A Traditional Chinese Medicine Approach
Trying to conceive or going through fertility treatment can be a deeply personal experience. If you are considering acupuncture during this time, I offer individual consultations in a calm, private setting in Clifton.
My practice draws on traditional Chinese medicine, whose framework includes concepts such as Qi, yin and yang. Within this tradition, your history, pulse and abdominal assessment inform the selection of acupuncture points and techniques for an individual treatment plan.
Your Consultation and Treatment Plan
We discuss what brings you to the clinic, your medical and menstrual history, sleep, diet and how you are feeling. There is time to discuss your goals, the proposed acupuncture approach, and what research can—and cannot—tell us about its relevance to your circumstances.
Depending on the treatment plan we agree, I use traditional needle acupuncture, non-insertive Toyohari techniques, or a combination. I explain the techniques and ask for your consent before we begin.
An individual treatment plan is not a prediction of pregnancy or IVF success.
Alongside Your Existing Care
Please continue the care recommended by your GP or fertility team. Let them know about any complementary therapies you are considering, and tell me about your current treatment and any pregnancy before a session.
Useful Information
- HFEA information about complementary and alternative therapies
- NHS information about infertility
- NHS advice on a healthy diet in pregnancy
- NHS advice on vitamins, supplements and nutrition in pregnancy
If you would like to discuss the practicalities of an appointment, contact me on 07388296 937686 (Please leave a voicemail if I am busy, and I will call you back as soon as I am free) or email [email protected].
Further Information
- Toyohari Acupuncture & Moxibustion
- Acupuncture Appointments & Well-being
- Back & Neck Pain: Acupuncture Approach & Research
- Migraine & Tension-type Headaches: Acupuncture Approach & Research
- Acupuncture Consultations During Fertility Care
- Acupuncture Alongside Care for Long-term Illness
- About Bowen Therapy
- What to Expect from a Bowen Session
- Bowen Therapy & Your Active Routine