Tag: acupuncture

Supporting your immune system

supporting your immune system Supporting your immune system With all the concerns over the spread of the coronavirus and its impact on our general well being I thought that now would be a good time to revisit how you can...Read More

Egg Quality

Hi as it is Fertility Awareness week I thought I would write a blog post on egg quality Many people with fertiity issues are concerned about egg quality. Did you know that a woman’s eggs are formed before she is...Read More

Acupuncture and Pregnancy

For more information on acupuncture and pregnancy visit my pregnancy page Following on from my last blog post I am now going to look at acupuncture and pregnancy in the 2nd Trimester- that is from 12-28 weeks This is often...Read More

Pregnancy and Acupuncture

pregnancy and acupuncture - for more information visit my page on pregnancy Great you are pregnant - what next? Pregnancy can be divided into 3 distinct sections or trimesters. Each trimester has its own distinct features so in this blog...Read More

IVF and acupuncture

IVF and Acupuncture Acupuncture could dramatically boost the chances of IVF treatment working, a study, by Homerton University Hospital in London, suggests. According to an article in The Telegragh this British study found that rates of success were twice as...Read More

building up your immune system

Building up your immune system Want help building up your immune system? Feeling tired and run down? Not looking forward to the cold and dark winter months? Now that the nights are drawing in and winter is just around the...Read More

Anxiety

What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling of unease, nervousness or fear. Most of us will feel anxious at some time. If often has physical sensations that we label as anxiety. These include feeling tense, sick or a tightness in the...Read More

Spotlight on Endometriosis

Spotlight on Endometriosis Following on from my blog post on PCOS  the other month I thought that it would be good to throw the spotlight on Endometriosis. This includes looking at how it can affect fertility. What is Endometriosis? Endometriosis...Read More

PCOS

PCOS When making a baby one of the key components is to have eggs which are ripe for fertilization. This usually occurs when a woman ovulates. One of the main reasons why a woman fails to ovulate is because of...Read More

Making a baby

Making a baby: The key components to making a baby are: Healthy eggs Healthy male sperm Ripe eggs for fertilization (ovulation) The environment is supportive to help the sperm on their journey up the cerivcal canal to the uterus and...Read More

Reducing Stress

Reducing Stress In our modern lives stress seems everywhere.  How can we go about reducing stress when we have so many: deadlines financial pressures difficult relationship So how can we find ways of reducing stress? Here are some of my...Read More

Healthy Eggs

Healthy eggs This week is Shrove Tuesday when we are encouraged to make pancakes, which use eggs.So I thought I would put the spotlight not on chicken eggs but on human eggs. What we as women can do to have...Read More