Latest Update (September 2023)
At present, I am working at reduced hours, therefore I am unable to take on any new patients.
I apologize for the inconvenience.
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Caroline has a special interest in fertility and pregnancy and is one of the few acupuncturists affiliated with the Zita West Clinic. She has helped many couples seeking help with
- Male and Female Infertility
- Assisting IVF
- Inducing labour
- Turning breech babies
- Ante-natal and Post-natal Pregnancy care
- … and many more
Over the past years, we have been overjoyed to hear of the many successes our patients have had with conceiving a baby. Some of them are pictured above.
Read our Announcements page for all the little ones we have helped …
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Care during pregnancy is very important and absolutely essential in Chinese culture. There has been a lot of scientific research that suggests the importance of antenatal care for building the foundation of a person’s health. This will determine their well being for the rest of their life.
Please refer to the BBC Programme, Horizon – The Nine Months That Made You. It is based on research pioneered by British scientist, Professor David Barker. Read all about it here.
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Here is what our patients have to say …
After my initial consultation with Caroline I felt a renewed hope that having a successful pregnancy could possibly happen. Caroline's knowledge and understanding really reassured me and I had complete confidence in her.
Within six weeks of sessions I fell pregnant. Naturally I was worried particularly in my first trimester but seeing Caroline and having her to advise on various factors and worries was amazing. I came to truly rely on her advice and guidance.
Having Caroline's support through every milestone of my pregnancy was invaluable and my husband and I are now very proud parents to our baby girl. We are so grateful to Caroline and have no doubt that we have her to thank. We would not hesitate to recommend Caroline to anyone else in a similar situation.
Thank you Caroline for all you have done for us, we are eternally grateful.
She is so knowledgeable and really helped me to feel positive and hopeful again. After only a few weeks I fell pregnant! I continued to see Caroline for weekly sessions for my entire pregnancy and acting upon her advice.
Our little boy arrived only 3 days late and we cannot thank Caroline enough and attribute our success to her.
I felt I could confide in her and I just knew she was in touch with my body. Caroline knew straight away the source of my problem and was honest and realistic about my chances of conceiving.
After 4 months, I fell pregnant and she already knew before I took the test! I continued to see Caroline throughout my pregnancy and she told me so much about how my baby was growing and that she would be a very calm baby and she was right!!
I am so grateful to Caroline for helping me and caring for me and my beautiful little girl!
I will miss her dearly but would not hesitate to see her again.
After my third IVF treatment and all of Caroline's help I am now 37 weeks pregnant and waiting the arrival of our baby girl! Not only did Caroline ensure that the IVF worked but she gave me constant advice and treatment during my pregnancy which has gone very smoothly and is now working on ensuring I have a good birthing experience. I can't thank Caroline enough for her help, I always really looked forward to my appointments with her and would not hesitate in recommending her to anyone.
I had also experienced recurrent miscarriage and although I was blessed with one child already, I had hoped to be able to give her a sibling. Mainstream medicine and investigations had proved fruitless and I did not want to follow the invasive regime they were proposing.
After only a few sessions, my period cycles had halved in length from 9 days to less than 5 and my symptoms in between were much improved.
Caroline advised me on dietary approaches to assist her treatment and I soon conceived and carried a baby to full term. I carried on having treatment during pregnancy not only to reduce the risk of further miscarriage but also to assist with symptoms of Symphis Pubis Dysfunction and pregnancy nausea.
Treatment helped these considerably and also enabled me to have a short and manageable labour at home with no pain relief. I only wish I had visited Caroline sooner and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone experiencing menstrual/hormonal or fertility issues.
After two failed attempts with ivf, no care or explanation was given as to why it failed. I was desperately low! Then I met Caroline,she completely turned my world around and lifted me out of a very dark hole.
Caroline told me my problem was my immune system,this was preventing me from conceiving . After weekly treatments to lower my immune system and stress levels I decided to take the plunge and try another round of ivf!
I was desperately scared but Caroline gave me the confidence to try again. She was also determined that this time it was going to work!
My husband and I could not believe it when I became pregnant. It was something we thought was never going to happen for us.
We are now the very proud parents of Millie, our beautiful baby girl
We owe Caroline so much. She is genuinely the most friendly, caring and knowledgeable person I know.
I also need to say how fantastic Sylvie and Sandy are. They put me at ease from day one with there friendliness and positivity.
They would move heaven and earth to get an appointment that is suitable for you. This is no easy task as Caroline is always fully booked!
Thanks again to you all for making myself and my husband the happiest people on the planet!
I am so grateful to Caroline for all of her support and helping towards making our dream of becoming parents a reality. She is friendly, caring & definitely knows her stuff!
I would not hesitate in recommending Caroline to anyone who is struggling to conceive.
After my initial telephone conversation with Caroline I knew I would be in good hands, she was so positive and reassuring about what I was about to undergo. My first treatment was incredibly relaxing and Caroline was full of good advice about other areas of my life that I could improve that would help the treatments.
I became a regular visitor to the clinic and always felt cared for and supported by Caroline, Sylvie and Sandy. After a bumpy 6 months of IVF and frozen embryo transfers I successfully became pregnant last summer.
Our beautiful and long wished for little boy was born in March, 2014. Caroline's support, advice and treatments have helped me through a tough year.
I will be recommending her to everyone I know and will not hesitate to return to her with any future aliments I may develop.
Thank you Caroline, words fail to express my gratitude to you.
I have always been open to complimentary therapies and felt that I needed treatment for both my body and mind while trying to conceive. And the fact that Caroline is Zita West affiliated, was an added bonus.
I warmed to Caroline immediately at the first consultation. She is both professional yet down to earth and very easy to talk to. I was amazed that she was able to tell me some of some of the issues contributing towards our fertility struggle. But from that first appointment, she gave me hope and confidence that she could get my body back on track.
I started seeing Caroline on a weekly basis and almost immediately could feel the benefits and changes, especially with my menstrual cycle. About 8 months later we had our first IVF cycle and were thrilled that I fell pregnant!
I truly believe that my weekly treatments with Caroline, along with a healthier lifestyle, had prepared both my body and mind for the IVF, which was a success. I have carried on with the acupuncture all throughout the IVF and into my pregnancy, and will do so until I give birth in about 6 weeks!
Caroline really is amazing in what she does and I have a lot of trust in her. She has been so reassuring through the whole process, which has really helped, especially in those early weeks of pregnancy, which can be an unnerving time.
She has always believed in me and leaves me feeling positive and relaxed after each session. She was able to take the edge off the morning sickness in the beginning and now also the back ache in the later stages. She has given me loads of advice on nutrition, pep talks on labour and birth and good tips on breastfeeding.
I really feel that Caroline is more than just my acupuncturist and that she has become a friend.
The location in Fleet is great with plenty of parking and easy access. The two receptionists, Sylvie and Sandy are both really lovely, so friendly and welcoming and will do their best to get you appointments to suit or make changes if need be (not an easy task as Caroline is so popular and always fully booked!).
The treatments rooms are modern, clean, cosy and relaxing with lovely soft music throughout.
I love going to my weekly appointments to see Caroline and will miss going once our baby is born. But I do look forward to going back to visit and show off our little bundle of joy - and to see if Caroline's prediction was right!
I would not hesitate to go back to Caroline for anything in the future and can highly recommend her, whatever your health issues may be.
Thank you Caroline, words cannot describe how grateful I am for all that you have done for me.
Caroline was so understanding and very reassuring from our first meeting. She suggested it might take a few months but was confident that she could help. Throughout my treatment she was very supportive and gave me lots of lifestyle advice as well as providing the acupuncture treatment.
I fell pregnant after about 5 months and continued treatment through my pregnancy. Caroline was particularly brilliant in treating my hip pain which disappeared after one session! I also had a very quick and straightforward labour, just as Caroline had promised!
I am now blessed to have a gorgeous little boy who is an absolute delight. Caroline’s optimism, reliability and expertise helped to make this dream a reality and I cannot thank her enough for all her help, advice and support.
I would recommend her to anyone seeking acupuncture for fertility or other reasons and I have returned for further treatment with her.
Caroline strikes a great balance of being a friendly ear and confidante, all the while furnishing you with the benefit of her extensive medical knowledge. My baby is due in April and my weekly appointments keep me feeling calm and address any issues I may be struggling with.
I’d fully recommend any pregnant ladies get in touch, whether the pregnancy is high risk or not. The care is impeccable and very reassuring during what can be a worrying time.
Caroline was very reassuring and after taking my history she suggested that it could take up to 9 months for me to get pregnant with acupuncture but hopefully it would happen earlier.
My husband and I were dragging another long wait, but thankfully things turned out well for us as thanks to Caroline’s help, I got pregnant in just under 5 months.
Unfortunately, the month I got pregnant I had a miscarriage, but Caroline told me not to despair as these things happen and reassured me that it would happen again soon.
She recommended that we refrained from trying for at least 1 or 2 months (ideally 3) so that I could give my body some time to recover and heal properly. Unfortunately, I didn’t follow her advice and even though I got pregnant again the next month, I miscarried again.
I was devastated but I also felt that this time it was my own fault for not having followed her advice. I am sure this second miscarriage happened because my body did not have time to recover from the first miscarriage and I rushed things as I was too impatient and devastated with what had happened.
Luckily, I went back to my senses and I did take a break from trying to get pregnant again that month. We started trying again the second month after I got my first period again and I am delighted to say that I fell pregnant again straight away.
That month, before I did my pregnancy test, Caroline told me to do a pregnancy test as, by taking my pulse, she could detect that treatment was working and she had a good feeling that I was pregnant and… I was!!!
I am delighted to say that I am 30+ weeks pregnant now and the pregnancy is going well and I am still seeing Caroline today for maintenance treatment and pregnancy-related lower back pain.
Treatment is certainly helping and I really enjoy having treatment with Caroline every week as it makes me feel a lot more reassured about my pregnancy as well.
I would definitely recommend Caroline for fertility, stress, back pain or any other sort of treatment that acupuncture can help with.
She is an excellent acupuncturist with a lot of knowledge and a lovely caring personality. I am the proof that acupunctures works!!!
I had briefly toyed with acupuncture prior to meeting Caroline but had not developed a confidence in either the practitioner or the potential outcome.
Upon meeting Caroline I was struck by her friendliness and professionalism and immediately felt that this was the person for me!
When you are going through something as emotionally fraught as fertility treatment you need to feel there is complete trust between everyone involved and Caroline became an important part of my support team, along with the nurses and consultants at the fertility clinic.
I was completely amazed to find myself pregnant with twins a few months after I had started to see Caroline and it was during the early, fragile days and weeks of the pregnancy when I particularly lent on her for support and reassurance.
At one point when things were looking a bit uncertain, my bi-weekly visits to Caroline were the main thing that kept me sane and hopeful.
I gradually gained in confidence and am now 4 weeks away from giving birth – something I never thought I would be able to say!
I have continued to see Caroline throughout the pregnancy, partly due to the support I have received but also because it provides the opportunity to relax and focus solely on the babies. It is the time when I feel most connected to them.
Her treatments were incredibly beneficial for me. In each session I felt truly relaxed and that feeling of wellness continued afterwards. She was also successful in turning my son and bringing on labour.
I then experienced complication free, natural births with both of my children and have taken them both to be treated by Caroline as well.
I trust and highly recommend Caroline as an acupuncturist in general and most especially for ante and post-natal care.
After seeing Caroline for just over 2 months we were delighted to find out I was pregnant and are due to have our baby in August. I have carried on seeing Caroline throughout my pregnancy and her pregnancy care has been fantastic, I have had an extremely trouble free pregnancy so far and have felt great.
I am so grateful to Caroline for all of her help, understanding & support and for helping to make our dream of becoming parents a reality. She is friendly, caring & definitely knows her stuff! I would not hesitate in recommending Caroline to anyone who is struggling to conceive.
My husband and I both went to the initial consultation. During this session Caroline told me things about how I was feeling, identified previous medical issues that only we would have known at the time, all just by feeling my pulse.... wow! Caroline highlighted a problem with my immune system which was probably the reason for our fertility issues, and so the journey began.
I started with weekly treatments to then discover after just 8 weeks that I was pregnant. Caroline really is a miracle worker! I continued with the treatment throughout my entire pregnancy. Not only did acupuncture give the best possible development for our growing baby, it gave me the opportunity to bond with my baby as the pregnancy progressed. Caroline’s care was tailored to suit my individual needs on a week to week basis. She provided support and guidance throughout the pregnancy and helped with any minor pregnancy problems that I encountered.
We now are the proud parents of our beautiful baby daughter Eliza. We will be ever indebted to Caroline for the part she has played in our remarkable story which finished with a fairytale ending. Our relationship with Caroline and her team will continue for years to come. Thank you!
Caroline works wonders – from a diagnosis perspective, she identified and has been treating an imbalance with my immune system that meant my own ‘natural killer cell’ was more active and hampering implantation and pregnancy; and from a care perspective, she has been perceptive, sensitive, professional, supportive and encouraging. I still cannot believe that I am now 5 months pregnant, with a very smooth pregnancy to date – I look forward to my weekly visit to receive ongoing treatment and to hear Caroline’s words of reassurance and comfort. She is supported by an excellent, caring team, who work hard to accommodate appointment times with genuine interest and care for each individual.
From the first appointment with Caroline, I felt like my concerns were listened to. She was able to tell more about my situation and needs in 5 minutes of careful questioning and examination than numerous doctors had been able to do in the previous 18 months.
My cycle began to regulate within a few sessions, bleeding became more normal and pain free and within a few months I was pregnant. Regular visits to Caroline throughout my pregnancy have helped to reduce anxiety and relieve many of the common pregnancy symptoms that I’d experienced in my first pregnancy.
I’m now looking forward to the birth of my baby in a few weeks time and feel confident that my final sessions with Caroline will help to prepare me for labour and birth.
I noticed improvements in my health fairly quickly and Caroline gave advice on increasing my fertility with recommendations of food, health issues and also on the frequency & timing of intimacy.
Within a number of months I was pleased to announce my pregnancy, and Caroline has assisted to maintain my health throughout my second pregnancy.
I am indebted to Caroline for her expert guidance, and treatment, and look forward to enjoying the addition to my family in a few weeks time.
I would overwhelmingly recommend Caroline to anyone who would like assistance with a healthy pregnancy or anyone who is having any difficulty conceiving.
I first approached Caroline after becoming pregnant with my miracle baby. Just months earlier, doctors had told me it would be impossible that I would become pregnant naturally. It was paramount, therefore, that I did everything to ensure I looked after myself and the baby.
My sessions with Caroline had such a positive impact on me and my baby. I remained very calm throughout my pregnancy, despite dealing with a number of stressful situations in my personal life. The time also gave me time to bond with my baby and he became very active during our acupuncture sessions.
Since having Oscar, I have been blessed with a very happy little boy as Caroline promised. He was sleeping through the night by 7 weeks and only ever seems to cry if there is a real reason like he is hungry or has a dirty nappy.
Caroline and her staff at the clinic went way above the call of duty throughout my sessions. The receptionists are so friendly, always remembering your name and genuinely taking an interest. Caroline gave me a number of top tips from the best nappies to buy, to tips on what to eat and drink to help with my pregnancy.
I enjoyed and benefited from acupuncture so much, I am now keen to have monthly sessions after my pregnancy to keep my stress levels down. I have, and would recommend Caroline to anyone needing help with a pregnancy, getting pregnant or a range of other conditions from anxiety to back ache. She is fantastic.
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With our first baby we underwent treatment in a fertility clinic which involved the use of drugs with side effects and lots of intrusive intervention. With Caroline, there are no drugs involved and it has been a more stress free and spiritual experience which has resulted in the birth of our second beautiful baby.
We would definitely recommend Caroline as she’s not only provided fertility treatment but an insight into my body with lots of advice and support along the way about many things. I plan to continue seeing Caroline to help with other health issues.
A massive thank you to Caroline and her team, especially Sylvie for making the experience so wonderful.
I can only describe how wonderful Caroline made my third attempt by explaining how disappointing my first 2 were. My first 2 attempts left me with low quality eggs and shockingly bad fertilisation rates, both of these resulted in negative pregnancy tests.
I came to see Caroline and went through my previous history. I started my treatments and followed the advice she gave me all the way through. Each treatment left me relaxed and was not as stressed as I had been previously. When I went in for my egg collection I was told I had 17 eggs, we waited patiently the next day for my fertilisation rates from the clinic preparing for the worst but all 17 had fertilised. The next day we were told all 17 were growing strong and we could go through to blastocyst stage. We ended up with 4 strong blastocysts and were able to get 2 put back in.
I can happily say that I am pregnant and this would not have been possible without my treatment. I cannot thank Caroline enough, the treatment is amazing and her friendship and concern is comforting and shows she cares about you reaching your dreams. BIG THANK YOU X
I found Caroline through the Zita West website and following various failed IVF and IUI attempts; I was ready to try anything and keen to understand how Acupuncture could support the fertility process. I started seeing Caroline 6 weeks before starting a new cycle of IVF, Caroline immediately put me at ease and with regular sessions was able to prepare my body for the egg extraction and embryo transfer. This cycle was successful and I am now 30 weeks pregnant. I still see Caroline regularly and she has been extremely supportive throughout providing various forms of treatment as required. In particular, my first pregnancy (natural conception) was fraught with back and pelvis problems but this time around, I have been relatively pain free. I have been so impressed with Caroline and her work, that I have recommended her to several people, including my brother who is now also a regular client!
Morning Sickness
During my first pregnancy, I was extremely ill with morning sickness. Therefore, when I fell pregnant for a second time, I immediately started seeing Caroline. Through regular Acupuncture sessions, Caroline was able to suppress many of the urges and alleviate the common symptoms associated with morning sickness
In my first session with Caroline she immediately identified a problem with my immune system that was more than likely the reason for why I hadn’t been getting pregnant. This had never been highlighted by any of the medical doctors or fertility specialists I had seen previously and it was encouraging to have a specific issue that could be dealt with, rather than ‘unexplained infertility’.
Since starting treatment with Caroline I have felt more relaxed, my skin has cleared up and my energy levels are greatly improved. Caroline has continued to encourage and advise me on so many things including nutrition, de-stressing and positive thinking.
For the first time I have achieved success through another round of fertility treatment and I firmly believe that if it hadn’t been for Caroline’s diagnosis and treatment, that wouldn’t have been the case
I must admit I was quite cynical about everything to begin with but would now strongly recommend to anyone who has been trying for a baby for sometime to give acupuncture with Caroline’s team a go. My husband and I are certainly pleased that I did.
Many thanks to Caroline and the team. We cannot thank you enough!
Caroline really was with us every step of the way throughout our IVF treatment. For us it was very much third time lucky and our darling Jack was born on 01.01.12. He was definitely worth the wait!
We can never thank Caroline enough for all that she did for us. She provided such a support and really went above and beyond to help us in every way. All of the staff at Caroline’s clinic are very friendly and caring. We will never forget any of them and the part that they all played in our quest to become a Mummy and Daddy.
I continued to see Caroline throughout my pregnancy and this aided my problem free pregnancy and easy labour. I am very thankful to Caroline for helping me to become well and to achieve my dream of becoming a mum again to my beautiful daughter.
As a result, I am now looking forward to meeting my first child in a very short time, yet feeling in remarkably good health and with positive thoughts regarding my imminent labour. Thank you to Caroline for making my pregnancy such a rewarding experience.
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I continued to see her weekly after that and over the course of the next 2 months, I practically watched my cycle go back to normal. On the 3rd cycle I conceived a healthy pregnancy and Caroline detected it in my pulse more than a week before the end of the month. Since then, she has continued to look after me. She’s brought my stress levels right down, kept my pregnancy strong and well supported, dramatically reduced morning sickness, eliminated my lower back ache, calmed my digestive system, stopped recurrent heartburn in 1 session and, 2 weeks ago, she even turned my baby from breach to a perfect position in under 12 minutes!
I would recommend anyone to see her for whatever problem it might be. She’s the most incredible lady I think I’ve ever met and I know we wouldn’t be about to welcome our new child if it wasn’t for Caroline!
Caroline treated me and my husband and when I fell pregnant with our 2nd baby we were thrilled and so relieved. Caroline then treated me during my pregnancy, she told me it would be a baby girl very early on which was fantastic news as we already had Harley. My water broke very near to my due date and nothing else happened.
Caroline then induced me so I didn’t have to be “chemically induced” at Frimley Park. I had a short labour and Jasmine was born relatively quickly with no drugs and no complications the following day (her due date). I took her home 3 hours later.
Caroline makes the whole experience very stress free and I believe she really wants to help. Our family have been back since and will continue to do so. Thanks again for making our family complete :-)))