Fertility & IVF support
Your fertility journey is about far more than appointments, tests and treatment protocols. Here we have time to look at the whole picture.
I've been there myself
When you come to me, we have time to look at the whole picture: physical, emotional and, if it's something you're open to, sometimes spiritual too. I work alongside your care from the NHS, your fertility clinic or a private consultant, and you don't have to explain why this has affected far more than just your body. I understand.
I've been through a five-year fertility journey myself, including IVF, before our daughter arrived, so I know how long, lonely and exhausting it can be.
A Fertility Consultation
I ask all fertility clients to begin here. We go through your fertility journey so far, your health history and any test results you have. Then we talk through the things that can affect fertility, self-help, supplements and lifestyle, and which treatments might suit you. Couples are very welcome, though often women come on their own.
Ways I can support you
The months before
If you're planning IVF, the months before your cycle are a lovely time to start. It gives us time to get to know each other, find the treatments that suit you, and help you feel as calm and ready as possible.
Three to six months is ideal, but please don't worry if your cycle is just around the corner. Whenever you come, I'll do my very best for you.
A Fertility Consultation, followed by six 50-minute acupuncture sessions in the months leading up to your cycle.
Saving £25Around your cycle
IVF cycles can be unpredictable, and I'll do my best to prioritise fitting your sessions around yours. Many women like support at these stages:
- Stimulation: once or twice a week, for a regular pause during the injection weeks
- Around egg collection: restful sessions around a day that can bring nerves
- Embryo transfer: a session the day before or on the day, so you arrive feeling calm
- The two-week wait: one or two gentle sessions to support rest and ease the waiting
It's your choice how many sessions you have and when. I'll give you the information, and then I leave it with you to decide what feels right.
Six 90-minute Acupuncture & Gentle Release sessions, timed around your cycle. Reproflexology® or Womb & Fertility Massage can be swapped in.
Saving £50My treatments are complementary. They sit alongside the care you receive from your clinic and GP, and never replace medical advice or treatment. Please let your clinic know you're having complementary treatments, and keep me updated with any medication or changes to your protocol, so I can shape each session around them.
Space for what you carry
If you have experienced a loss of any kind, I can support you during or after it. I've worked with many women, and some partners too, who were still carrying emotions they didn't know were there, in one case more than 40 years after their loss.
Letting go of those emotions doesn't mean you love your baby any less. Many people describe feeling lighter, as though they're no longer carrying it in quite the same way.
I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy during our own fertility journey, so I understand a little of how long these things can stay with us.
Whenever you're ready, the first step is a conversation.