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With 15 years of clinical experience, our team of dedicated fertility acupuncturists aim to improve your pregnancy outcomes with excellent live birth rate statistics, consistent in our 5 star reviews. With excellent live birth rate statistics the Verity Allen Acupuncture clinics have a reputation in the South for being at the forefront of modern techniques and practices.

“But you already have one” is one of the most isolating things people say to someone struggling to conceive a second tim...
06/10/2026

“But you already have one” is one of the most isolating things people say to someone struggling to conceive a second time.

Secondary infertility - trouble conceiving again after a previous pregnancy, with no fertility treatment needed before - is far more common than people realise, and far less talked about. There’s often a particular kind of confusion that comes with it: your body did this before, so why won’t it now? And a particular kind of guilt, too… feeling like you’re not “allowed” to grieve this the same way, because you already have a child.

You are allowed. This is still a loss of what you expected, and it deserves the same care and investigation as any other fertility journey.
The causes can be anything from age-related changes since your first pregnancy, to scarring or adhesions from a previous birth, to shifts in a partner’s s***m health. Or, often, a combination that a single test won’t catch. If it’s been a year trying (six months if you’re 35+), it’s worth getting properly looked into rather than waiting it out.

If this is where you are right now - we see you, and you don’t have to explain why it’s hard.

How many women have gone years without a drink during fertility treatment, while their partner’s drinking was never ment...
27/09/2026

How many women have gone years without a drink during fertility treatment, while their partner’s drinking was never mentioned once?

The evidence on moderate alcohol and female fertility is genuinely less clear-cut than the blanket advice suggests. But on the male side, a study of over 27,000 couples found men having roughly one drink a day had a meaningfully lower live birth rate than non-drinkers - and alcohol is linked to s***m DNA damage, oxidative stress and hormonal disruption.

This isn’t about giving anyone permission to drink more. It’s about pointing out that fertility is a two-person equation, and right now only one partner is often asked to make the sacrifice.

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Standard semen analysis checks count, motility and shape. It doesn’t check whether the DNA inside the s***m is actually ...
22/09/2026

Standard semen analysis checks count, motility and shape. It doesn’t check whether the DNA inside the s***m is actually intact - and that gap can matter more than people realise.

We’re an official testing hub for Examen - S***m DNA Diagnostics s***m DNA fragmentation testing, giving a clearer picture of s***m health that a standard analysis simply can’t. This can be particularly relevant after recurrent miscarriage, failed IVF cycles, or when everything on paper looks “normal” but conception still isn’t happening.

S***m take around three months to develop - which means the three months before treatment aren’t just a waiting period. They’re a genuine window to optimise.

Read all about it in our blog post: https://truthfertility.com/blog/epigenetics-and-dna-fragmentation-in-fertility (link in our bio).

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Nobody warns you how much fertility treatment involves needles… blood tests, injections, egg collection. For some people...
18/09/2026

Nobody warns you how much fertility treatment involves needles… blood tests, injections, egg collection. For some people that’s a non-issue. For others, it’s a genuine barrier that adds a whole extra layer of dread to an already hard process.

If needle phobia, anxiety or past trauma is making fertility treatment harder than it needs to be, that’s not something to just push through. Our clinical network includes fertility-focused hypnotherapy support specifically for this.

There’s no prize for gritting your teeth through it alone (and there’s no need to go through it alone).

“Bad periods” and endometriosis get talked about like they’re the same thing. They’re not, and the gap between “painful”...
08/09/2026

“Bad periods” and endometriosis get talked about like they’re the same thing. They’re not, and the gap between “painful” and “this needs investigating” is where a lot of people get stuck for years.

If your periods have ever stopped you from going to work, needed more than paracetamol, or come with pain during s*x, it’s worth having that properly looked into rather than managed with “that’s just periods for you” (the soundtrack to many women’s lives).

Acupuncture can be a helpful part of managing symptoms and supporting fertility alongside endometriosis, but the first step is always getting a clear picture of what’s actually going on.

Va**ng is often framed as “the healthier alternative” - and for general health, compared with smoking, that’s broadly fa...
03/09/2026

Va**ng is often framed as “the healthier alternative” - and for general health, compared with smoking, that’s broadly fair (although the jury’s still out). Fertility is a different conversation.

A Danish study found daily e-cigarette users had significantly lower total s***m counts than non-users. V**e aerosols can also contain heavy metals like nickel and lead, which are linked to oxidative stress - something s***m are particularly vulnerable to, since they have very little capacity to repair DNA damage once it happens.

The key point: a completely normal semen analysis (count, motility, shape) doesn’t tell you whether the DNA inside the s***m is intact. That needs a different kind of test.

If you’re trying to conceive or preparing for IVF, “better than smoking” isn’t the same as “fertility-safe.”

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PCOS/PMOS affects everyone differently - irregular cycles, ovulation that’s hard to predict, and often a long road to a ...
30/08/2026

PCOS/PMOS affects everyone differently - irregular cycles, ovulation that’s hard to predict, and often a long road to a proper diagnosis in the first place.

Acupuncture won’t “cure” pcos/pmos, and we won’t tell you it will. But as part of a wider plan - alongside the right testing and, where needed, medical treatment - it can be a useful piece of the puzzle for supporting cycle regulation and ovulation.

If you have pcos/pmos and you’re trying to conceive, the most useful first step is usually understanding your specific pattern (insulin resistance? androgen-driven? something else?) rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

If you’re using donor eggs, you might have heard it said that “it’s not really your baby’s genetics, so your body doesn’...
25/08/2026

If you’re using donor eggs, you might have heard it said that “it’s not really your baby’s genetics, so your body doesn’t matter as much.” That’s not the full picture.

Your uterine environment plays a role in how your baby’s genes are expressed - a process called epigenetic modulation. In simple terms: even without a genetic link, your body is still actively shaping your baby’s development, not just carrying it.

This matters for anyone who has ever felt that donor conception makes their contribution somehow smaller. It doesn’t.

Find out more via our blog post: https://truthfertility.com/blog/why-your-body-still-matters-when-using-donor-eggs-the-epigenetic-connection-between-mum-and-baby (or check out the link in our bio).

Fertility care isn’t shaped by biology alone. Who gets listened to, whose pain is taken seriously, who has to push harde...
16/08/2026

Fertility care isn’t shaped by biology alone. Who gets listened to, whose pain is taken seriously, who has to push harder for the same referral - these things vary, and it isn’t in your head.

We talk a lot about diagnostics and protocols, but part of “evidence-led” care is also being honest about where the system itself can let people down. If you’ve ever felt dismissed, rushed, or like you had to become your own advocate just to get basic testing, you’re not imagining it, and you’re not alone in it.

This is one of the reasons our first appointment is built around reviewing what’s already been done and identifying what’s been missed, rather than starting from scratch.

Brain fog. Exhaustion. Struggling to find the words mid-sentence. So many women are told this is perimenopause, but iron...
12/08/2026

Brain fog. Exhaustion. Struggling to find the words mid-sentence. So many women are told this is perimenopause, but iron deficiency can look almost identical, and it’s often missed.

Here’s the gap: GPs are trained to spot anaemia, but iron deficiency shows up long before anaemia does. NICE guidance flags ferritin under 30 µg/L as iron deficient, yet many labs will still report that as “normal.” A recent UK study found almost one in three women had genuinely insufficient iron stores.

Why it matters for fertility: a Finnish study of women with low ferritin (but normal haemoglobin) found that treating the iron deficiency was linked to higher conception rates, lower miscarriage rates and a doubling of live births.

If you’ve been told your bloods are “fine” but you don’t feel fine, it may be worth asking specifically about ferritin and transferrin saturation (TSAT), not just a standard full blood count.

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