I am 34, the very happy mother of two lovely healthy children (boy and girl).

I had been on the contraceptive pill for 13 years and had stopped menstruating altogether after I came off the pill at the age of 27. After being married for two years we wanted to start trying for a family but after a year of nothing happening I went to my GP. I was soon referred to an infertility specialist at our local hospital where I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).

For the next two years I underwent investigations and different treatments but nothing seemed to work, every month felt like a failure. I was eventually started on ovulation induction drugs and finally I was responding but too much; they cancelled all of our treatment telling us there was nothing left they could do for us. We were left devastated.

A friend introduced me to one of her friends who was pregnant following IVF. It was her who told me about Dr Zhao. She had had four failed IVF attempts and got into a lot of debt. She got pregnant on her first IVF cycle combined with acupuncture.

I was a little sceptical about acupuncture as I didn’t understand how it would work and I was a little nervous about having needles stuck in me. But I found the treatment very relaxing and it eased my stress from the whole situation. It never hurt, the needles were so fine I could hardly feel them going in.

I had acupuncture throughout the IVF process and finally I fell pregnant! I continued with the acupuncture throughout my pregnancy and had a baby boy in December 2005.

In 2008 we wanted to have IVF again to try for a sibling. We didn’t expect it to work first time again, we didn’t think we’d be so lucky. But I continued with the acupuncture and later found I was pregnant. We were amazed! Again I continued with acupuncture throughout my pregnancy. We had a daughter in January this year. I have all faith in Dr Zhao, she is amazing! I’ve already recommended Dr. Zhao to a few friends.

(Rebecca Ford 2009)