Wherever you are on this journey, I’ll meet you there. Sessions are unhurried and genuinely thorough — we’ll look at every aspect of your health and history that might be relevant, because fertility rarely has a single cause.
There’s something worth knowing about timing: it takes roughly three menstrual cycles for an egg to be recruited from the ovary to ovulation. That’s how long it takes to meaningfully influence the environment your egg is maturing in. Sperm takes a similar amount of time to develop. Which means what you and your partner do in the months before conception matters — not just for getting pregnant, but for the health of the pregnancy and baby that follow.
This is why I encourage people to come sooner rather than later, and to think of this as a process rather than a quick fix. The work we do together is cumulative, and it compounds.
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine have been increasingly studied alongside conventional fertility treatment, particularly IVF. The evidence is growing and in several areas it is genuinely encouraging.
A retrospective cohort study published in 2015 found that whole-system Traditional Chinese Medicine used alongside IVF may be associated with improved live birth rates (PMC4458185). A systematic review and meta-analysis published in the BMJ found acupuncture had a positive effect on rates of pregnancy and live birth in women undergoing IVF (BMJ 2008;336:545).
This isn’t a promise — fertility is complex, and outcomes depend on many factors. What I can offer is a thorough, individualised approach that works with your body and supports whatever else you’re doing, whether that’s trying naturally or going through assisted conception.
