Acupuncture and IVF

Olivia was recommended to me by a friend when my husband and I were experiencing problems conceiving. I knew nothing of acupuncture – apart from that it involved needles – and was somewhat sceptical before making my first appointment, wondering how it was going to help with my particular problem. However, when I arrived at […]

After years of trying for a baby fertility tests eventually confirmed that we were going to need ICSI/IVF. Knowing that often more than one cycle is needed, we were anxious to do all that we could to increase our chances for conception and acupuncture seemed like a way forward. I received treatment prior to the

In 2007, my partner was diagnosed with a lymphoma, which required powerful chemotherapy treatment. I was 41 years old and we had only decided in the preceding year or so that we wanted to try for children – rather late, I know. Apart from all of the other obvious implications of the diagnosis, it was

My husband and I had decided to have IVF treatment following 6 months of tests at our local hospital as we had been trying to conceive for 1 year. I was 40 and my husband 35. I had gone into various websites to see what I could do to give myself the best chance of

I originally came across Olivia when I had been recommended an acupuncturist in Cobham, Surrey. Olivia was working from the practice and because of the days of the week that she worked tying in with my schedule and also her expertise with Chinese herbal medicine, I ended up seeing Olivia exclusively. I had been having

I had read many articles about the benefits of acupuncture and IVF. This was our forth (and final) attempt at IVF following unsuccessful cycles over a period of about seven years. I was getting older and the money was running out and so my husband and I decided to give it 110% and do everything

My husband and I had been trying to conceive for 5 years, unsuccessfully, during which I found out that I had cysts on my ovaries and endometriosis. We were eventually referred for IVF. As we began to think about IVF I felt I needed something else to support me and the process. I was recommended

Last year my husband and I were refused IVF treatment by a respected fertility clinic, on the grounds that a routine blood test had revealed my FSH levels were well over those acceptable for IVF. In conventional medical terms, the opinion was that, at 42, I was approaching early menopause and there was no treatment