What to Expect
For Fertility, Pregnancy or Gyn Health treatments

Your First Acupuncture Treatment

Your first session will most likely create some powerful openings and inspire a new sense of hope. You will obtain new, relevant information regarding your condition from a Chinese perspective, and practical suggestions you can implement at home to support your healing. I will recommend a course of treatment that will get your condition firmly on the road to healing, and you'll have a good sense of the direction we'll be taking together. It's likely that you'll receive your first Chinese herbal prescription.

Your first session will last up to 90 minutes. We'll spend time talking about your current condition, medical history, diet, exercise, and other lifestyle habits. I'll do a physical exam, and then you will receive your first acupuncture treatment. I will prescribe a customized herbal formula for you, which you will receive 4-5 days later in the mail. Your initial treatment costs $105. Herbal formulas generally cost between $15-$25 per week.

Please come to your first session with your new patient paperwork completed (download the paperwork here). Bring the bottles of all medications, vitamins and other supplements you are currently taking. If possible, refrain from wearing makeup and perfume.

Follow-Up Treatments

Subsequent acupuncture treatments will last 45-60 minutes. Generally, they will be scheduled either once a week or twice monthly to guarantee optimal results. During these sessions we will also modify your herbal formula as needed. These sessions cost $75. If you are a full-time student, they cost $65.

** Women Seeking Help with Fertility

As part of our work together you will chart your cycle each month until you become pregnant. Charting your cycle entails taking and recording your temperature each morning before you get out of bed, and recording other important pieces of information, as well. This isn't difficult or time consuming - it's just an extra minute before you get out of bed in the morning, and it will give us very important information on changes in your cycle that demonstrate the progress we are making.

Please be sure to complete your new patient (download the paperwork here).

** Women Seeking Support for Pregnancy

Some pregnancy symptoms, like morning sickness for instance, require several treatments a week for 1-4 weeks. It can be difficult to pay at the time of service for sessions spaced so closely together. Please contact me to discuss payment options. I'm sure we can find a way to make it work.

Please be sure to complete your new patient (download the paperwork here).

** Women Seeking Labor Induction

Acupuncture with electrical stimulation (it's pain-free, I assure you) is a powerful and effective way to initiate labor. Generally, labor will begin 3-72 hours after receiving treatment. If it does not, another treatment is recommended. Also, I can show your partner or caregiver points to massage at home to speed the process.

Our first (and hopefully only) treatment will last 90 minutes and cost $105. Subsequent treatments last 60 minutes and cost $75 ($65 for full-time students).

** Women Seeking Labor Support

I am happy to attend your labor to provide pain relief and emotional support. I have to have seen you at least one time in the office before your labor begins. Also, in order to receive acupuncture you must receive written permission from your physiican or midwife and the hospital. In Athens, Athens Regional Hospital is very acupuncture-friendly and obtaining permission should not be a problem.

The charge for me to attend your labor is $200, plus reimbursement for expenses (gas if you live far away, and food (if I need to buy it), etc.).

** Women Seeking Post-Partum Care

I am happy to help with post-partum care, either in your home or at my office, and I am happy to treat you if we haven't yet met. If you come to my office, the normal treatment rates apply. If I come to your home the charge for a treatment is $99. The cost of herbal formulas is additional and generally ranges from $15-$25.

Please be sure to complete your new patient (download the paperwork here).