During the initial consultation at the Fertility & IVF Acupuncture Clinic, patients are given a detailed explanation as to what the treatment involves and what is expected from them during the treatment. This will include a discussion on the length of time which will be required to achieve a favourable outcome. When starting out on a treatment program, it is imperative to set a timeline containing the goals which need to achieved. This makes the expectations clear to both the practitioner and the patient so there will be no misunderstandings down the track.
In most cases where acupuncture and herbal medicine are used as stand alone treatment (ie not in conjunction with IVF), Dr Kirk Wilson (PhD) asks his patients to commit to five (menstrual) cycles of treatment. For the easy cases, many will be able to achieve a positive pregnancy within this time frame. For those who do not, this will give Dr Wilson enough time to gauge how well the patient is responding to the treatment. If there has been little or no response, then discussions may be undertaken to consider different treatment options. This may involve the addition of other forms of treatment to complement the acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Though after five months of treatment, most of those patients who are yet to conceive, simply need a couple more months of trying.
