Your sessions with Deirdre

Deirdre will carry out a thorough initial assessment of your reproductive health and history and teach you the basic principles of fertility awareness. In addition, she will give you guidance on pre-conception health and give you a tailor made plan for improving your fertility. She will debunk all the getting pregnant myths you may have heard and give you detailed conception coaching!

Your first session lasts an hour and a half and there is plenty of time to talk and ask questions. Deirdre has a very relaxed, positive and practical approach  - some couples are daunted at the thought of discussing their fertility issues in such detail but all her clients have commented on how helpful they have found it and how they wished they had found her sooner.  You will be given all the information you need to take away at the end of the session.  Some couples only need that one session, others come back. Most are confident to use the methods Deirdre teaches on their own after 3 sessions.

Although it is helpful to meet both partners, Deirdre is happy to see women on their own. However, men should have nothing to fear from coming along.  There are often very simple things that they can do to make their average sperm into super sperm!

Deirdre welcomes enquiries from same sex couples.

Sometimes complementary therapies may help, for example, to get hormones back in balance or to improve a low sperm count. Deirdre works with a group of therapists in Edinburgh who specialise in fertility and she may suggest that you seek their help with some issues. Therapies include acupuncture, Chinese and Western herbal medicine, nutritional therapy, hypnotherapy and counselling.

You will be told as soon as possible if fertility awareness alone is not going to be enough or you. If medical treatment is indicated, Deirdre will advise you on the information to take to your doctor to discuss the next steps and help you take control of the process.