At age 45, we are the proud parents of a four-year-old daughter Minnie after having 9 failed IVFs.

We had been trying to conceive for eight years and had undergone nine IVF attempts and achieved two pregnancies but both miscarried.

We were referred to Dr. Zhao by our consultant when we were going through our tenth cycle of IVF.

After both of us receiving a combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, I had seven eggs collected and six of them fertilised and divided. We were told they were the best quality embryos we had ever produced, so I continued with acupuncture before and after embryos transfer.

When I found out I was pregnant we were over the moon and we had a beautiful baby girl in January 2005. We are absolutely convinced that Dr. Zhao’s invaluable professional help and advice made our dream come.

There are a lot of people that might not realise how TCM could help them overcome infertility, they probably wouldn’t even think about it but yet it can offer a lot.

(Linda and Mark Russell 2009)