Acupuncture for Fertility and IVF in Balham
We are a team of expert therapists based in Balham (SW17), specialising in Fertility and Women’s Health. We offer fertility acupuncture, reflexology, nutrition, Chinese herbs and massage all within one specialist, integrated team under one roof in our clinic within ChiroByHand (Ritherdon Road, Balham, SW17 8QD)
All our acupuncture practitioners are Fertility Support trained acupuncturists, or currently undertaking this rigorous training, which enables us to offer the very best care and fertility acupuncture.
Acupuncture is a popular therapy to support people who are trying to conceive naturally and who are using IVF or IUI. Treatment aims to support people physically, emotionally, and practically whilst they try to conceive.
Acupuncture for Fertility Health and natural conception in Balham
We use acupuncture to support your fertility health and to help to promote natural conception.
When trying to conceive naturally, acupuncture for fertility aims to boost reproductive health and improve your chances of conceiving. We can also signpost you to appropriate testing to explore your fertility further and make recommendations for next step treatment plans.
People come to our acupuncture clinic in Balham when they’re:
- trying to conceive for the first time
- had a miscarriage
- have menstrual cycle problems, including PCOS, Endometriosis
- told they have unexplained infertility
How does Acupuncture for Fertility help with getting pregnant?
Acupuncture has been found to:
- help reduce stress, which can impact hormonal balances
- increase blood flow to the ovaries
- improve the endometrial lining of the uterus
If you’d like to know more about the evidence for this please see the British Acupuncture Council website for their information sheets.
Acupuncture for IVF support in Balham
Many people come to our clinic when they’re preparing and going through IVF and IUI treatment.
IVF/IUI can be a stressful experience and often the road to this point has also been difficult. We work alongside people with preparation for treatment and then during IVF using the range our therapies, from acupuncture, to nutrition, to reflexology. We offer a full range in our Balham clinic and people find this integration helpful.
When to start acupuncture for IVF
We recommend starting acupuncture and any of our additional treatments (nutrition, herbs, reflexology) 3 months before as this amount of time maximising the benefits from the treatments and allows enough time for positive change. Your acupuncture will vary according to which IVF protocol you are following, long or short protocols, frozen embryo cycles or natural cycle. Each of our plans is unique to the individual we are working with.
Acupuncture for Fertility in Balham 7 days a week!
We have two London acupuncture for fertility clinics, in Balham and Streatham and we are open 7 days a week, which means we are always available to support embryo transfers. If you’d like to work with us please use the link for booking or email Vicky, who manages our diaries and can organise for you vicky@hannahpearn.com
Our Balham clinic is run out of ChiroByHand on Ritherden Road, SW17 8QD