early pregnancy. We stay with you through the whole arc.
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Support Grounded in Experience
Eastern and Western medicine, one practice, one purpose.
Dr. Ashley Alden holds a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) and a Master of Traditional Oriental Medicine (MTOM). She is a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) with specialized training in functional medicine, somatic healing, and psychedelic integration for preconception and postpartum care.
Her practice brings together functional lab analysis, Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnostics, acupuncture, somatic healing, and nervous system regulation. Science and energetics, working as one. Care that addresses root causes rather than isolated symptoms, preparing the whole person from preconception through every trimester.
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Every step is flexible, we adapt to your needs, pace, and comfort level. Whether you're here for a short chapter or a longer journey, we'll walk it together.
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The Program
This is not just
her journey.
All programs are available remotely. In-person acupuncture and somatic sessions are offered for clients in the Bay or LA area.
HER Preparation
For the woman preparing on her own. The 90 days before conception are the window we have to influence egg quality, replenish nutrient stores, regulate cycles, and settle the nervous system. This is the most influential window you have to invest in your own vitality, and in the child you are preparing to welcome.
- Full comprehensive functional lab panel (thyroid, methylation, micronutrients, GI health, hormones)
- Weekly acupuncture (in-person, SF or LA)
- Somatic healing therapy and nervous system regulation personalized techniques.
- Personalized nutrition and supplement protocol
- Sleep, stress, and lifestyle optimization
HIS Preparation
For the man preparing on his own. Sperm regenerates on a roughly 90 day cycle, which means what he does now shows up in the cells that make a child. Stress, sleep, blood sugar, and toxic load all matter. Men are rarely given the same level of preparation as women, and it shows in the data.
- Full comprehensive functional lab panel (hormones, micronutrients, inflammatory markers, GI health, methylation)
- Acupuncture for sperm quality, circulation, and hormone health (in-person, SF or LA)
- Somatic healing therapy and nervous system regulation personalized techniques.
- Nutrition and supplement protocol
- Sleep, stress, and lifestyle optimization
TOGETHER Preparation
This is the first step you take as parents. Bringing your health to its strongest place before conception lays the foundation between the two of you, and for the child you are preparing to bring in. Paternal factors account for roughly half of fertility challenges, and preparing together produces better outcomes than preparing alone.
- Individual comprehensive functional lab panels for both partners (thyroid, methylation, micronutrients, GI health, inflammatory markers, hormones).
- Joint and individual sessions.
- Acupuncture for both partners (in-person, SF or LA)
- Somatic healing therapy and nervous system regulation personalized techniques.
- Nutrition and supplement protocols for each of you.
- Sleep, stress, and lifestyle optimization
Our Journal
Evidence, not opinion.
Reflections, research, and practical tools grounded in functional medicine and Chinese medicine. Written for women who want to understand, not just follow.
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