Working with Me.

There are several stages to the process of working with me on your fertility journey.  For you to fully engage in the process you must have a level of trust in me as your practitioner and the process involved.  This ensures I am working with clients who get me excited to come to work on a morning and are as invested in their treatment as I am.  Below is an outline of the stages you will go through to help you better understand if I am the person for you.

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Stage 1- Booking a Consultation.

Once you have decided you would like to work with me you can arrange a time for your online consultation.  This is likely to be around 6 weeks from the date of making the first contact.  This is partly due to my waiting list but also this enables enough time for you to gather all the information ready for your consultation.  Once your appointment is in the diary you will receive an email containing a number of online forms for you to complete before your consultation.  You will also be given instructions on what data you should gather prior to the appointment and the link ready for your video consultation.

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Stage 2 - The Consultation.

During your consultation, we will discuss your case in great detail and review the health of all parties involved in the process. All aspects of health will be reviewed in minute detail.  In addition to your general and fertile health, I will also review your lifestyle and diet.  This is coupled with a naturopathic style analysis of any blood results.  Consultations currently take place online via a video link.  Following the online time, I will take time to produce a detailed treatment plan. This will detail the regularity of acupuncture sessions necessary, herbal program if required, nutritional recommendations, lifestyle changes etc.  I may also recommend other professionals within my network that may be beneficial to aspects of your treatment program.  For example, a functional nutritionist is I see severe or complex issues or a hypnotherapist for needle phobias etc.

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If you are not open to using herbal medicine in your treatment I would be happy to recommend an alternative practitioner for you.  In my experience particularly with complex cases or cases of long-standing fertility issues, herbal medicine is integral to success and I find it very difficult to work with one hand tied behind my back.

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Stage 3 - Treatment.

Once you have accepted the proposed treatment plan we would arrange and schedule a regular slot for your treatment and begin your acupuncture sessions.  Part of the reason I often have a long waiting list is that I limit the number of patients I will work with at any one time.  This ensures I can be fully focused in our sessions together as well as have adequate time outside of the treatment room to review your case whenever necessary and maintain a high level of training and research. 

The duration of the average treatment program is 3-4 months and I ask that you consider this in your commitment to treatment.  When working with fertility we are influencing the developing environment of the egg and sperm.  The full life cycle of a developing egg or sperm is around 90 days.  For me to have the most impact on your health you would ideally be having treatment for this full development cycle.  However, this is not one size fits all medicine and your case will be individual to you.  If you are embarking on an IVF journey please consider I will require this preparation time with you before you start any medication.

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