Acupuncture for fertility

Acupuncture is well known for supporting infertility, including working alongside IVF and other methods of assisted conception. Lucy can support you throughout your whole fertility journey by offering you realistic guidelines that include dietary, lifestyle and treatment advice specifically for you.

If your infertility seems unexplained or if you've been given a diagnosis that may make your chances of conception more difficult Lucy can work with you to improve your chances of conceiving.

What can Lucy help with? 

Regulating the monthly cycle

Lucy pays specific attention to a woman’s monthly cycle and can work to regulate it in order to encourage conception. 

The ideal cycle has a five day medium flow bleed and lasts 28 days in total, although a few days either side is also considered to be normal. If your cycle is different to this and you have been struggling to conceive, acupuncture could really help you.

In Chinese Medicine there are four phases to the monthly cycle. By working with these phases, acupuncture can help to:

Regulate the length of the cycle | regulate light or heavy periods | reduce period pain | reduce PMS symptoms | reduce stress and anxiety | promote ovulation and implantation | improve egg quality | improve follicular development | improve lining of the endometrium | balance hormones

ivf, iui, icsi

Assisted conception methods can become very stressful for everyone involved - both male and female. Acupuncture can help to reduce this stress, relax the mind, help with sleep and boost overall health to improve conception chances. Acupuncture can also help balance any side effects to medication you may be taking to support these methods.

Lucy offers weekly treatment packages leading up to transfers and implantations. She also offers treatments on transfer days, which can help increase the chances of a successful pregnancy.

Polycystic ovary syndrome

Acupuncture can effect the nerve supply to the ovaries, which influences blood and hormone production and so can greatly help PCOS sufferers.