Fertility & IVF Support

Natural Fertility · IVF Support · Acupuncture for fertility

Acupuncture for Fertility

and IVF Support

In twenty years of clinical practice I have seen nearly everything there is to see in fertility. And what I see, again and again, is women and couples arriving who haven't had the right blood tests. Whose results haven't been read correctly. Who have been told everything looks normal when it isn't. Who have been handed a diagnosis without a pathway, or no diagnosis at all.

This is where I begin. Not from the standard workup, but from a complete, integrative picture of your fertility health, cycle, hormones, your history, and your body's deeper intelligence. The missing piece is almost always there. We find it together.

Fertility is a monthly conversation your body is having. As a holistic fertility acupuncturist, my role is to listen to that conversation and to work with your body's own intelligence to create the conditions in which new life can thrive.

Whether you're pursuing natural conception or navigating IVF alongside a fertility specialist, the team at Dr Amanda brings integrative practices and the LAMMB Method to support you at every stage of your journey.

BOOK PRECONCEPTION Understand your cycle

Natural Conception Support ✦

IVF Acupuncture Protocol ✦

Cycle Tracking & Fertility Awareness ✦

Egg Quality Optimisation ✦

Recurrent Miscarriage Support ✦

PCOS & Endometriosis ✦

Male Factor Infertility ✦

Chinese Herbal Medicine ✦

DUTCH Hormone Testing ✦

Specialist Collaboration ✦

A Holistic Fertility Approach

More than acupuncture . A true integrative partner.

Every seed needs the right conditions to thrive. Through the LAMMB Method our five-pillar integrative framework, the team at Dr Amanda brings lifestyle medicine, acupuncture, movement, meditation, and body wisdom together into a comprehensive, whole-person approach that goes far beyond isolated treatments.

L — Lifestyle, Nutrition & Fertility Screening
Creating healthy foundations. Fertiltiy Screening, Lab Assessment. Nutrition, sleep, stress load, environmental factors, and a pantry detox.

A — Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
The thread that runs through everything. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine prescribed to support you across your entire cycle. Specific herbs and acupuncture timed to each of your four phases, nurturing follicular development, egg quality, uterine lining, hormonal balance and blood flow.

M — Movement
Not more exercise. The right movement, at the right time. We work with your cycle not against it to keep your body resourced, nourished. Thrive not survive. Nourish not punish.

M — Meditation & Nervous System Care
Mind-body medicine at the heart of fertility care. Whether you're in a natural cycle or moving through IVF, we create an environment for your body to land, to soften into deep rest and receptivity. Your body conceives when it feels safe.

B — Body Awareness
The Fertility Awareness Method, BBT charting, and cycle education teaching you how to come back home to your body and read every sign!

Collaboration and advocacy with fertility specialists is central to this work. The team at Dr Amanda works alongside your GP, IVF clinic and Specialist to ensure care is co-ordinated, communicative, and never siloed. Dedicated to supporting every step of the journey.

It takes a village. And every member of that village plays a vital role in the journey toward new life.

Modern families come in beautiful and unique forms. Every path to parenthood is met here with equal care, equal respect, and complete presence.

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Understanding Your Cycle

Fertility is a monthly conversation your body is having.

Chinese medicine has mapped the menstrual cycle for thousands of years. Each phase has its own needs, its own treatments, and its own window for optimisation. Working across all four phases to support the conditions for conception, cycle by cycle, month by month.

1–5

Menstruation

Release & Renewal

Days 1–5

The period must empty completely to generate a healthy new cycle. In Chinese medicine, we are moving Qi and Blood, reducing stagnation, and clearing the old cycle fully to prepare your garden for what is ready to grow.

Moving Blood stagnation, reducing cramping and clotting, supporting complete shedding of the endometrial lining.

6–13

Follicular Phase

Building & Nourishing

Days 6–13

Building Jing and Blood, nourishing the follicles, supporting rising oestrogen and building the endometrial lining. The quality of this phase determines the quality of ovulation.

Nourishing Yin and Blood, supporting follicular development, enhancing uterine lining thickness and receptivity.

13–15

Ovulation

The Fertile Window

Days 13–15

Facilitating the surge, ensuring smooth transition from Yin to Yang. Acupuncture around ovulation supports this critical shift encouraging the LH surge, follicle rupture, and timely egg release.

Promoting the Yin–Yang transition, facilitating ovulation, reducing follicular cysts and anovulatory cycles.

16–28

Luteal Phase

Warmth & Implantation

Days 16–28

Warming Yang, supporting progesterone, creating the conditions for implantation. This phase is critical. A short luteal phase or low progesterone is a common and addressable cause of early pregnancy loss.

Tonifying Kidney Yang, supporting progesterone, warming the uterus, and creating the optimal terrain for implantation.

What's Included in Care

Whole-body support.Every step of the way.

Partnering with the team at Dr Amanda means receiving comprehensive, whole-body fertility care.

01

Acupuncture

Cycle-specific acupuncture protocols designed around the IVF timeline, menstrual phase, or natural conception journey. Supporting blood flow, hormonal regulation, and nervous system balance at every stage.

02

Chinese Herbal Medicine

Tailored herbal prescriptions to address root causes from cycle regulation, egg quality, uterine health, and hormonal balance. Prescribed with precision and adjusted as the body responds over time.

03

Functional Diagnostics

DUTCH complete hormone testing, blood panel interpretation, thyroid assessment, and integrative review of fertility investigations. Uncovering what others miss, and building a picture that is truly complete.

04

Nutrition & Supplementation

Evidence-based dietary guidance and targeted supplementation aligned with the latest fertility research.

05

Stress & Nervous System

Research confirms stress impacts ovulation, fallopian tube function, implantation, and IVF outcomes. Nervous system regulation through acupuncture, meditation, and movement is a core pillar.

06

Specialist Collaboration

Working alongside IVF specialists, gynaecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, and GPs. Communicating, co-ordinating, and advocating to ensure a truly integrated team approach. No patient navigates this alone.

The IVF & Acupuncture Protocol

Timing is everything. The protocol is cycle-specific.

IVF is a complex, emotionally demanding journey. The role of integrative medicine is to stand alongside your fertility specialist. Optimising the body's physiology at every stage of the process, from stimulation through to the two-week wait.

01

Pre-Stimulation

Optimise the Terrain

Preparing the body 3–12 months before your IVF cycle. Working on egg quality, uterine lining, inflammation, and nutritional foundations.

Egg quality & ovarian reserve

Uterine lining preparation

Inflammation reduction

Stress & nervous system

02

Stimulation Phase

Support Follicular Growth

Acupuncture during stimulation supports ovarian blood flow, egg & sperm health, nervous system regulation, during the most demanding part of the cycle.

Ovarian blood flow

Follicular development

Anxiety & mood support

Side effect management

03

Transfer Day

Uterine Receptivity

Evidence supports acupuncture before and after embryo transfer to enhance uterine blood flow, uterine receptivity and support implantation.

Pre-transfer treatment

Uterine blood flow

Reduced contractility

Post-transfer treatment

04

Two-Week Wait

Hold, Rest, Regulate

Ongoing support through the two-week wait. Addressing anxiety, supporting the luteal phase, implantation and nervous system regulation during the most uncertain time.

Anxiety & emotional support

Luteal phase support

Nervous system regulation

Implantation support

This Care Is For You If

There is always something meaningful that can be done.

Whether trying for a week or two years, navigating fertility solo or with a partner, pursuing natural conception or preparing for IVF. Wherever the starting point, the missing piece is waiting to be found.

Unexplained Infertility

Unexplained does not mean infertile. A thorough integrative review detailed case-taking and history regularly uncovers what standard workups miss.

Recurrent Miscarriage

Recurrent pregnancy loss requires investigation even after one miscarriage. Hormonal, immunological, and structural factors are explored as part of the care plan.

PCOS now PMOS

Cycle regulation, ovulation induction, insulin sensitivity, and hormonal balance. Acupuncture and herbal medicine have demonstrated meaningful improvements in PCOS-related anovulation and cycle irregularity.

Endometriosis

Reducing inflammation, improving uterine blood flow, managing pain, and supporting implantation in the presence of endometriosis. Addressing what surgery and medication alone cannot fully resolve.

Poor IVF Response

Low AMH, poor stimulation response, thin lining, or repeated failed transfers. The 3–12 months before the next cycle are the most impactful window to address underlying factors and improve outcomes.

Male Factor Infertility

Sperm health can be significantly improved in the 90-day window. Acupuncture, herbal medicine, targeted nutrition, and lifestyle modification have all demonstrated improvements in sperm parameters and DNA fragmentation.

The Initial Consultation

Getting to know you as a whole person.

This is not a quick intake form. This is the conversation most women have never had about their fertility. It is the foundation on which your entire individualised fertility care plan is built. The 90-minute initial fertility consultation is where we begin to uncover the full picture. Reviewing your complete reproductive history, hormonal health, relationship to stress, nutrition, environment, and any previous fertility investigations or IVF cycles.

Whether journeying into fertility solo or with a partner, everyone is welcome here. Telehealth consultations are available for interstate and international patients.

Full reproductive, menstrual & hormonal history
Review of existing fertility investigations & pathology
TCM diagnosis & pattern identification
Cycle mapping & fertility awareness assessment
Nutritional & lifestyle review
Functional testing recommendations (DUTCH, blood panels)
Individualised fertility care plan
IVF protocol mapping if applicable

Book Fertility Initial

Initial Consultation

Preconception Initial

90 minutes · In-clinic South Yarra or Telehealth

Comprehensive reproductive history review
Full TCM diagnosis & pattern identification
Acupuncture treatment + Cups
Individualised preconception care plan
Cycle mapping & FAM introduction
Functional testing recommendations
Nutritional & supplementation guidance

Book Preconception Initial

"The fertility consultation is the beginning of one of the most meaningful conversations a woman can have about her health. It deserves the time and depth it requires."

Also Offered · Preconception Care

Conception begins before you start creating

Preconception care is not something you begin when you start trying. It is woven into the fabric of how you live your life. By fostering a healthy internal environment 3–12 months before embarking on the fertility journey, you're giving yourself and your future child the healthiest possible start.